# Cant load dicom data properly, loads very small in corner

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cant-load-dicom-data-properly-loads-very-small-in-corner/32123>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 9, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cant-load-dicom-data-properly-loads-very-small-in-corner/32123 "2023-10-09T18:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![studyskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@studyskin](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/studyskin)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cant-load-dicom-data-properly-loads-very-small-in-corner/32123/1 "2023-10-09T18:03:58Z")

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hi, i am trying to import this dicom data but it loads only in the corner of the viewer and very small, i have included a screenshot but it is hard to see

 ![Screenshot 2023-10-09 183712](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/1/b/1b5b6fd3912dad47e2567b9e6ad2b6133f6424c9.png)  
here is the [data](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12Ee7r19AXiC7RusUBK79gMtlrKCyAhqo?usp=sharing)  
thank you so much to anyone who can help! i have tried YouTube videos but i cant find anyone else with this issue

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cant-load-dicom-data-properly-loads-very-small-in-corner/32123/2 "2023-10-09T20:54:29Z")

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I managed to get the data in by simply drag and dropping the one of the dicom images and loading it as a volume. This is not the proper way of loading DICOMs, it should really work with DICOM module, and given that even after patching it doesnt suggest, this DICOM sequence is ill-prepared, and not standards compliant. For example, I am getting this error:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/6/4/64fff4a5f69d253a750c06cce518c31d7bc86381.png)

For example, I don’t think this skull is couple meters long, which is what the data reports.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/1/9/19926371aa51226712ace92310758959fddeb149.jpeg)

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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:** [October 10, 2023, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cant-load-dicom-data-properly-loads-very-small-in-corner/32123/3 "2023-10-10T10:34:49Z")

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It sounds like the “image position patient” and “image orientation tags” are not set correctly. You can have a look at these values by right-clicking in the DICOM browser and choose to view metadata. If you are not sure why the values are incorrect then you can share the data set and we’ll have a look.