Create A Profile View - GE Revolution CT User Manual

4.4 Create a Profile view

A profile graph shows the voxel value along a 3D trace (profile). This allows you to analyze the
voxel value distribution of a 3D object in various ways, as an aid in setting up 3D processing
(e.g., thresholding).
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1. Open
Profile Layout preset, if available.
2. Select the
3. In one of the viewports, right-click the view type active annotation and select Profile.
4. On an axial, sagittal, or coronal image, press and hold <Shift> as you deposit points along
the anatomy.
As you trace, the profile view displays the pixel intensity along the trace.
5. On the profile view:
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The horizontal axis is the position in millimeters along the trace and the vertical axis is
the pixel intensity values as a function of that position.
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Press <Shift> to display the pixel intensity from the location of the 3D cursor. Click and
drag the white line to move it, which in turn, moves the cursor on the image.
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