# How can I measure cortical thickness of bones?

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**Created:** [May 16, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-can-i-measure-cortical-thickness-of-bones/29490 "2023-05-16T11:28:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![123B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/c67d28/32.png) [@123B](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/123B)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-can-i-measure-cortical-thickness-of-bones/29490/1 "2023-05-16T11:28:56Z")

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How can I measure cortical thicknes at bones ? How can I mapping actually ? Please help

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**Author:** ![MarkusHeller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/markusheller/32/11046_2.png) [@MarkusHeller](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/MarkusHeller)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-can-i-measure-cortical-thickness-of-bones/29490/2 "2023-05-17T15:38:24Z")

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You might give specialist tools a try - an obvious one would be StradView developed by colleagues from Cambridge:

> **[Machine Intelligence Laboratory](https://mi.eng.cam.ac.uk/Main/StradView)**
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> The Machine Intelligence Laboratory is part of the Information Engineering Division of the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK.