# How to adjust the slice thickness based on the axial position

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**Created:** [August 3, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-adjust-the-slice-thickness-based-on-the-axial-position/24629 "2022-08-03T23:41:23Z")\
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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:** [August 4, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-adjust-the-slice-thickness-based-on-the-axial-position/24629/2 "2022-08-04T13:42:16Z")

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You can try CropVolume to extract the overlapping regions and then average them (easiest using numpy - see the script repository) and then put them back together with CropVolume and numpy or the [module described here](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/combine-two-volumes-into-one-using-python/23152/5).

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