diff --git a/interface/frontend/src/components/open-image/AreaSelect.vue b/interface/frontend/src/components/open-image/AreaSelect.vue
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/interface/frontend/src/components/open-image/AreaSelect.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+<template>
+  <canvas ref="canvas" @contextmenu="onRightClick" @mousedown="onMouseDown" @mousemove="onMouseMove"
+          @mouseup="onMouseUp" :width="canvasWidth" :height="canvasHeight" :style="canvasStyle">
+  </canvas>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+  // how close near the point should user click to grasp it
+  const graspSensitivity = 6
+
+  // selected area style
+  const strokePolygonRgb = 'rgb(255,255,255)'
+  const fillPolygonRgba = 'rgba(255, 255, 90, 0.2)'
+
+  // point style
+  const strokeCoordRgb = 'rgb(255, 255, 90)'
+  const fillCoordRgb = 'rgb(255, 255, 90)'
+
+  export default {
+    components: {},
+    props: ['width', 'height', 'selectedArea'],
+    data () {
+      return {
+        areaCoordinates: this.selectedArea || [],
+        draggingPointIndex: -1,
+        lastMouseLocation: null,
+        draggingEntireArea: false,
+        canvasWidth: this.width || 512,
+        canvasHeight: this.height || 512,
+        anyMovesDetected: false
+      }
+    },
+    watch: {
+      areaCoordinates () {
+        this.redrawAndNotify()
+      }
+    },
+    created () {
+    },
+    mounted: function () {
+      this.canvas = this.$refs['canvas']
+
+      if (!this.canvas.getContext) {
+        // IE Support
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
+        this.canvas = G_vmlCanvasManager.initElement(this.canvas)
+      }
+
+      this.canvasContext = this.canvas.getContext('2d')
+      this.redraw()
+    },
+    computed: {
+      canvasStyle () {
+        return {
+          width: this.canvasWidth + 'px',
+          height: this.canvasHeight + 'px',
+          position: 'absolute',
+          top: 0,
+          left: 0
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    methods: {
+      onRightClick (e) {
+        this.preventDefault(e)
+
+        const {x, y} = this.getMouseLocation(e)
+
+        for (let [i, pointLocation] of this.areaCoordinates.entries()) {
+          let dis = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(x - pointLocation[0], 2) + Math.pow(y - pointLocation[1], 2))
+          if (dis < graspSensitivity) {
+            this.areaCoordinates.splice(i, 1)
+            return false
+          }
+        }
+
+        return false
+      },
+      onMouseDown (e) {
+        let coords = this.areaCoordinates
+
+        // right mouse button click
+        if (e.which === 3) {
+          return false
+        }
+
+        const {x, y} = this.getMouseLocation(e)
+        this.lastMouseLocation = {x, y}
+
+        if (e.shiftKey) {
+          this.draggingEntireArea = true
+          return
+        }
+
+        // move existing point
+        for (let [i, pointLocation] of coords.entries()) {
+          let dis = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(x - pointLocation[0], 2) + Math.pow(y - pointLocation[1], 2))
+          if (dis < graspSensitivity) {
+            this.draggingPointIndex = i
+            return false
+          }
+        }
+
+        // looking for two nearest neighbour points
+        const coordsCopy = coords.slice(0)
+
+        // adding first item for checking last-first pair
+        coordsCopy.push(coordsCopy[0])
+
+        const lines = coordsCopy.map((pointLocation, i) => {
+          if (i === 0) {
+            return {index: 0, distance: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}
+          }
+
+          // make a line from current and previous point, and check click is close
+          let lineDistance = this.pointToLineLength(
+              x, y,
+              pointLocation[0], pointLocation[1],
+              coordsCopy[i - 1][0], coordsCopy[i - 1][1],
+              true
+          )
+
+          return {index: i, distance: lineDistance}
+        })
+
+        // find the two nearest neighbour points
+        const closestLine = lines.sort((l1, l2) => l1.distance - l2.distance)[0]
+
+        // insert new point
+        coords.splice(closestLine.index, 0, [x, y])
+
+        // set currently dragging point
+        this.draggingPointIndex = closestLine.index
+
+        return false
+      },
+      onMouseMove (e) {
+        const lastLocation = this.lastMouseLocation
+        const {x, y} = this.getMouseLocation(e)
+        this.lastMouseLocation = {x, y}
+
+        const dX = x - lastLocation.x
+        const dY = y - lastLocation.y
+
+        if (Math.abs(dX) < 1 && Math.abs(dY) < 1) {
+          return
+        }
+
+        if (this.draggingPointIndex >= 0) {
+          // if we have an active point - drag it
+
+          this.areaCoordinates[this.draggingPointIndex][0] = Math.round(x)
+          this.areaCoordinates[this.draggingPointIndex][1] = Math.round(y)
+        } else if (this.draggingEntireArea && lastLocation) {
+          // if entire area is being dragged - update all points
+
+          for (let pointLocation of this.areaCoordinates) {
+            pointLocation[0] += dX
+            pointLocation[1] += dY
+          }
+        } else {
+          return
+        }
