# SlicerMorph failed to load DICOM

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicermorph-failed-to-load-dicom/13684>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicermorph-failed-to-load-dicom/13684 "2020-09-24T03:53:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![lv\_xiao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lv_xiao/32/8224_2.png) [@lv\_xiao](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lv_xiao)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicermorph-failed-to-load-dicom/13684/1 "2020-09-24T03:53:26Z")

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Operating system: Win10  
Slicer version: 1.5  
Expected behavior: Load DICOM images  
Actual behavior: SlicerMorph crashed

Hello, I am new to SlicerMorph. I followed the tutorial [https://spujol.github.io/SlicerDICOMTutorial/](https://spujol.github.io/SlicerDICOMTutorial/) and tried to load TorsoCT into SlicerMorph1-5. After importing the data, when I click “Examine” or “Load”, the software carshes. The message before the software automatically exits is as below:  
 ![Snipaste_2020-09-24_11-24-05](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/a/6/a6f732525c956145080a6a39f20df5ecc9a13242.png)

I noted that [https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/FAQ/DICOM](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/FAQ/DICOM) suggests that “See if the SlicerDcm2nii extension will convert your images” . I am not sure if I am missiing the Dcm2nii extension. I tried to install SlicerDcm2nii extension in Extension Manager but I did not find any plugin related to Dcm2nii. BTW, the sample DICOM file from the link above could not be successfully loaded either.

I am confused how I can load DICOM images into my data. I am using laptop with a RAM of 16 GB.

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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:** [September 24, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicermorph-failed-to-load-dicom/13684/2 "2020-09-24T03:54:24Z")

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Please try with the very latest Slicer Preview Release (that you download today) and let us know if it works well.

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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:** [September 24, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicermorph-failed-to-load-dicom/13684/3 "2020-09-24T04:00:02Z")

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DCM2NIIX plugin sometimes causes a crash. Disable the plugin as shown here: [https://github.com/SlicerMorph/S\_2020/blob/master/Day\_1/DICOM/Disable\_dcm2niix\_plugin.png](https://github.com/SlicerMorph/S_2020/blob/master/Day_1/DICOM/Disable_dcm2niix_plugin.png)  
then re-try the import

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**Author:** ![lv\_xiao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lv_xiao/32/8224_2.png) [@lv\_xiao](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lv_xiao)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicermorph-failed-to-load-dicom/13684/4 "2020-09-24T04:53:44Z")

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Disabling DCM2NIIX solved the issue. Thank you.

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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:** [September 24, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicermorph-failed-to-load-dicom/13684/5 "2020-09-24T11:15:06Z")

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The crash is due to this known issue: [https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/5078](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/5078)

@Sam_Horvath is this supposed to be fixed in latest Slicer Preview Release?

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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:** [September 24, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicermorph-failed-to-load-dicom/13684/6 "2020-09-24T14:40:30Z")

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This might have been fixed in the nightly, but we maintain a prepackaged version of SlicerMorph that is a few weeks stale, in case people cannot download it from the main Slicer site. That’s what @lv_xiao was using.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Horvath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sam_horvath/32/3092_2.png) [@Sam\_Horvath](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sam_Horvath)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicermorph-failed-to-load-dicom/13684/7 "2020-09-25T00:07:56Z")

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Yes, this should be fixed in the current Preview