# Measuring Organ Volume

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/measuring-organ-volume/31836>\
**Category:** SlicerMorph\
**Created:** [September 21, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/measuring-organ-volume/31836 "2023-09-21T20:21:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hannah\_Osland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/hannah_osland/32/65515_2.png) [@Hannah\_Osland](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Hannah_Osland)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/measuring-organ-volume/31836/1 "2023-09-21T20:21:31Z")

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I have a bunch of .tif files of the entire body of an organism. I want to measure the volume of an organ in the animal. What steps should I take?

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/measuring-organ-volume/31836/2 "2023-09-21T21:13:48Z")

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1. You need to import your tiff files into slicer. You can use the `ImageStacks` in SlicerMorph to do that
2. You can then use the `Segment Editor` to segment the individual organs
3. Then you can use the `Segment Statistics` module to calculate the volumes of individual organs.

If you are new to Slicer, you may want to review SlicerMorph tutorials, which explains these steps:

> **[GitHub - SlicerMorph/Tutorials: SlicerMorph module tutorials](https://github.com/SlicerMorph/Tutorials)**
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> SlicerMorph module tutorials. Contribute to SlicerMorph/Tutorials development by creating an account on GitHub.