+
+        this.anyMovesDetected = true
+        this.redraw()
+      },
+      onMouseUp (e) {
+        if (this.draggingPointIndex < 0 && !this.draggingEntireArea) {
+          return
+        }
+
+        if (this.anyMovesDetected) {
+          this.notify()
+        }
+
+        this.draggingPointIndex = -1
+        this.draggingEntireArea = false
+        this.anyMovesDetected = false
+      },
+      redrawAndNotify () {
+        this.redraw()
+        this.notify()
+      },
+      notify () {
+        this.$emit('selection-changed', this.areaCoordinates)
+      },
+      redraw () {
+        this.canvasContext.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height)
+        this.canvasContext.globalCompositeOperation = 'source-over'
+        this.drawArea()
+      },
+      drawArea () {
+        let coords = this.areaCoordinates
+
+        if (coords.length < 1) {
+          return false
+        }
+
+        this.canvasContext.lineWidth = 1
+
+        // draw polygon
+        this.canvasContext.beginPath()
+        this.canvasContext.moveTo(coords[0][0], coords[0][1])
+
+        for (let pointLocation of coords) {
+          this.canvasContext.lineTo(pointLocation[0], pointLocation[1])
+        }
+
+        // finish the polygon
+        this.canvasContext.closePath()
+        this.canvasContext.strokeStyle = strokePolygonRgb
+        this.canvasContext.stroke()
+        this.canvasContext.fillStyle = fillPolygonRgba
+        this.canvasContext.fill()
+
+        // draw draggable points
+        this.canvasContext.strokeStyle = strokeCoordRgb
+        this.canvasContext.fillStyle = fillCoordRgb
+
+        for (let pointLocation of coords) {
+          this.canvasContext.beginPath()
+          this.canvasContext.arc(pointLocation[0], pointLocation[1], 4, 0, 2 * Math.PI)
+          this.canvasContext.fill()
+        }
+      },
+      getElementOffset (element) {
+        const de = document.documentElement
+        const box = element.getBoundingClientRect()
+        const top = box.top + window.pageYOffset - de.clientTop
+        const left = box.left + window.pageXOffset - de.clientLeft
+        return {top: top, left: left}
+      },
+      preventDefault (e) {
+        if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation()
+        if (e.preventDefault) e.preventDefault()
+      },
+      getMouseLocation (e) {
+        const canvasOffset = this.getElementOffset(this.canvas)
+        const x = (e.pageX - canvasOffset.left)
+        const y = (e.pageY - canvasOffset.top)
+
+        return {x, y}
+      },
+      // + Jonas Raoni Soares Silva
+      // @ http://jsfromhell.com/math/dot-line-length [rev. #1]
+      pointToLineLength (x, y, x0, y0, x1, y1, o) {
+        /*eslint-disable */
+        function lineLength (x, y, x0, y0) {
+          return Math.sqrt((x -= x0) * x + (y -= y0) * y)
+        }
+
+        if (o && !(o = function (x, y, x0, y0, x1, y1) {
+              if (!(x1 - x0)) return {x: x0, y: y}
+              else if (!(y1 - y0)) return {x: x, y: y0}
+              var left, tg = -1 / ((y1 - y0) / (x1 - x0))
+              return {
+                x: left = (x1 * (x * tg - y + y0) + x0 * (x * -tg + y - y1)) / (tg * (x1 - x0) + y0 - y1),
+                y: tg * left - tg * x + y
+              }
+            }(x, y, x0, y0, x1, y1), o.x >= Math.min(x0, x1) && o.x <= Math.max(x0, x1) && o.y >= Math.min(y0, y1) && o.y <= Math.max(y0, y1))) {
+          var l1 = lineLength(x, y, x0, y0), l2 = lineLength(x, y, x1, y1)
+          return l1 > l2 ? l2 : l1
+        }
+        else {
+          var a = y0 - y1, b = x1 - x0, c = x0 * y1 - y0 * x1
+          return Math.abs(a * x + b * y + c) / Math.sqrt(a * a + b * b)
+        }
+        /*eslint-enable */
+      }
+    }
+  }
+</script>
diff --git a/interface/frontend/src/components/open-image/OpenDICOM.vue b/interface/frontend/src/components/open-image/OpenDICOM.vue
index 41b9335e..8c16ebeb 100644
--- a/interface/frontend/src/components/open-image/OpenDICOM.vue
+++ b/interface/frontend/src/components/open-image/OpenDICOM.vue
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
     </div>
     <div class="DICOM" ref="DICOM"></div>
     <nodule-marker :marker="marker" :zoomRate="zoomRate" :offsetX="offsetX" :offsetY="offsetY"></nodule-marker>
+    <area-select @selection-changed="areaSelectChange" v-if="showAreaSelect"></area-select>
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+  import AreaSelect from './AreaSelect'
   import NoduleMarker from './NoduleMarker'
 
   const cornerstone = require('cornerstone-core')
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@
   cornerstoneTools.external.$ = jquery
 
   export default {
-    components: {NoduleMarker},
+    components: {AreaSelect, NoduleMarker},
     name: 'open-dicom',
     props: {
       view: {
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@
         offsetY: 0,
 
         base64data: null,
-        pool: []
+        pool: [],
+        showAreaSelect: false
       }
     },
     watch: {
@@ -124,6 +127,9 @@
       }
     },
     methods: {
+      areaSelectChange (newCoords) {
+        console.log('areaSelectChanged', JSON.stringify(newCoords))
+      },
       rangeSlice (e) {
         this.stack.currentImageIdIndex = e.target.value
       },