# Could not load:1:US \[1\] as a image sequence

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-not-loadus-1-as-a-image-sequence/35332
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** dicom
**Created:** [April 7, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-not-loadus-1-as-a-image-sequence/35332 "2024-04-07T10:55:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Nancy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@Nancy](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Nancy)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-not-loadus-1-as-a-image-sequence/35332/1 "2024-04-07T10:55:30Z")

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I can’t open the ultrasound images in dicom format, what might be the problem?

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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: [April 7, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-not-loadus-1-as-a-image-sequence/35332/2 "2024-04-07T13:13:31Z")

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Most likely the image is corrupted. More details may be available in the application log.

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### Author: ![Nancy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@Nancy](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Nancy)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-not-loadus-1-as-a-image-sequence/35332/3 "2024-04-08T07:09:34Z")

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![error](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/5/e/5ee696ab126be94667748f6b046fdd043893e68e.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: [April 8, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-not-loadus-1-as-a-image-sequence/35332/4 "2024-04-08T12:44:29Z")

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Look for the full log under Help-\>Report a bug.

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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: [April 8, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-not-loadus-1-as-a-image-sequence/35332/5 "2024-04-08T16:09:20Z")

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Please also test with the latest Slicer Preview Release and let us know if you still experience any issues.

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### Author: ![Nancy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@Nancy](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Nancy)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-not-loadus-1-as-a-image-sequence/35332/6 "2024-04-10T08:07:16Z")

