# Import DICOM multiple AcquisitionNumber instead of one series

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/import-dicom-multiple-acquisitionnumber-instead-of-one-series/30554>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [July 12, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/import-dicom-multiple-acquisitionnumber-instead-of-one-series/30554 "2023-07-12T14:55:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![lvdw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@lvdw](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lvdw)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/import-dicom-multiple-acquisitionnumber-instead-of-one-series/30554/1 "2023-07-12T14:55:16Z")

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Operating system: MacOS  
Slicer version: 5,2,2  
Expected behavior: One continuous series  
Actual behavior: 10 series of 4 slices each

Unlike post [Problems during Dicom import](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/problems-during-dicom-import/9060) the ImageOrientationPatient is the same.

Problem looks like this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/6/3/630c33620cd97a1fa2797ecd9f06696ee178870f.png)

So when I load them this happens:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/6/1/61185bcdbb26792539baca82e3abe605c70f18c1.png)

Files were acquired elsewhere, pseudonymized, zipped and transferred using BOX  
I never encountered this problem with my locally acquired datasets, but the problem is persistent with this transferred dataset.

If I import them in another DICOM viewer (Horos in my case), there is no problem loading them as one series.  
Of course it could be a transfer problem, but is there a way to make them usable again in 3D slicer for lesion segmentation?

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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:** [July 12, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/import-dicom-multiple-acquisitionnumber-instead-of-one-series/30554/2 "2023-07-12T15:00:02Z")

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Maybe this image was sequential (scan-move-scan) acquisition from decades ago? By default each image acquisitions is reconstructed into a separate volume, but you can probably choose load it as one volume if you enable “Advanced” option in the DICOM browser.

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**Author:** ![lvdw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@lvdw](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lvdw)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/import-dicom-multiple-acquisitionnumber-instead-of-one-series/30554/3 "2023-07-12T15:08:06Z")

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Thank you, this worked:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/8/a/8a695b2c947d41e8d4225148ce4525362549b7a6.png)  
If I only load the last one it works fine.

It’s a scan from 2011.