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DOC: Moved Spacing Between Slices to a note
Related to N=1, A_{single}
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doc/source/dicom/dicom_orientation.rst

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For later convenience we also define values useful for 3D volumes:
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* $s$ : slice index to the slice plane. The first slice index is zero.
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* $\Delta{s}$ - Spacing in mm between slices, given by the Spacing
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Between Slices (0018,0088) attribute in units of mm (if exists).
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Can also be calculated from the Image Orientation (Patient) of
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multiple slices together with Image Orientation (Patient), as
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explained in :ref:`dicom-affine-defs`.
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* $s$ : Slice index to the slice plane. The first slice index is zero.
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* $\Delta{s}$ - Spacing in mm between slices.
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.. _dicom-3d-affines:
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See :download:`derivations/spm_dicom_orient.py` for the derivations and
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some explanations.
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For a single slice $N=1$ the affine matrix is $A_{single}$. In this
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case, the slice spacing $\Delta{s}$ may be obtained by the Spacing
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Between Slices (0018,0088) attribute in units of mm, if it exists.
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.. _dicom-z-from-slice:
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Working out the Z coordinates for a set of slices

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