# Bone segmentation through MRI scan dicom images

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/bone-segmentation-through-mri-scan-dicom-images/31786>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation, mri, dicom\
**Created:** [September 19, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/bone-segmentation-through-mri-scan-dicom-images/31786 "2023-09-19T11:13:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bibi\_Ayisha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/bibi_ayisha/32/65979_2.png) [@Bibi\_Ayisha](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Bibi_Ayisha)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/bone-segmentation-through-mri-scan-dicom-images/31786/1 "2023-09-19T11:13:56Z")

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I was provided a MRI scan of a patient. I have seen different series in the data and the data does not load completely. If I load all the files together it is not showing images properly. Is the issue related to dicom images or this can be fixed? I am new to 3D slicer. Series are in image 1.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/f/d/fd50a39be748f883f29a2c5fd66bacc37a231782.png)

If i load only one series this is what i get but in this way i can do the segmentation:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/5/a/5a2dc9a2b3844240ccd5470bb7e9ae4919e65ecf.jpeg)

This appears if i open all the files altogether:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/b/1/b124341bd1f983e9e61e770dee0a9703c86ac028.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/bone-segmentation-through-mri-scan-dicom-images/31786/2 "2023-09-19T20:40:28Z")

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You might try turning on advanced mode and picking different plugins to load. There can be a lot of complexity about when collections of instances should be grouped as a volume. If it’s still an issue maybe you can share a deidentified dataset that illustrates the issue maybe someone can have a look.

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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:** [September 21, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/bone-segmentation-through-mri-scan-dicom-images/31786/3 "2023-09-21T13:17:13Z")

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> [@Bibi\_Ayisha](#):
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> This appears if i open all the files altogether:

What do you mean by this? How did you load all files altogether (using Data window or the DICOM module, what options did you select)?