# reading segmentation file from Slicer (NRRD) with multiple segments with SimpleITK shows Exception

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**Category:** Engineering\
**Tags:** simpleitk, python\
**Created:** [March 29, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/reading-segmentation-file-from-slicer-nrrd-with-multiple-segments-with-simpleitk-shows-exception/808 "2018-03-29T19:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![blowekamp](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/blowekamp/32/79_2.png) [@blowekamp](https://discourse.itk.org/u/blowekamp)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/reading-segmentation-file-from-slicer-nrrd-with-multiple-segments-with-simpleitk-shows-exception/808/14 "2018-03-30T17:06:43Z")

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I am pondering if SimpleITK should automatically load complex of integers as plain vector images with a warning, or the produces error should just suggest adding the “outputPixelType” parameter.

How long has Slicer been producing this type of image?

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