# Can single DSA Dicom file be used for 3D reconstruction and viewed in 3D window？

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**Created:** [October 31, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/can-single-dsa-dicom-file-be-used-for-3d-reconstruction-and-viewed-in-3d-window/4598 "2018-10-31T01:32:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![cyufu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/cyufu/32/1779_2.png) [@cyufu](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/cyufu)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/can-single-dsa-dicom-file-be-used-for-3d-reconstruction-and-viewed-in-3d-window/4598/1 "2018-10-31T01:32:14Z")

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The animation in red window was made by single DSA Dicom file . I am wondering whether this kind of data , copied from DSA work station , can be used for 3D reconstruction and viewed in 3D window.

thanks  
Caoyufu

![GIF](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/f/e/fef04b66868c4bb434718b260100fa789bf0cce2.gif)

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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:** [October 31, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/can-single-dsa-dicom-file-be-used-for-3d-reconstruction-and-viewed-in-3d-window/4598/2 "2018-10-31T01:48:20Z")

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Hi @cyufu -

Generally no, if you only have projection images you can’t operation on them in 3D. If you have enough projections you can backproject and make a volume, but you probably need more than is shown in your gif.

There’s some more background on this thread:

> [@Volume rendering shows solid black cube only](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/volume-rendering-shows-solid-black-cube-only/4272):
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> Hello, I have a quick question as I am new to slicer and it might just be a simple error. I have created a stack of tiff files and managed to load them onto slicer and then adjust the image spacing so that there a full picture from each view. The problem comes in when I want to create a volume rendering to show the bones of the specimens in the scan. When I click on the ‘eye’ button to view the volume rendering all I get is a solid black cube and nothing of what is in the scan. I have tried …