# Load vol file into 3D Slicer from Morita machine

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/load-vol-file-into-3d-slicer-from-morita-machine/4815>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 20, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/load-vol-file-into-3d-slicer-from-morita-machine/4815 "2018-11-20T14:44:52Z")\
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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:** [November 20, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/load-vol-file-into-3d-slicer-from-morita-machine/4815/5 "2018-11-20T18:23:39Z")

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This .vol file has a human-readable header. From that you can determine image geometry (size, spacing, origin) and write it to a header file. You can then open that file in Slicer.

For example, here is the header for the file you shared:

```
NRRD0004
# Complete NRRD file format specification at:
# http://teem.sourceforge.net/nrrd/format.html
type: short
dimension: 3
space: left-posterior-superior
sizes: 504 501 500
space directions: (0.08,0,0) (0,0.08,0) (0,0,0.08)
kinds: domain domain domain
endian: little
encoding: raw
space origin: (0,0,0)
byte skip: 800
data file: CT_0.vol

```

If you save the content above to a file named `CT_0.nhdr` (or download it from [here](https://1drv.ms/u/s!Arm_AFxB9yqHtfcHIxikIM53PUb0zQ)) then you can open that file in Slicer.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/6/b/6b8b7862f6801389f563d1792c036b7a485c1d48.jpeg)

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