# Import DCM files from Ecube Alpinion

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/import-dcm-files-from-ecube-alpinion/5625>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [February 3, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/import-dcm-files-from-ecube-alpinion/5625 "2019-02-03T05:18:15Z")\
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You need at least tens but preferably hundreds of 2D image slices to reconstruct a 3D volume. The slices may be stored in one file, but in DICOM still the most typical is to store a single slice per file.

Some further details are available in the answers given to your other question here: [Echograph for 3d model](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/echograph-for-3d-model/5639)

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