Thanks @pieper
I dug deeper using the DICOM module , based on the recommendation on another topic to view
slicer.util.selectModule("DICOM")
browserWidget = slicer.modules.DICOMWidget.browserWidget
browserWidget.importDirectory(vol_pth)
#loadables, loadablesByPlugin = selectLoadables(browserWidget)
patient = slicer.dicomDatabase.patients()[0]
studies = slicer.dicomDatabase.studiesForPatient(patient)
series = [slicer.dicomDatabase.seriesForStudy(study) for study in studies]
seriesUIDs = [uid for uidList in series for uid in uidList]
browserWidget.onSeriesSelected(seriesUIDs)
browserWidget.examineForLoading()
loadables = browserWidget.loadableTable.loadables
loadablesByPlugin = browserWidget.loadablesByPlugin
for plugin in loadablesByPlugin:
print(plugin.loadType)
For my 4DCT, is it sufficient to only use the Volume Sequnce import plugin lodable?