Today is about a topic that came up in the family because of an illness: How can I look at the X-rays on the Mac that I get on a patient CD at the hospital? The current case concerned x-rays of the hands that were burned on CD by the technician in the hospital.
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Supplied software as the first solution
With many CDs, in addition to the actual recordings, which in our case are in the "DICOM" folder, there are also programs on the CD that allow viewing the corresponding MRT or X-ray recordings.
I read out the data on the Mac with the Apple SuperDrive, which was possible without any problems. I pulled the "DICOM" folder directly onto the Mac. So that the recordings are saved locally.
HTML Viewer only shows black images
Several options are provided on the CD to view the medical images. One way is via the "index.html" file, which you open in the browser of your choice. In my case, you could then find the corresponding recordings in the "Series" menu, but the display failed and only showed two black areas.
OsiriX Lite for Mac and PC
A solution that worked much better was the DICOM viewer “OsiriX Lite”, which can be found as free software on the OsiriX homepage:
https://www.osirix-viewer.com/osirix/osirix-md/download-osirix-lite/
There you have to enter your personal data and an email address to which the download link for the software will be sent, but otherwise the display of the recordings is much more convenient than I thought.
You can zoom in and out and also change the display by changing brightness, contrast and the like. The software is available as a Windows version as well as a Mac app.
IM0 files on the Mac
One interesting thing I noticed about the Mac: if you have OsiriX Lite installed, the Finder Thumbnails created for the individual recordings. However, the IM0 files are not assigned to OsiriX because the files have no file extension. If you double-click the files, the Mac wants them with the Port open, which of course is nonsense.
Always open dcm files with Osirix DICOM Viewer
If you want the files to be opened with the OsiriX Lite program in the future, you must give them the file extension “dcm”. This abbreviation stands for “DICOM Medical Image”. When I changed this on my Mac, the Mac wanted to open the file with Toast Titatium 11 - which of course was the wrong idea once again.
For this reason, I first had to use the information window of the file to specify that dcm files should always be opened with the DICOM viewer Osirix Lite in the future. To do this, click on the "Change all" button in the information window after selecting the program and the link between the dcm file extension and Osirix Lite is permanently established.
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Jens has been running the blog since 2012. He acts as Sir Apfelot for his readers and helps them with technical problems. In his spare time he rides electric unicycles, takes photos (preferably with the iPhone, of course), climbs around in the Hessian mountains or hikes with the family. His articles deal with Apple products, news from the world of drones or solutions to current bugs.
Hallo,
i am using an iMac. The hint to open the contents of a CD with OsiriX currently no longer works. To do this, you have to buy the full version for $ 699.
Got an idea for some other free imaging software for the iMac?
With kind regards,
TK
Hello, tobias!
Unfortunately, I don't know of any software alternative for this. But the Osirix Lite version is still available for download here: https://www.osirix-viewer.com/osirix/osirix-md/download-osirix-lite/
Best regards!
Jens
My uncle went to the X-ray yesterday. He also got a CD to look at the pictures. Thanks for the tip that the programs for reading the image files are also on the data carrier.
With pleasure!
Today I received a CD from my MRT that I would like to view in the MAC OSx.
Was that a question? Because I actually explained in the article which software you can use on the Mac for this. : D
Alternative to Osirix: https://horosproject.org/ (only for Mac) Free of charge, donations possible (it's worth it). Very large range of functions without appearing overloaded.
Hello Jochen! Thank you for your hint. I didn't know that yet and unfortunately I didn't stumble across it while looking for a viewer. It's a shame actually!
Or here again a longer list: https://medevel.com/10-dicom-viewers-for-mac-osx/
Hello, I have an urgent question. I have a DVD with PET-CT results. I have to copy this DVD and send it to another clinic. I want to keep my original DVD with me. I only have a Macintosh at home and pretty old (but good) Toast software for copying DVDs. I copied the DVD without any problems, but I cannot check whether it opens without problems on a PC computer in the clinic. Maybe you have more experience there. Unfortunately, it is very urgent and I cannot send a faulty DVD because it might lose a week. Thanks in advance for any answer
Hello, unfortunately I didn't make it any faster. But if you take the good old toast that I know too, then it does a verification after the copy and makes sure that the original and the copy are the same. That probably went through and went without errors. For this reason, the copy is probably okay. LG!
OsiriX Lite is hard to recommend to acquaintances, after the trial the software gets on your nerves. A pure viewer should be available for free or for a small fee.