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[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:48 (unknown:0) - Session start time …: 2024-04-10 16:03:48  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:48 (unknown:0) - Slicer version …: 5.4.0 (revision 31938 / 311cb26) win-amd64 - installed release  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:48 (unknown:0) - Operating system …: Windows / Personal / (Build 22000, Code Page 65001) - 64-bit  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:48 (unknown:0) - Memory …: 14198 MB physical, 25819 MB virtual  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:48 (unknown:0) - CPU …: AuthenticAMD AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics , 16 cores, 16 logical processors  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:48 (unknown:0) - VTK configuration …: OpenGL2 rendering, TBB threading  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:48 (unknown:0) - Qt configuration …: version 5.15.2, with SSL, requested OpenGL 3.2 (compatibility profile)  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:48 (unknown:0) - Internationalization …: disabled, language=  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:48 (unknown:0) - Developer mode …: disabled  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:48 (unknown:0) - Application path …: C:/Users/86131/Desktop/Slicer 5.4.0/bin  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:48 (unknown:0) - Additional module paths …: [slicer.org/Extensions-31938/SlicerRadiomics/lib/Slicer-5.4/cli-modules](http://slicer.org/Extensions-31938/SlicerRadiomics/lib/Slicer-5.4/cli-modules), [slicer.org/Extensions-31938/SlicerRadiomics/lib/Slicer-5.4/qt-scripted-modules](http://slicer.org/Extensions-31938/SlicerRadiomics/lib/Slicer-5.4/qt-scripted-modules)  
[DEBUG][Python] 10.04.2024 16:03:53 [Python] (C:\Users\86131\Desktop\Slicer 5.4.0\lib\Slicer-5.4\qt-scripted-modules\SubjectHierarchyPlugins\AbstractScriptedSubjectHierarchyPlugin.py:38) - Scripted subject hierarchy plugin registered: SegmentEditor  
[DEBUG][Python] 10.04.2024 16:03:53 [Python] (C:\Users\86131\Desktop\Slicer 5.4.0\lib\Slicer-5.4\qt-scripted-modules\SubjectHierarchyPlugins\AbstractScriptedSubjectHierarchyPlugin.py:38) - Scripted subject hierarchy plugin registered: SegmentStatistics  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:03:53 (unknown:0) - Switch to module: “Welcome”  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:05:14 (unknown:0) - Switch to module: “DICOM”  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:05:20 (unknown:0) - “DICOM indexer has successfully inserted 14 files [0.04s]”  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:05:20 (unknown:0) - “DICOM indexer has successfully processed 14 files [0.06s]”  
[DEBUG][Qt] 10.04.2024 16:05:20 (unknown:0) - “DICOM indexer has updated display fields for 14 files [0.04s]”  
[INFO][Python] 10.04.2024 16:05:20 [Python] (C:\Users\86131\Desktop\Slicer 5.4.0\lib\Slicer-5.4\qt-scripted-modules\DICOMLib\DICOMBrowser.py:261) - Imported a DICOM directory, checking for extensions  
[WARNING][Python] 10.04.2024 16:05:23 [Python] (C:\Users\86131\Desktop\Slicer 5.4.0\lib\Slicer-5.4\qt-scripted-modules\DICOMLib\DICOMBrowser.py:568) - Warning in DICOM plugin Image sequence when examining loadable 1: US [6]: Image spacing may need to be calibrated for accurate size measurements.  
[INFO][Python] 10.04.2024 16:05:23 [Python] (C:\Users\86131\Desktop\Slicer 5.4.0\bin\Python\slicer\util.py:2909) - Warnings detected during load. Examine data in Advanced mode for details. Load anyway?  
[ERROR][VTK] 10.04.2024 16:05:24 [vtkITKArchetypeImageSeriesVectorReaderFile (000001E818FE2B10)] (vtkITKArchetypeImageSeriesReader.cxx:708) - vtkITKArchetypeImageSeriesReader::ExecuteInformation: Cannot open C:/Users/86131/Desktop/11/zhao gui lian\_01\_0006\_0001.dcm. ITK exception info: error in unknown: Could not create IO object for reading file C:/Users/86131/Desktop/11/zhao gui lian\_01\_0006\_0001.dcm  
Tried to create one of the following:  
BMPImageIO  
BioRadImageIO  
DCMTKImageIO  
GDCMImageIO  
GiplImageIO  
JPEGImageIO  
LSMImageIO  
MGHImageIO  
MINCImageIO  
MRCImageIO  
MetaImageIO  
NiftiImageIO  
NrrdImageIO  
PNGImageIO  
ScancoImageIO  
StimulateImageIO  
TIFFImageIO  
VTKImageIO  
MRMLIDImageIO  
Bruker2dseqImageIO  
GE4ImageIO  
GE5ImageIO  
HDF5ImageIO  
JPEG2000ImageIO  
You probably failed to set a file suffix, or  
set the suffix to an unsupported type.  
[ERROR][VTK] 10.04.2024 16:05:24 [vtkCompositeDataPipeline (000001E856C37300)] (vtkExecutive.cxx:742) - Algorithm vtkITKArchetypeImageSeriesVectorReaderFile (000001E818FE2B10) returned failure for request: vtkInformation (000001E8670014B0)  
Debug: Off  
Modified Time: 192980  
Reference Count: 1  
Registered Events: (none)  
Request: REQUEST\_INFORMATION  
FORWARD\_DIRECTION: 0  
ALGORITHM\_AFTER\_FORWARD: 1  
[ERROR][Python] 10.04.2024 16:05:24 [Python] (C:\Users\86131\Desktop\Slicer 5.4.0\lib\Slicer-5.4\qt-scripted-modules\DICOMLib\DICOMUtils.py:794) - DICOM plugin failed to load ‘1: US [6]’ as a ‘Image sequence’.  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “C:\Users\86131\Desktop\Slicer 5.4.0\lib\Slicer-5.4\qt-scripted-modules\DICOMLib\DICOMUtils.py”, line 790, in loadLoadables  
loadSuccess = plugin.load(loadable)  
File “C:/Users/86131/Desktop/Slicer 5.4.0/bin/…/lib/Slicer-5.4/qt-scripted-modules/DICOMImageSequencePlugin.py”, line 357, in load  
imageData, ijkToRas = self.loadImageData(filePath, loadable.grayscale, tempFrameVolume)  
File “C:/Users/86131/Desktop/Slicer 5.4.0/bin/…/lib/Slicer-5.4/qt-scripted-modules/DICOMImageSequencePlugin.py”, line 233, in loadImageData  
f"Could not read image {loadable.name} from file {filePath}. Error is: {errorString}")  
NameError: name ‘loadable’ is not defined  
[WARNING][Python] 10.04.2024 16:05:24 [Python] (C:\Users\86131\Desktop\Slicer 5.4.0\bin\Python\slicer\util.py:2909) - Could not load: 1: US [6] as a Image sequence