# DICOM to NIFTI conversion

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-to-nifti-conversion/11124>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation, dicom\
**Created:** [April 15, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-to-nifti-conversion/11124 "2020-04-15T12:15:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-to-nifti-conversion/11124/3 "2020-04-15T15:47:34Z")

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> [@rickychen](#):
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> More specifically, what packages or tools do they use to achieve this? Is there any source code online on Slicer repo?

The code with DICOM in the name here is a place to start, but this code itself relies on multiple libraries:

> <https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/tree/main/Modules/Scripted>
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> //github.com/Slicer/Slicer/tree/main/Modules/Scripted

Also this thread may help you:

> [@How to convert dicom files to nrrd](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-convert-dicom-files-to-nrrd/540/12):
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> You can also consider one of the many tools out there that are much easier to use than Slicer for batch volume reconstruction (faster, easier to use, possibly more robust). You can find a list of some of the most popular ones (incomplete, I am sure) here: [https://na-mic.github.io/ProjectWeek/PW27\_2018\_Boston/Projects/DICOMVolumeReconstruction/](https://na-mic.github.io/ProjectWeek/PW27_2018_Boston/Projects/DICOMVolumeReconstruction/). A number of them (including Slicer converters) are set up in this dockerfile: [https://github.com/QIICR/dcmheat/blob/master/docker/Dockerfile](https://github.com/QIICR/dcmheat/blob/master/docker/Dockerfile) (just noti…

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