# Importing DICOMs

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-dicoms/549>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 21, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-dicoms/549 "2017-06-21T21:13:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![victoria.rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/2bfe46/32.png) [@victoria.rose](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/victoria.rose)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-dicoms/549/1 "2017-06-21T21:13:21Z")

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Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7  
Slicer version: 4.6.2

I have a CD with the DICOM files and directory for about 40 MR images. I cannot manage to import the DICOM folder directly into 3D Slicer - the program iterates through all of the files over about 30 minutes and then displays that 0 patients have been added. If I export each MRI series individually as a .dcm from GearView, Slicer will upload the images but results in distorted coronal and sagittal images with the error “Geometric issues were found with 1 of the series. Please use caution”.

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I am unfamiliar with DICOM files and am unsure how to successfully load these into Slicer. (I’ve tried loading the files with DICOMDiffusionVolumePlugin disables as well). Thanks for any help!

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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:** [June 21, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-dicoms/549/2 "2017-06-21T22:03:08Z")

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Please try it again, with the latest nightly version of Slicer.

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**Author:** ![fedorov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/fedorov/32/14_2.png) [@fedorov](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/fedorov)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-dicoms/549/3 "2017-06-22T02:25:58Z")

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Sometime Slicer DICOM database becomes unaccessible, or the database path is not writeable after installation. You can try resetting the database location to a new location that is writeable.

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**Author:** ![victoria.rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/2bfe46/32.png) [@victoria.rose](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/victoria.rose)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-dicoms/549/4 "2017-06-22T21:01:47Z")

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Downloaded the nightly version of Slicer and the images are back to normal. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![victoria.rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/2bfe46/32.png) [@victoria.rose](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/victoria.rose)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-dicoms/549/5 "2017-06-27T13:55:05Z")

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Slicer 4.7.0

All of the images have loaded, however they are not the quality expected and Slicer outputs the error: “Warning in DICOM plugin Scalar Volume when examining loadable 5: _File name_ There is no pixel data attribute for the DICOM objects, but they might be readable as secondary capture images.” Any idea how to resolve this error?

Thanks!

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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:** [June 28, 2017, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-dicoms/549/6 "2017-06-28T06:56:13Z")

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Hi -

Can you try the steps described here [1] and report back?

-Steve

[1] [https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/FAQ/DICOM](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/FAQ/DICOM)