Can I open a single .raw file without the .mhd file?

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Hi all, I got some labeled medical images in .raw format. Can I open a single .raw file without the .mhd file using 3D Slicer? And if not, is there any tool to convert the .raw file to .nii file?
Much appreciated!

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Yes, you can open a raw file with Slicer. Of course the application still needs to know how to interpret that raw file, so you need to specify this data in a separate text header file (for example, a .nhdr file). You can conveniently generate such a header file using RawImageGuess extension.

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Thank you Iassoan, it works! I read the information from the original image and then used “RawImageGuess” to generate the header for the .raw file which is the labelled image.
It confused me initially as I can’t find the “RawImageGuess” module in my 3D Slicer for mac, and I finally found it in the Windows version. Is it possible to install this module in the 3D Slicer for mac?

Much appreciated!

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RawImageGuess extension is available for Mac, too, but probably only for Slicer-4.11. Which Slicer version did you install?

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I installed V4.10.2，the stable version I think. I will update it to the latest version. Thanks!

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