# How to select a portion of volume through sphere?

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**Created:** [June 10, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-select-a-portion-of-volume-through-sphere/18051 "2021-06-10T04:54:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chintha\_Siva\_Prasad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/chintha_siva_prasad/32/7766_2.png) [@Chintha\_Siva\_Prasad](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Chintha_Siva_Prasad)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-select-a-portion-of-volume-through-sphere/18051/1 "2021-06-10T04:54:14Z")

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How can I select a portion of a volume using a sphere from a volume in three d window?And then how to get the data of the selected portion?

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**Author:** ![slicer365](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/slicer365/32/67549_2.png) [@slicer365](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/slicer365)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-select-a-portion-of-volume-through-sphere/18051/2 "2021-06-10T05:38:53Z")

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There are many ways to get the result.

1、The module Volume Clip with Model.You should creat a Sphere model first.

2、The tool Mask Volume with Paint (Sphere brush) in Segment Editor.