# Incorrect DICOM import

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/incorrect-dicom-import/23029>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom, data-loading\
**Created:** [April 19, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/incorrect-dicom-import/23029 "2022-04-19T18:10:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boris33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@Boris33](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Boris33)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/incorrect-dicom-import/23029/1 "2022-04-19T18:10:33Z")

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Hello,

I’m just getting started with 3D Slicer (4.11) and I have problems loading correctly my DICOM volume. The data is acquired from a Siemens CT scanner as IMA files and stacked with a pattern 1.1, 1.2, … 1.200 (1 sequence with 200 z positions).

Importing the folder where my DICOM files are stored does not work as each slice is imported separately and not as a volume.

 ![Skärmbild 2022-04-19 102311](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/6/7/67e5f7e51e0c9de47871b20e2e605f887446b6c5.png)

I noticed moreover in Show DICOM database\>View DICOM metadata that my files are reordered by Slicer as 1.1, 1.10, 1.100, 1.101 …

I already tried the following corrections as proposed in other topics without success so far:

- DICOM patcher
- Changing the DICOM reader approach in Edit\>Application Settings
- Importing as standard data

I usually have no problem to import the data in ImageJ, MatLab or Python

Thanks in advance for the help,

B