# A bit of confusion about the slicer coordinate system

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/a-bit-of-confusion-about-the-slicer-coordinate-system/29883>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [June 7, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/a-bit-of-confusion-about-the-slicer-coordinate-system/29883 "2023-06-07T02:28:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/a-bit-of-confusion-about-the-slicer-coordinate-system/29883/8 "2023-06-12T19:36:07Z")

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In Edit-\>Application Settings you can change whether patient right is screen left or not.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/5/8/58170b7a1a10ddacde79884c1a0f1d5fb401d008.png)

That work came out of the following PR if you are curious about the conversation that led to it.

> <https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/5536>
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> User can choose between radiology and neurology view directions (patient left/ri…ght on screen right).

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