# Get the bifurcations points from a skeleton (network model)

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/get-the-bifurcations-points-from-a-skeleton-network-model/35292>\
**Category:** VMTK\
**Created:** [April 4, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/get-the-bifurcations-points-from-a-skeleton-network-model/35292 "2024-04-04T15:51:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/get-the-bifurcations-points-from-a-skeleton-network-model/35292/1 "2024-04-04T15:51:29Z")

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Hello everyone,

I’m currently working on a project with vessels segmentation. So I already manage to get my vessels and from that I put it in 3D Slicer and used the VMTK modules “Extract Centerline” to get the Centerline.

What I want, is to get the bifurcations points (coordonate) and be able to calculate the tortuosity between each points.

Can someone help me. Should I consider coding in Python with the whole VMTK library instead of just using 3D slicer ?