Adding image margins

The Add Image Margins command allows you to add a border of pixels or a specific intensity along the edges of an image dataset.

To add image margins
1 Open an image.
2 Select Utilities > Add Image Margins. The Add Image Borders dialog box (Figure 7) opens.
3 Enter the number of pixels to add on the left and right sides of the image, the top and bottom, and to the front and back of the image.
4 Enter the intensity value for the margins.
5 Select one of the following destinations:

• New image -The software applies the margins to another instance of the dataset in a new image window.
  
• Replace image -The software adds the margins to the existing instance of the dataset.
  

6 Click OK. The image margins are applied to the dataset.

Figure 7. Add Image Border dialog box

Margins Around Image	Pixels on the left side: Specifies the number of pixels that should appear on the left side of the image. Pixels on the right side: Specifies the number of pixels that should appear on the right side of the image. Pixels on top: Specifies the number of pixels that should appear on the top of the image. Pixels on bottom: Specifies the number of pixels that should appear at the bottom of the image. Slices at the front of image: Specifies the number of slices that should appear at the front of the image.
	Slices at the back of image: Specifies the number of slices that should appear at the back of the image.
Value for margins	Specifies the intensity of the border around the image. As a default, the intensity of the border is the same intensity as that for the image.
New image	Shows the image with the additional or adjusted margins in a new image window.
Replace image	Replaces the current active image with the results of the image to which margins were added or adjusted.
OK	Applies the parameters that you specified to add margins to this image.
Cancel	Disregards any changes you made in this dialog box, closes the dialog box, and does not add image margins.
Help	Displays online help for this dialog box.

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