# CT image appears to be distorted

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-image-appears-to-be-distorted/16519>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [March 13, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-image-appears-to-be-distorted/16519 "2021-03-13T00:52:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Egyed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/tamas_egyed/32/10270_2.png) [@Tamas\_Egyed](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Tamas_Egyed)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-image-appears-to-be-distorted/16519/1 "2021-03-12T19:21:47Z")

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My saggital and horisontal view is fully distorted and it doesn!t create a 3d image.  
What can be the problem

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/a/9/a9755741829757dadce169e4fd26d75fda5262b0.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:** [March 13, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-image-appears-to-be-distorted/16519/2 "2021-03-13T00:52:10Z")

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If a volume is stretched out along certain axes then it means that image spacing (voxel size) is incorrect. Is this a DICOM image coming straight from a clinical CT scanner?