# How do I merge DICOM files?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-i-merge-dicom-files/11384>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 2, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-i-merge-dicom-files/11384 "2020-05-02T18:15:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![CHRIS\_HUYNH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/chris_huynh/32/6392_2.png) [@CHRIS\_HUYNH](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/CHRIS_HUYNH)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-i-merge-dicom-files/11384/1 "2020-05-02T18:15:38Z")

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Hi,

I have a document of a phantom spine that contains a lot of single DICOM files which i assume to be the different slices of the CT scan of the spine. How do I merge all these DICOM files into one DICOM file to upload onto 3D Slicer so I can visualize the CT scan at each slice?

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-i-merge-dicom-files/11384/2 "2020-05-02T18:57:10Z")

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[https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/4.10/Training#Slicer4\_3D\_Visualization\_of\_DICOM\_images\_for\_Radiology\_Applications](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/4.10/Training#Slicer4_3D_Visualization_of_DICOM_images_for_Radiology_Applications)