# custom struturing element

**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/custom-struturing-element/4797
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 9, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/custom-struturing-element/4797 "2022-02-09T20:23:31Z")
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### Author: ![Oddone-Scatena](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/oddone-scatena/32/2651_2.png) [@Oddone-Scatena](https://discourse.itk.org/u/Oddone-Scatena)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/custom-struturing-element/4797/1 "2022-02-09T20:23:31Z")

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How do I build a custom flat struturing element assinging a different number to each of its cells?

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### Author: ![dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/dzenanz/32/1093_2.png) [@dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dzenanz)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/custom-struturing-element/4797/2 "2022-02-09T21:19:47Z")

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Have you considered using [FlatStructuringElement.FromImage](https://itk.org/Doxygen/html/classitk_1_1FlatStructuringElement.html#abdcac67d139bb0afe6740812d9ae912d)?