# What input does slicer take?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/what-input-does-slicer-take/5278>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 5, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/what-input-does-slicer-take/5278 "2019-01-05T00:18:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dobrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dobrin](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Vlad_Dobrin)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/what-input-does-slicer-take/5278/1 "2019-01-05T00:18:58Z")

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Operating system: Windows  
Slicer version: 4.10.0  
Expected behavior: N/A  
Actual behavior: N/A

What file type input does 3D Slicer take in? and what can it produce?  
As one example could 3D Slicer take JPEG or TIFF?

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**Author:** ![cpinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/cpinter/32/7995_2.png) [@cpinter](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/cpinter)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/what-input-does-slicer-take/5278/2 "2019-01-05T00:37:19Z")

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Slicer can take a wide range of data types, including regular image formats you mention.

Here’s a tutorial about data loading and visualization:  
[https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Training#Slicer4\_Data\_Loading\_and\_3D\_Visualization](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Training#Slicer4_Data_Loading_and_3D_Visualization)  
And here’s another page that may help:  
[https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user\_guide/data\_loading\_and\_saving.html](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/data_loading_and_saving.html)

What would you like to do exactly?

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**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dobrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dobrin](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Vlad_Dobrin)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/what-input-does-slicer-take/5278/3 "2019-01-07T18:30:34Z")

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Forum,

I would like to take a series of jpeg and/or tiff images that are stacked together, similar to the way MRI images are ordered, in order to segment. I just wanted to know if 3D Slicer allowed such images.

Thank you,

Vlad

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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:** [January 7, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/what-input-does-slicer-take/5278/4 "2019-01-07T18:51:07Z")

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See this FAQ about how to import jpeg/tiff stack as a volume:

[https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/FAQ#How\_to\_load\_data\_from\_a\_sequence\_of\_jpg.2C\_tif.2C\_or\_png\_files.3F](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/FAQ#How_to_load_data_from_a_sequence_of_jpg.2C_tif.2C_or_png_files.3F)

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**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dobrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dobrin](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Vlad_Dobrin)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/what-input-does-slicer-take/5278/5 "2019-01-07T19:24:05Z")

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Thank you will try! I’ll let you know what happens.

Vlad

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