Obtain outside contour

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Operating system: win10
Slicer version: slicer 4.10.0 /4.10.1
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Hi,there . I would like know if i can segment the skin of a head CT images with the help of “Segmenteditor module”, i want the outside contour of the head, and there are many tools i
can use, but i don’t know which one can perfectly do this work ?( i know i can simply use
pure manual segmentation method,s like draw、paint… but it is time-consuming)

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Any help would be appreciated.

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I think a good starting point would be to threshold whole head:

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And then use Hollow to get the outer layer:

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This requires minor manual processing but should get you a satisfying result within a few minutes:

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This segmentation recipe may also help: https://lassoan.github.io/SlicerSegmentationRecipes/SkinSurface/

Also, a new “surface solidify” extension will be added to Slicer very soon, which may further automate the process (see status here).

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It did work. Thank you .