# CT image segmentation ankle cartilage

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-image-segmentation-ankle-cartilage/8319
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** segmentation, dicom
**Created:** [September 6, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-image-segmentation-ankle-cartilage/8319 "2019-09-06T09:20:13Z")
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### Author: ![chad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chad](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/chad)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-image-segmentation-ankle-cartilage/8319/1 "2019-09-06T09:20:13Z")

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I only have CT scan file.Can I segmentation cartilage from it?  
Thank you!  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/6/5/65a543983ed9cad204346798725198db5da25cd1.png)

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### Author: ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-image-segmentation-ankle-cartilage/8319/2 "2019-09-06T12:17:23Z")

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You can segment anything you can see, but cartilage is not particularly well imaged in CT (MRI would be better typically).