Use volume series as input for heterogeneous refinement or 3D classification

Hi,

Using “intermediates” mode of 3D-VA display, the resulting volumes are provided as a volume series, as is also the case for 3D-classification.

I would like to be able to use these as input for 3D-classification (beta), in order to test whether the distribution follows the assumptions inherent in 3D-VA, when separated by reference based classification.

I can do this by downloading the volume series, splitting it up and reimporting, but it is rather laborious. It would therefore be useful if volume series could be provided as input to any job that already accepts multiple volume inputs.

Obviously the job would then need to unpack the series and split it up on the backend, but I think this will be increasingly useful in cases where we are performing classifications with large numbers of classes, rather than having to provide them as individual volumes.

Cheers
Oli

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Thanks @olibclarke. Discussed internally and duly noted for a future release!

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Hi, Is there any update regarding this feature?
I’m working with a highly flexible object where I would benefit from using the output of 3D flex as an input for heterogeneous refinement, but connecting the inputs it seems hetero refinement won’t accept only the volume series as volume input.

There is now a “split volume series” job which you can use to separate volume series to create inputs for 3D classification. It would still be useful though if this happened automatically - e.g. if I drag a volume series as input for 3D classification, it would be handy if it was automatically expanded into appropriate inputs (given that the capacity is now there to do this as a separate job).

@LeoTR Currently, the only way to do this is as @olibclarke suggested. However, we’ve noted this request!

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