# How to export volumetric files from GE ultrasound

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-volumetric-files-from-ge-ultrasound/4901>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom, ultrasound\
**Created:** [November 28, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-volumetric-files-from-ge-ultrasound/4901 "2018-11-28T16:08:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![molverat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/molverat/32/2646_2.png) [@molverat](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/molverat)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-volumetric-files-from-ge-ultrasound/4901/1 "2018-11-28T16:08:13Z")

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Hello community, this is Mike. A newcomer to the community,.

I want to use slicer to process some ultradound files for 3d printing. I have not been able to gather info of the ultrasound volumes.

How can I export those files from my machine?

Best.

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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:** [November 29, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-volumetric-files-from-ge-ultrasound/4901/2 "2018-11-29T05:13:16Z")

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You can read certain GE 3D ultrasound files into 3D Slicer using SlicerHeart extension. See more details in the [SlicerHeart extension documentation](https://github.com/SlicerHeart/SlicerHeart). Let us know if you have any questions (or if it all works well).

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**Author:** ![molverat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/molverat/32/2646_2.png) [@molverat](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/molverat)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-volumetric-files-from-ge-ultrasound/4901/3 "2018-12-05T22:43:24Z")

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I actually dont know how to extract the files from the ultrasound machine.

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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:** [December 6, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-volumetric-files-from-ge-ultrasound/4901/4 "2018-12-06T05:25:19Z")

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Usually you would write to a CD or USB stick directly from the ultrasound console; or push images to a DICOM PACS or workstation and write out the images from there.