# SwissSkullStripper is having trouble with multiple splices, and so am I

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/swissskullstripper-is-having-trouble-with-multiple-splices-and-so-am-i/47111>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation, swissskullstripper, dicom, brain, 3d-model\
**Created:** [May 21, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/swissskullstripper-is-having-trouble-with-multiple-splices-and-so-am-i/47111 "2026-05-21T20:30:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![HomerHaddock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a87d85/32.png) [@HomerHaddock](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/HomerHaddock)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/swissskullstripper-is-having-trouble-with-multiple-splices-and-so-am-i/47111/1 "2026-05-21T20:30:45Z")

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I am having trouble with getting a CT scan exported.

The scan has one splice for X, Y, and Z where it gets the most quality.

To show my problem I used the scan best used on the horizontal plane (It has the most imaging available).

I don’t have an atlas to give to Swiss at the moment (I could look for it but I don’t know what to look for).

To display in 3D I used a segment with only a threshold with Methods between 16.53 and 1742.

Nothing else has been done to edit the data.

 ![Screenshot_20260521_112614](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/f/3/f3992c641398adec30cab21fc53c54e4eb54aac3.jpeg)

(Note: Despite the lower right image, I do not look like the Xenomorph.)

The back of the brain looks almost perfect. Every other visible surface has huge edges that look like what you see on a map to indicate hills. I can use smoothing but it would just blur the details, I want to use the other splices to fill in the details.

Is there anything I could do to solve this?