# Ultrasound .RAW GE Voluson S10

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ultrasound-raw-ge-voluson-s10/19968>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 2, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ultrasound-raw-ge-voluson-s10/19968 "2021-10-02T11:20:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![martinus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/martinus/32/12638_2.png) [@martinus](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/martinus)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ultrasound-raw-ge-voluson-s10/19968/1 "2021-10-02T11:20:13Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to open a .raw file from a GE Voluson S10. However no luck so far. Any tips regarding the opening of these files or do I need the Dicom files?

kind regards, Martin

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**Author:** ![martinus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/martinus/32/12638_2.png) [@martinus](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/martinus)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ultrasound-raw-ge-voluson-s10/19968/2 "2021-10-02T14:17:08Z")

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Good afternoon,

I’m trying to read the .raw files coming from a GE Voluson S10 Ultrasound Machine. Is that possible or should I really ask for the DICOM files? I don’t know if I can get my hands on them.

Kind Regards,

Martin

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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:** [October 2, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ultrasound-raw-ge-voluson-s10/19968/3 "2021-10-02T14:22:15Z")

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I don’t know what .raw files a GE Voluson creates. If it is RF data (before envelope detection and scan conversion) then it would require quite a lot of proprietary information from GE to properly reconstruct an image from it. Loading 3D/4D ultrasound from DICOM is not a simple task either, but [SlicerHeart extension’s ultrasound readers](https://github.com/SlicerHeart/SlicerHeart/blob/master/Docs/ImageImportExport.md) or the [RawImageGuess extension](https://github.com/acetylsalicyl/SlicerRawImageGuess#slicerrawimageguess) may help.