# Open Nifti in 3D Slicer

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/open-nifti-in-3d-slicer/24495>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 26, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/open-nifti-in-3d-slicer/24495 "2022-07-26T08:42:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/open-nifti-in-3d-slicer/24495/12 "2022-07-28T20:29:31Z")

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> [@Chris\_Rorden](#):
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> perhaps you can provide examples? From my perspective, NIfTI is extremely explicit and simple.

This very topic is an example. But there are many more examples that indicate that for many users and developers NIFTI is too complex and prone to misinterpretation:

- [Flipped NIFTI image compared to original Nrrd File](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/flipped-nifti-image-compared-to-original-nrrd-file/479)
- [NIFTI Orientation Issues - nifti - ITK](https://discourse.itk.org/t/nifti-orientation-issues/431)
- [Direction/Orientation matrix DICOM vs Nifti - Algorithms - ITK](https://discourse.itk.org/t/direction-orientation-matrix-dicom-vs-nifti/3289)
- [Nifti (RPI orientation) file exported to DICOM - wrong orientation - ITK](https://discourse.itk.org/t/nifti-rpi-orientation-file-exported-to-dicom-wrong-orientation/1612)
- [Nifti file sform and Slicer image origin seem to disagree](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/nifti-file-sform-and-slicer-image-origin-seem-to-disagree/7711)
- [Misalignment between Nifti image and mask](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/misalignment-between-nifti-image-and-mask/11507)
- [Interactive lung lobe segmentation fails with NIFTI volume](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/interactive-lung-lobe-segmentation-fails-with-nifti-volume/24052)
- [Ambiguous interpretation of a NIfTI-1 image · Issue #127 · NIFTI-Imaging/nifti\_clib · GitHub](https://github.com/NIFTI-Imaging/nifti_clib/issues/127)
- [dicom nrrd nifti spacing, origin mismatch. - ITK](https://discourse.itk.org/t/dicom-nrrd-nifti-spacing-origin-mismatch/4311)
- [Nifti: ImageFileReader + ImageFileWriter changes orientation matrix - Beginner Questions - ITK](https://discourse.itk.org/t/nifti-imagefilereader-imagefilewriter-changes-orientation-matrix/4064)
- [Nifti file orientation change between 2019-08-26 and ITK v5.1rc01 - Engineering - ITK](https://discourse.itk.org/t/nifti-file-orientation-change-between-2019-08-26-and-itk-v5-1rc01/2594)
- [Miscellaneous - Generated mask is shown with different origin from the original image · Issue #211 · Project-MONAI/MONAILabel · GitHub](https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAILabel/issues/211)
- [[Slicer] ITK reader - orthonormal direction cosines · Issue #35 · Project-MONAI/MONAILabel · GitHub](https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAILabel/issues/35)
- [Nrrd vs nii regarding affine data and transforms](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/nrrd-vs-nii-regarding-affine-data-and-transforms/1896)
- [NIFTI Problem with Reformatted Segmentations](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/nifti-problem-with-reformatted-segmentations/16035)
- [Saving non-orthogonal volume in Nifti format - Engineering - ITK](https://discourse.itk.org/t/saving-non-orthogonal-volume-in-nifti-format/2760)
- [2D nifti sagittal slice won't open in 3DSlicer - #8 by lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2d-nifti-sagittal-slice-wont-open-in-3dslicer/24407/8)
- [Invalid NIFTI Orientation Reported](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/invalid-nifti-orientation-reported/11358)
- [SimpleITK writing NIfTI with invalid header - simpleitk - ITK](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleitk-writing-nifti-with-invalid-header/2498)
- [Wrong Orientation/Origin for multichannel volumes (4D) using Slicer - Issue visualizing BRATS images on 3DSlicer · Issue #22 · Project-MONAI/MONAILabel · GitHub](https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAILabel/issues/22)
- [SimpleITK: how to save dicom header into nii.gz file? - ITK](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleitk-how-to-save-dicom-header-into-nii-gz-file/4278)
- [Python writing is not working correctly - Engineering - ITK](https://discourse.itk.org/t/python-writing-is-not-working-correctly/3864)

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