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1. Select Tools > Preferences > Segmentation.
   The Segmentation tab appears.
   
   The DICOM segmentation tool also appears in the toolbar: .
    
    

2. Use the freehand tool to manually draw a segmentation object: . When you create a DICOM segmentation object, you draw many drawings on multiple images of the same thing.  Assign the same name to each drawing to create a DICOM segmentation volume.

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   When you create a segmentation on an image, the information about the image and frame number appears in the image list. This information describes a set of images that form a DICOM segmentation volume.

   

3. Select the appropriate values in “Segmentation Properties” section.
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4. When prompted, confirm that you want to create a DICOM segmentation.

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   Note that once you create a segmentation, you cannot modify or delete it

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   You can, however, adjust the opacity level using the opacity slider bar.
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5. When a user you create more than one DICOM segmentation, each DICOM segmentation with the same name is grouped together. A name of DICOM segmentation will be added to the “Name:” drop-down box. Each DICOM segmentation requires “Segmentation Properties:” section to be appropriately filled before a DICOM segmentation can be crated, See step 5.

6. For a study with DICOM segmentation objects, the workstation will automatically display displays DICOM segmentations on corresponding images.

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