# Slicer could not load NIfTI 2
**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-could-not-load-nifti-2/32703
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 9, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-could-not-load-nifti-2/32703 "2023-11-09T21:56:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Toru\_Hironaka](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Toru_Hironaka)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-could-not-load-nifti-2/32703/1 "2023-11-09T21:56:04Z")
My Slicer version: 5.2.2 r31382. I could load NIfTI-1 file in Slicer, but I could not load my NIfTI-2 file in Slicer. Is Slicer does not support NIfTI-2 file format?
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### Author:  [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-could-not-load-nifti-2/32703/2 "2023-11-09T22:02:46Z")
Please try with current Slicer version (right now the latest Slicer Stable Release is Slicer-5.4.0).
If it does not load the file then it means that ITK library (that Slicer uses for image reading/writing) cannot read this file format or its support is not enabled in Slicer. In this case, I would recommend to ask about status of NIFTI-2 support in ITK on the [ITK forum](https://discourse.itk.org/t/how-to-enable-nifti2-library/3397).
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### Author:  [@Toru\_Hironaka](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Toru_Hironaka)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-could-not-load-nifti-2/32703/3 "2023-11-09T23:28:11Z")
I upgrade the latest version of Slicer 5.4.0, but I got the same problem. I will look at the ITK forum. Thanks for the link.