# Determining diameter and lengths of blood vessel

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**Created:** [February 28, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/determining-diameter-and-lengths-of-blood-vessel/5970 "2019-02-28T15:19:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/amine/32/4844_2.png) [@Amine](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Amine)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/determining-diameter-and-lengths-of-blood-vessel/5970/2 "2019-03-04T08:42:05Z")

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For the lenght you could use the “curve maker” module (via extensions), there is a lenght value once you make the curve. and for diameter, use reformat module to get a clean slice of the vessel (use shift and crosshairs+click to find it quickly) then use the ruler to measure the distance

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