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C.8.8.6.3 Representing Inner and Outer Contours on an Image (Current)
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##### C.8.8.6.3 Representing Inner and Outer Contours on an Image

When a single ROI describes an excluded inner volume, this can be encoded with a single contour, using a "keyhole" technique. In this method, an arbitrarily narrow channel is used to connect the outer contour to the inner contour, so that it is drawn as a single contour. An example of such a structure is shown in Figure C.8.8.6-1

Points in space lying along the path defined by the contour are considered to be inside the ROI.

Figure C.8.8.6-1. Example of ROI with excluded inner volume

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