# DICOM loading, patcher, general problems. 

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-loading-patcher-general-problems/1921>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 24, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-loading-patcher-general-problems/1921 "2018-01-24T12:41:42Z")\
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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:** [January 24, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-loading-patcher-general-problems/1921/6 "2018-01-24T15:37:37Z")

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OK. It seems that your files cannot be interpreted as scalar volumes. The problem is most likely caused by invalid file content, which is most likely related to what you reported in this post: [Importing data from patcher](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-data-from-patcher/1922). Let’s continue the discussion there.

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