# PNG data loading into correct orientation

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/png-data-loading-into-correct-orientation/25078>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** data-loading\
**Created:** [September 4, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/png-data-loading-into-correct-orientation/25078 "2022-09-04T12:26:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jojo\_yee88188](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jojo_yee88188/32/16510_2.png) [@Jojo\_yee88188](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Jojo_yee88188)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/png-data-loading-into-correct-orientation/25078/1 "2022-09-04T12:26:35Z")

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Hi all,

I have a quick question about loading png data into the correct orientation. My png data are pelvic MRI in axial, sagittal, and coronal orientation in a separate folder. Therefore, I loaded each plane into the 3D slicer individually as a separate volume. However, the orientation is a bit weird once I selected the data in its correct orientation （please refer to the screenshot. When I selected the axial view for all three datasets, they look perfect. However, once I selected their corresponding view, the images looks a bit distorted. Does anyone know how to re-orientate those three datasets into their correct orientation without distortion of the images? Thank you!

 ![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/d/a/da34e026ece9b679b58079689808bcac02c3d0eb.jpeg)  
 ![2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/2/2/2281f32fd976c29340f6455a856228241cdfa079.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![ebrahim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ebrahim/32/13403_2.png) [@ebrahim](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ebrahim)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/png-data-loading-into-correct-orientation/25078/2 "2022-09-05T02:18:17Z")

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Check out [this section](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/modules/volumes.html#load-a-series-of-png-jpeg-or-tiff-images-as-volume) for advice on loading a stack of images as a volume

If you do need to manually adjust spacing then check _Volume Information_ in the _Volumes_ module:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/f/c/fc7fca969216963a26d040603b0122a2220875a4.png)

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**Author:** ![Jojo\_yee88188](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jojo_yee88188/32/16510_2.png) [@Jojo\_yee88188](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Jojo_yee88188)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/png-data-loading-into-correct-orientation/25078/3 "2022-09-05T07:07:38Z")

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Thanks for answering. I probably didn’t explain my question clearly. I will further explain this here. So I have 3 sets of png images which were the pelvic MRI in the axial plane, coronal plane, and sagittal plane. I added them into the 3D slicer as 3 separate volumes. However, the coronal images cannot be correctly displayed in the coronal plane; whereas, the coronal images can be correctly displayed in the axial plane (refers to the following screenshots). Also, once I adjusted the image spacing in the volume information, there was a distortion of the images. Are there any other ways to place the coronal images in the correct coronal plane without scarifying the resolution of those images? Thank you!

 ![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/a/6/a69a41a3a1a7f94b4d7a865dd62872c729269aca.png)  
 ![2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/a/9/a97cef41855a3c9f5798cacb39fb8ab8ef766aa4.jpeg)  
 ![3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/b/2/b23e1af42f11de36fb78e3e3afb9e39efe7b07be.jpeg)