# Is it possible to convert X ray Roentgen data to CaD/stl data?

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**Created:** [January 9, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-convert-x-ray-roentgen-data-to-cad-stl-data/1800 "2018-01-09T22:04:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![LeventUremez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@LeventUremez](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/LeventUremez)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-convert-x-ray-roentgen-data-to-cad-stl-data/1800/1 "2018-01-09T22:04:52Z")

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-convert-x-ray-roentgen-data-to-cad-stl-data/1800/2 "2018-01-09T22:19:52Z")

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From a single X-ray projection image you cannot get too much 3D information. However, if by X-ray you mean CT, then the answer is yes, you can do it, it is a quite common operation. To get started, check out [Segment editor tutorials](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Training#Slicer4_Image_Segmentation).