# Slice multiple volumes

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slice-multiple-volumes/9900>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [January 21, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slice-multiple-volumes/9900 "2020-01-21T20:48:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slice-multiple-volumes/9900/3 "2020-01-22T13:18:51Z")

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Background volume extents are used as mask, so if the volumes don’t overlap then you don’t see the foreground volume. This is often useful but I see that it can be inconvenient. We may revisit this decision later but until then you can expand the background volume using Crop Volume module.

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