# Slicer splits MRI into many different volumes: imageOrientationPatient #1-6

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-splits-mri-into-many-different-volumes-imageorientationpatient-1-6/39750>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [October 18, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-splits-mri-into-many-different-volumes-imageorientationpatient-1-6/39750 "2024-10-18T00:59:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![waterbottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@waterbottle](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/waterbottle)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-splits-mri-into-many-different-volumes-imageorientationpatient-1-6/39750/1 "2024-10-18T00:59:08Z")

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Hi all,

a lot of the MRIs I’m working on when loaded into 3d slicer split into multiple patient orientations. How can I modify settings to actually important as one big volume? I have searched this forum but haven’t encountered a solution. I tried DICOM patcher, and adjusting the settings in preferences (settings in Windows) for DICOM import, but nothing works.

I posted before about this topic before and ended up using Stitch Volumes but what I am finding is that stitching volumes does not always produce a great reconstruction when the MRI is split into 5+ volumes and I would prefer to address the problem when importing…

Thank you in advance

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-splits-mri-into-many-different-volumes-imageorientationpatient-1-6/39750/2 "2024-10-18T13:13:18Z")

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That’s really more of a property of how your images were acquired. If you load them you can look at their orientations - probably they don’t form a coherent volume.

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**Author:** ![waterbottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@waterbottle](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/waterbottle)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-splits-mri-into-many-different-volumes-imageorientationpatient-1-6/39750/3 "2024-10-21T12:12:23Z")

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Thank you for your comment, this actually solved my problem. I realized I needed to find a way to align/orient them coherently before attempting to do a stitch. It’s improved the yielded volume massively.