Operating system: win 64
Slicer version: 4.13.0
Expected behavior:
Actual behavior:
sir i am unable to take out the cross sectional area of dicom images i have taken
the cross sectional area and volume come out to be the same after seeing in sandbox derived cross sectional area
i add segment , put threshold bw = -29 to 150
use for masking
shade out the muscle area
go to quantification apply , i get the volume
now with csa in quantification the are i get is same as the volume which is way outlying from the normal range of skeletal muscle cross sectional area
If slice spacing is 1mm then cross-section surface area in mm2 will be the same as volume of a single-slice segment in mm3, so the equal volume and surface value does not indicate an error.
Can you attach a screenshot?
Do you get the same value if you draw a closed curve and enable “area” measurement? (using Markups module; using latest Slicer Preview Release)
Where this image is from? Have you loaded this image directly from DICOM or u loaded it into some software and exported as jpg/png/tiff? To see if the image metadata is correct, could you take a screenshot of Volumes module (selecting this image and showing the content of Volume information section)?
The “Volume information” section is shown in your screenshot and the values all look reasonable. Slice spacing is indeed 1mm, which means that volume and surface area in mm2 will be the same as volume in mm3.
The surface area on your screenshot shows 13659.8mm2 that is 136.598cm2, which looks about right. What surface area did you expect?
Sir the muscle cross sectional surface area is wrong as the patient is sarcopenic by other methods but by this it is coming much more than the normal range …
also the are on radiant is almost half which is correlating with clinical data. my seniors have used this software and i too have committed for it in my research methodology so looking for urgent solution for the same…
In segment Cross section area there are three options (row, column, and slice). Since we always work with 3D data in Slicer, all of them will generate a result, even in a single slice. Perhaps you are not choosing the right axis.
If you are unsure which axis to choose, create a single circular segment with the diameter of 40mm (paint segment tool). The cross-sectional area reported for that should be about 1,256mm2. Go through all three of them and see in which one you see the correct cross-sectional value, then repeat the same with your data.
Does the software double the surface area.
I mean do I need to divide it by 2 if it considers cross sectional area of both superior and inferior surface
Surface area of the segment includes the entire surface area of the 3D object (if the object has a disk shape then it will include area of top, bottom, and side surfaces).
If you need the cross-section area then you can compute that using “Segment Cross-section area” module.
