{
  "id": 18418,
  "title": "Position of Image vs Slice Thivkness",
  "url": "/competitions/second-annual-data-science-bowl/discussion/18418",
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  "post_date": "2016-01-17T04:51:43.603Z",
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  "content": "<p>Spacing of images using image position is different from slice thickness.   Does slice thickness have a different meaning?</p>",
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      "id": "104831",
      "postDate": "01/17/2016 04:51:43",
      "content": "<p>Spacing of images using image position is different from slice thickness.   Does slice thickness have a different meaning?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Spacing of images using image position is different from slice thickness.   Does slice thickness have a different meaning?",
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      "id": "104832",
      "postDate": "01/17/2016 05:07:35",
      "content": "<p>From my understanding, 'Slice thickness' is loosely the 'depth of field', if you will.  Each slice represents a volume of the heart.  Spacing is the gap between the centers of two adjacent slices.  For calculating volumes, both these should be used as parameters.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "From my understanding, 'Slice thickness' is loosely the 'depth of field', if you will.  Each slice represents a volume of the heart.  Spacing is the gap between the centers of two adjacent slices.  For calculating volumes, both these should be used as parameters.",
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      "id": 104832,
      "author_name": "iasiam",
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      "post_date": "01/17/2016 05:07:35",
      "content": "<p>From my understanding, 'Slice thickness' is loosely the 'depth of field', if you will.  Each slice represents a volume of the heart.  Spacing is the gap between the centers of two adjacent slices.  For calculating volumes, both these should be used as parameters.</p>",
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    "104831": "Spacing of images using image position is different from slice thickness.   Does slice thickness have a different meaning?",
    "104832": "From my understanding, 'Slice thickness' is loosely the 'depth of field', if you will.  Each slice represents a volume of the heart.  Spacing is the gap between the centers of two adjacent slices.  For calculating volumes, both these should be used as parameters."
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