Hip Segmentation

Thresholding:
• Open the desired project.
• Select Thresholding in the main toolbar and click apply with the standard settings
as for Bone (CT).
• Rename the mask “Bone Threshold” by clicking green in the mask tab.
Thresholding with Draw Profile Line:

• Scroll to axial slice 40 and select “New Mask”.

• And rename it as Bone Profile Line.
• Select the Profile Line under measurements tab in the main toolbar.
• Draw a Profile Line on the bone.
• Now a profile line dialog box is displayed.
• By clicking on Start Thresholding button again a thresholding dialog box is
displayed as shown in the below screenshot.
• Click Apply.
Region Growing:

• Select region growing form the icon toolbar.

• Select source as Bone Threshold and target as new mask.
• Select multilayer checked so that region growing will be done on the entire
dataset instead of just one layer.
• Click somewhere on the hip And rename the new mask as Bone2 Threshold.
• Repeat the above procedure for the Bone Profile Line and rename the new mask
as Bone2 profile Line.
Calculate 3D:
• Click on Bone2 Threshold mask and select calculate 3D.
• This opens a calculate 3D dialog box.
• Now select High quality and click calculate.
• This creates the 3D object which is displayed in the below right corner.
• Repeat the above procedure to calculate 3D object for the Bone2 Profile line
Mask.
 Editing Tools:
Crop Mask:
• Select the bone2 threshold mask.
• Click on crop mask under segmentation.
• Enter the desired coordinates so that only the lower portion of the hip and spine
are shown in the mask.
• Click ok to continue.
Editing Mask:
• Select bone2 threshold mask.
• Zoom to axial slice 115.
• Click Edit Mask under segmentation and select Erase.
• Set the type to Circle, dimensions to 20 each.
• Erase as shown in the below screenshot.
• Continue to erase each slice up to 175.
• Do a region grow on it and calculate a 3D model on high quality.
Dynamic Region Grow:
• Make sure the Bone2 profile line is selected then scroll to slice 70 in the axial
view.
• Click on Dynamic Region Growing tool. Check the ‘Multiple layers’ and ‘fill
Cavities’ boxes.
• Click on the aorta as shown below.
• Rename it as Aorta.
Calculate 3D model for Aorta on high quality.
A 3D Model is displayed for Aorta as shown below.

3D Tools:

• There are various other 3D tools that allow different visualization options for 3D
models.
• Click on any 3D Object’s glasses under visible. This hides or unhides the 3D
model.
• Clicking on the Contour visible glasses will highlight the contours of the 3D
object in 2D views.
• Clicking on the triangle visible column allows to view the triangulated surface
mesh of the object.

• Clicking on the Clipping tab allows to move through the clipping plane when
moving through the axial or coronal or sagittal views.
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