# Question about DCM files orientation
**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/question-about-dcm-files-orientation/8426
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 14, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/question-about-dcm-files-orientation/8426 "2019-09-14T11:32:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Mizo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Mizo)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/question-about-dcm-files-orientation/8426/1 "2019-09-14T11:32:23Z")
first it is great software, when i saw it couldn’t believe what it can do with dicom files
have a simple question , i have some CT ( DCM) data when i open them inside slicer the sagittal and coronal view are not showing the correct orientation of the DCM files, as if they were flipped , while the axial view is correct
i did some research and i tried reformat , and i couldn’t rotate them correctly
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### Author:  [@Mizo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Mizo)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2019, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/question-about-dcm-files-orientation/8426/2 "2019-09-14T11:38:56Z")
found a solution that i have to open them inside the dicom browser data base first, the problem happens when i open them using add data or drag the folder inside 3d slicer
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### Author:  [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/question-about-dcm-files-orientation/8426/3 "2019-09-14T11:47:27Z")
DICOM data should be always loaded using the DICOM module by drag-and-dropping the parent folder of the data set.
If you use “Add data” then ITK library’s image file loader is used, which may or may not work.