# nifti data type

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nifti-data-type/15216
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 12, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nifti-data-type/15216 "2024-08-12T19:52:43Z")
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### Author: ![fknoll](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e5b9ba/32.png) [@fknoll](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fknoll)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nifti-data-type/15216/1 "2024-08-12T19:52:43Z")

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Hi,

I currently have nifti data (nii.gz) that I would like to view with Paraview. I have noted that nii is not a data type that is currently supported. (At least, the file does not show up on the finder when trying to open it.) Do you have a suggestion on how to best reformat it for Paraview? I do have a script to transfer it to a blueprint hdf5 file.

Thanks.

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### Author: ![sherin.sugathan](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/sherin.sugathan/32/15264_2.png) [@sherin.sugathan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sherin.sugathan)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nifti-data-type/15216/2 "2024-08-12T22:05:55Z")

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Try loading the nii reader from the plugin manager and retry.

![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/785681c62400694231308456670eaf009eaff7d3.png)