When DICOM CDs are created, as a convenience they often include DICOM viewers on the CD, or a direct link to a viewer that may be run from the Internet, although you do not have to use the supplied viewer if you already have one installed on your computer. for 'DICOM viewer Windows' or 'DICOM viewer Mac') will locate a variety of DICOM viewers, both free and for sale.

DICOM files contain the images along with detailsĪbout the patient, the scan that generated the image and the characteristics of the image itself.ĭICOM images can be displayed using a program called a ‘DICOM viewer’. Medical imaging equipment manufacturers use the DICOM format to distribute images (just as digital camera manufacturers distribute images in JPEG format). If you have a CD (or DVD) with medical images on it, it is most likely a DICOM CD as the vast majority of such disks are formatted in accordance with the DICOM Standard.ĭICOM is the standard format for medical images. The DICOM Standard does not have access to such images.

Note: If you are a patient with questions about your personal medical records or images, please contact your physician, hospital, or health facility where the images were taken.

Open dicomdir file