From tomosynthesis images, can 3D Slicer create a good 3D image?

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Operating system: Windows 10
Slicer version:4.10.2
Expected behavior: Clean 3D rendering of structures (e.g., bones, body contour)
Actual behavior: Fuzzy, indistinct rendering of structures

I have a set of DICOM images obtained on a tomosynthesis unit. Slicer 3D imports the dataset. However, the 3D Slicer renders a 3D image that is poor quality. What are the tricks to handling data obtained from tomosynthesis. Thanks!

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Do you expect to see better quality image? Does the imaging system’s own software show less noisy image? Can you post a few example screenshots? What would you like to do with the image: segment, register, 3D print, …?

If there is no image export or import errors then probably the best you can do is to apply noise filtering on the image; or segment structures using Segment Editor module and smooth the segmentation result.