# Complete noob wants to 3d print his brain. Scans aren't perfect. Help?

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**Created:** [January 25, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/complete-noob-wants-to-3d-print-his-brain-scans-arent-perfect-help/41278 "2025-01-25T10:54:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snoochers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/snoochers/32/79221_2.png) [@Snoochers](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Snoochers)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/complete-noob-wants-to-3d-print-his-brain-scans-arent-perfect-help/41278/1 "2025-01-25T10:54:52Z")

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Hi. I have DICOM files of my brain. There’s a lot of scans in there but many wouldn’t be suitable for a 3D model I think. The best scans seem to be 26 slices going ear to ear and 33 slices going top of head to bottom. I don’t seem to have any scans with several clear front to back slices.

Can a good 3D model be generated simply from the two planes?

There’s an additional issue that the two good groups of slices are from two separate scans it seems like. They’re not in the same line of data when I load it in 3D slicer. In other words, the good slices are paired with blurry slices from the two other planes.

If the 2 plains are enough, how can I combine them? The software seems a bit complicated and I could use some handholding. Or perhaps someone would be kind enough to do it for me if I send them the files?

I found a youtube video tutorial on how to extract scans for 3D printing but unfortunately the tutorial assumes good scans

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**Author:** ![AlexBaev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@AlexBaev](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/AlexBaev)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/complete-noob-wants-to-3d-print-his-brain-scans-arent-perfect-help/41278/2 "2025-01-26T08:20:34Z")

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Can I see your DICOM? I’ve already done the head, the bones. I can look at your brain.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/9/0/9045cc90687d7441601d8a0c9dddeb10fd9c4621.jpeg)  
[a46779935b@mail.ru](mailto:a46779935b@mail.ru)

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**Author:** ![Snoochers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/snoochers/32/79221_2.png) [@Snoochers](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Snoochers)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/complete-noob-wants-to-3d-print-his-brain-scans-arent-perfect-help/41278/3 "2025-01-26T14:42:26Z")

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Thank you. I sent the DICOM to the listed email.

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**Author:** ![AlexBaev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@AlexBaev](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/AlexBaev)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/complete-noob-wants-to-3d-print-his-brain-scans-arent-perfect-help/41278/4 "2025-01-29T08:26:13Z")

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good day! slices are really not enough to get a quality image. I understand that you want to combine coronal, axial and sagital to get better quality? Here is a link why this cannot be done in Slicer.

> [@How to integrate the dicom data from 3 series](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-integrate-the-dicom-data-from-3-series/41310):
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> Hello, I am trying to evaluate bone quality using the bone texture module of 3d slicer software (ver.5.6.2) from pre- and post-operative CT scans of a certain surgery. However, not just with 3d slicer, but I am having trouble with axial, coronal, and sagital CT images not being displayed in series. To be more specific, dicom data a displays axial images clearly, but the resolution of coronal and sagital images becomes very low, and with dicom data b, coronal images are displayed clearly, but t…

Theoretically, this can be done in other 3D programs.  
Here is what I managed to do in Slicer = axial.

 ![02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/e/e/ee98126e397e91e23f96a5dbcd379a4a5c3f714e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Snoochers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/snoochers/32/79221_2.png) [@Snoochers](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Snoochers)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/complete-noob-wants-to-3d-print-his-brain-scans-arent-perfect-help/41278/5 "2025-01-30T14:41:24Z")

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So I should forget the idea of 3D printing my brain? I thought the slices looked pretty good…