# Is there any way of capturing variation of density in vertebrae for FEA?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-there-any-way-of-capturing-variation-of-density-in-vertebrae-for-fea/2586>\
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**Created:** [April 14, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-there-any-way-of-capturing-variation-of-density-in-vertebrae-for-fea/2586 "2018-04-14T04:35:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![deepmech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@deepmech](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/deepmech)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-there-any-way-of-capturing-variation-of-density-in-vertebrae-for-fea/2586/1 "2018-04-14T04:35:10Z")

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i want to work on osteoporosis of vertebrae so that its material properties get vary with density of bones. Is there any way to store the variation density of bone in export model.

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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:** [April 14, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-there-any-way-of-capturing-variation-of-density-in-vertebrae-for-fea/2586/2 "2018-04-14T04:48:01Z")

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You can use “Probe volume with model” module to store intensity values of a selected volume at point data of a surface or volumetric mesh.