# I need help: Encountered "Could not load ... as a scalar volume" when loading MRI sequence

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**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [October 4, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/i-need-help-encountered-could-not-load-as-a-scalar-volume-when-loading-mri-sequence/32038 "2023-10-04T17:50:08Z")\
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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:** [October 4, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/i-need-help-encountered-could-not-load-as-a-scalar-volume-when-loading-mri-sequence/32038/2 "2023-10-04T17:54:57Z")

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It seems that the data set is invalid. The issue looks very similar to this one:

> [@Pixel larger than the output type](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/pixel-larger-than-the-output-type/30417/9):
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> The data set is invalid. See the output of David Clunie’s dciodvfy tool: (0x0040,0x1008) LO Confidentiality Code - Warning - Explicit value representation doesn't match data dictionary; Explicit \<ST\> Dictionary \<LO\> (0x07a3,0x10ca) ? - Warning - Unrecognized tag - assuming explicit value representation OK Warning - Value dubious for this VR - (0x0010,0x0010) PN Patient's Name PN [1] = \<Anonymous\> - Retired Person Name form MRImage Error - Empty attribute (no value) Type 1 Required Element=\<R…

Probably the image has not come straight from the scanner but it was processed/anonymized, which corrupted its content.

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