# RawImageGuess module

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/rawimageguess-module/5697>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 8, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/rawimageguess-module/5697 "2019-02-08T17:15:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/rawimageguess-module/5697/7 "2019-12-19T15:56:30Z")

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For posterity. RawImageGuess is now an official extension. See

> [@New extension: RawImageGuess - for loading of images from unrecognized file format](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-extension-rawimageguess-for-loading-of-images-from-unrecognized-file-format/9219):
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> There are proprietary image file formats the 3D Slicer does not recognize and so refuses to load. @nagy.attila in collaboration with Slicer core developers created an extension that can be used to load data from files that use an unknown format. [RawImageGuess extension](https://github.com/acetylsalicyl/SlicerRawImageGuess) offers a number of parameters (image header size, dimensions, pixel type, etc.) that users can adjust and see the resulting image in real-time. This makes it possible to guess the image format in a couple of minutes. See a demo …

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