difficulty importing DICOM and volume rendering

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Operating system: Windows 10
Slicer version: 4.11.20200930
Expected behavior: when i drag and drop the DICOM provided in the troubleshoot page (QIN-HEADNECK-01-0024-CT) or my own DICOM volume render might work
Actual behavior:
I only see lines in the green and yellow boxes, normal axial images in red. No volume render unfortunately

many thanks for any help

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You need to enable volume rendering from the volume rendering module !

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It sounds like you load a single slice only. Use the DICOM module to load all DICOM images properly:

  • Switch to DICOM module
  • Drag-and-drop the DICOM folder to the application screen and wait for import to complete
  • Double-click on a patient, study, or series to load it into the scene

The easiest way to load images from TCIA is to use “TCIA Browser” module (provided by TCIABrowser extension): it allows you to browse the entire TCIA collection, select patients/studies/series, and download them into the Slicer DICOM database and optionally load them directly into the scene:

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You can active volume rendering by two clicks in Data module: right-click on the eye icon and choose “Show in 3D views as volume rendering”. You can tune volume rendering settings in “Volume rendering” module.

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thank you Andras for taking the time to help,
I’ll try these suggestions of yours
many thanks
Susan

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thanks Manjula for taking the time to help me,
the volume render/ open eyes work on the sample data it’s just getting my own DICOMS to load which is my troubled step at the moment. I might try this TCIA browser too and see if this helps
thanks again
Susan