function sliceThicknessV = deduceSliceWidths(planC)
%function sliceThicknessV = deduceSliceWidths(planC)
%
%This function deduces slice thicknesses when the treatment planning system
%provides only z Values.
%
%
%Created:  30 Apr 03, JOD.
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% Copyright 2010, Joseph O. Deasy, on behalf of the CERR development team.
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% This file is part of The Computational Environment for Radiotherapy Research (CERR).
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% CERR development has been led by:  Aditya Apte, Divya Khullar, James Alaly, and Joseph O. Deasy.
% 
% CERR has been financially supported by the US National Institutes of Health under multiple grants.
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indexS = planC{end};

zValuesV = [planC{indexS.scan}.scanInfo(:).zValue];

sliceThicknessV = ones(size(zValuesV)) * nan;

for i = 2 : length(zValuesV) - 1

  nextDelta = abs(zValuesV(i+1) - zValuesV(i));

  sliceThicknessV(i) = nextDelta;

end

sliceThicknessV(1) = 2 * (abs(zValuesV(2) - zValuesV(1)) - 0.5 * sliceThicknessV(2));

sliceThicknessV(end) = 2 * (abs(zValuesV(end) - zValuesV(end - 1)) - 0.5 * sliceThicknessV(end - 1));

