- Task: Merge selected segments into one segment.
- Imaging modality: any
- Have a segmentation with multiple segments.
Merge two segments:
- Select the first segment to be merged.
- Click
Logical operators
effect. - Set
Operation
toAdd
. - Select the second segment to be merged in the
Add segment
list. - Click
Apply
.
Merge multiple segments:
- Select the segment that will contain the merged segments.
- Make visible the selected segment and all the segments that you want to merge and hide all other segments.
- Click
Logical operators
effect. - In
Masking
section (near the bottom), setEditable area
toInside all visible segments
. - In logical operators effect options: uncheck
Bypass masking
and setOperation
toFill
. - Click
Apply
.
Merge Segment_1, Segment_2, Segment_3 into one segment (Segment_1), while leaving Segment_4 as a separate segment.
- Download
MRHead
sample data set - Go to
Segment editor
module, clickAdd
button 4x to create 4 new segments. - Select
Paint
effect and paint a few strokes into each segment.
- Hide Segment_4 to exclude it from merging.
- Select Segment_1 to designate it as the segment that will store the merging result.
- Click
Logical operators
effect. InMasking
section (near the bottom), setEditable area
toInside all visible segments
, uncheckBypass masking
, setOperation
toFill
.
- Click
Apply
to merge the segments. - Segment_2 and Segment_3 can now be deleted (they are overwritten by Segment_1 anyway because in
Masking
sectionModify ether segments
was set toOverwrite all
) - Segment_4 can be shown again.