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Segmentation of Anatomical Structures in Medical 3-D Images

Abstract

Image data in medical imaging is often stored and exchanged in the DICOM file format. A DICOM dataset is a file that contains rich metadata (patient, study info) and the actual medical image data stored as pixels (for 2-D images) or voxel (for 3-D images). The image data can be single-channel or multi-channel, and it can also be organized in multiple frames (e.g., spatial tiles of a mosaic, z-slices of a 3-D image, or time steps).

About This Material

This is a Hands-on Tutorial from the GTN which is usable either for individual self-study, or as a teaching material in a classroom.

Questions this will address

  • How do I use Galaxy with DICOM data?
  • How do I inspect 3-D image data in Galaxy?
  • How do I perform image analysis with 3-D image data in Galaxy?
  • How do I visualize 3-D segmentation results in Galaxy?

Learning Objectives

  • Learn handling and navigating 3-D image data in Galaxy.
  • Learn to use generic image analysis tools for analysis of medical images.

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Keywords: 3D image, Computed tomography, Conversion, Image segmentation, Imaging, Medical imaging, Object feature extraction, Overlay, Volume rendering

Target audience: Students

Resource type: e-learning

Version: 1

Status: Active

Prerequisites:

  • FAIR Bioimage Metadata
  • Introduction to Galaxy Analyses
  • REMBI - Recommended Metadata for Biological Images – metadata guidelines for bioimaging data

Learning objectives:

  • Learn handling and navigating 3-D image data in Galaxy.
  • Learn to use generic image analysis tools for analysis of medical images.

Date modified: 2026-02-26

Date published: 2026-02-26

Authors: Leonid Kostrykin

Contributors: Beatriz Serrano-Solano, Diana Chiang Jurado

Scientific topics: Imaging


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