# Single acquisition is broken into many sections

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/single-acquisition-is-broken-into-many-sections/40027
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** dicom
**Created:** [November 5, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/single-acquisition-is-broken-into-many-sections/40027 "2024-11-05T02:12:37Z")
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### Author: ![CTuser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CTuser](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/CTuser)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/single-acquisition-is-broken-into-many-sections/40027/1 "2024-11-05T02:12:37Z")

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Not sure why my scan is broken up into many “Acquisitions” that contain a handful of individual slices each. Usually these appear as one single file that has all the slices

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/a/7/a709d3feafc5c62adceedf9353d88fb728b9a904.png)

Operating system: Windows 11  
Slicer version: 5.7.0  
Expected behavior:  
Actual behavior: