It is fully compliant with the DICOM standard for image communication and image file formats. It can also read many other file formats: TIFF (8,16, 32 bits), JPEG, PDF, AVI, MPEG and Quicktime. ) and confocal microscopy (LSM and BioRAD-PIC format). OsiriX HD for iPad in use during surgery:Īnd no, this has no relation to the teenager selling his kidney to buy an iPad 2.OsiriX Lite for Mac is an image processing software dedicated to DICOM images ('.dcm' / '.DCM' extension) produced by medical equipment (MRI, CT, PET, PET-CT.

In fact, this combination is already in use at some hospitals around the world, and you can watch a video below of surgeons using an iPad with MRI images within OsiriX during an operation.

My doctor happened to be using an older Windows tablet – remember those? – but I can see these apps and iPads taking the healthcare world by storm in the very near future. Considering how expensive everything else is in the American health care world, I was impressed to find out that these apps are offered for free for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. OsiriX delivered in a far more impressive manner than I expected, it is one of the most interesting applications I’ve ever used. I’m just a curious patient, not a medical professional, but after paying the equivalent of a brand new midrange MacBook Pro to get an MRI, I wanted to be able to view the resulting MRI DICOM images on my Mac when I got home. In my case, these DICOM files came from an MRI. DICOM Viewer for iPad & iPhone (free on App Store, alternative to OsiriX).Download Miele-LXIV for Mac through the Mac App Store (free, alternative to OsiriX).Get OsiriX for Mac OS X from the developers website (free).You can use any of the following apps to view DICOM medical images on Mac, iPhone, or iPad OsiriX, Miele-LXIV, Horos, or DICOM Viewer. Download DICOM Medical Image Viewer for Mac, iPhone, iPad

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