# 3D / 4D Philips and GE volumes to 3dSlicer

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-4d-philips-and-ge-volumes-to-3dslicer/3897>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom, ultrasound, file-import\
**Created:** [August 26, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-4d-philips-and-ge-volumes-to-3dslicer/3897 "2018-08-26T16:27:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![diogopmartins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@diogopmartins](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/diogopmartins)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-4d-philips-and-ge-volumes-to-3dslicer/3897/1 "2018-08-26T16:27:58Z")

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Dear all,

I need some help to import 3d volume data from Philips epic7 and GE e95 to 3dSlicer.

I installed SlicerHeart with Philips 4D patcher. I can convert those files because show this message:

Examining ./us003.dcm…  
Not Philips 4D ultrasound DICOM file. Skipped.  
DICOM patching completed.

Also when I try to import those volumes directly that shows like this:

 ![47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/4/6/4613716ba49589b0d9b5961dd624e14c9caa6ba0.png)

Same for GE volumes.

Not sure what I’m doing wrong.

Many thanks!

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-4d-philips-and-ge-volumes-to-3dslicer/3897/2 "2018-08-26T19:47:24Z")

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You are not doing anything wrong. Unfortunately, ultrasound devices usually do not store 3D/4D image data in standard DICOM fields and therefore there are limitations of what and how can be loaded. See details in [documentation of SlicerHeart extension](https://github.com/SlicerHeart/SlicerHeart).