# MRI Data being reformatted

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mri-data-being-reformatted/3231>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 19, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mri-data-being-reformatted/3231 "2018-06-19T15:18:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ogdenk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ogdenk](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ogdenk)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mri-data-being-reformatted/3231/1 "2018-06-19T15:18:16Z")

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Operating system: Win7  
Slicer version: 4.8.1 Stable  
Expected behavior: Would like to see the MRI images in the acquisition planes. The images are from brain scans that are acquired with a rotated acquisition relative to the reference frame, so the direction cosines for the ‘axial’ images are not 1,0,0 0,1,0. Here is an example set of direction cosines for an axial image:

0.99987566471099, 3.55340831447E-4, -0.0157645270228, 0.00368064129725, 0.96687048673629, 0.25524091720581

Actual behavior: Slicer is showing interpolated planes that I assume correspond to the cardinal planes. Is there a way to make Slicer not do this? We are extracting Radiomics features and do not want this added complication.

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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 19, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mri-data-being-reformatted/3231/2 "2018-06-19T15:36:49Z")

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The slice view is for display only (yes, it is the cardinal planes). It won’t impact the radiomics features as long as your segmentation matches your source images.

You can see how to adjust the view here:

> [@Segmentation Editor - How to disable painting on adjacent slices?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segmentation-editor-how-to-disable-painting-on-adjacent-slices/1459/4):
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> If the acquisition was tilted you may need to rotate to volume plane (click the “pushpin” icon in the top-left corner of the slice view, then click the double-arrow button on the left, then the “Rotate to volume plane” icon appears): [image] Here’s an example drawing on the original slice (patient space) And here the paint stroke on the right is after rotating the red slice into the acquisition plane and only one plane is painted in the other views.

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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 19, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mri-data-being-reformatted/3231/3 "2018-06-19T15:39:05Z")

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I would just add that in latest nightly builds, if you go to Segment Editor, you’ll see a warning button if slice views are not aligned to segmentation volume axes. By clicking that button, slice views will be realigned. This is useful if you need to segment your volume.

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**Author:** ![ogdenk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ogdenk](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ogdenk)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mri-data-being-reformatted/3231/4 "2018-06-19T15:51:06Z")

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That solves the issue, thanks!