- It is updated regularly. We believe Horos is the best free DICOM viewer for Apple MacOS. Interestingly, Horos is named after the Egyptian god Horus, son of Osiris and Isis. Horos is a based on OsiriX (a similar paid-for medical viewer), named after Osiris.
- Plugins for OsiriX DICOM Viewer. Contribute to pixmeo/osirixplugins development by creating an account on GitHub.
OsiriX DICOM Viewer With high performance and an intuitive interactive user interface, OsiriX is the most widely used DICOM viewer in the world. It is the result of more than 15 years of research and development in digital imaging. OsiriX is an image processing software application dedicated to DICOM images produced by imaging equipment, such as MRI, CT, X-rays, etc. OsiriX 8.0.2 is now available Automatic Selection of Key Images ROIs and Key Images in thumbnails ROIs and Key Images Navigator in 2D viewer Automatically change ROIs colors Fully optimized for macOS Sierra 10.12 And more macOS Sierra OsiriX 8.0 is compatible with macOS Sierra 10.12 and fully optimized for Apple’s new operating system.
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Free DICOM Viewer From Osirix
OsiriX is an image processing software dedicated to DICOM images (“.dcm” / “.DCM” extension) produced by imaging equipment (MRI, CT, PET, PET-CT, SPECT-CT, Ultrasounds, …).
Dicom Viewer Osirix
It is fully compliant with the DICOM standard for image communication and image file formats. OsiriX is able to receive images transferred by DICOM communication protocol from any PACS or imaging modality (C-STORE SCP/SCU, andQuery/Retrieve : C-MOVE SCU/SCP, C-FIND SCU/SCP, C-GET SCU/SCP, WADO) .
Here’s a couple of great DICOM and PACS resources from Amazon…great books.
The Free DICOM Viewer is located >>> HERE <<<. Please note that is does not have FDA clearance and is used for research purposes only. Osirix does have FDA approved DICOM viewers, but there is a licensing fee.
The viewers also only run on the Mac. The system requirements are:
- MacOS X 10.8 or higher
- Intel processor
- 6 GB of RAM if you plan to open more than 800 images (CT & MRI, PET-CT).
- 8 GB of RAM for more than 1500 images (multi-slice CT & PET-CT) with OsiriX-64 bit.
- 12 GB of RAM for more than 3000 images (cardiac or functional imaging) with OsiriX-64 bit.
Osirix Viewer Mac
OsiriX has been specifically designed for navigation and visualization of multimodality and multidimensional images: 2D Viewer, 3D Viewer, 4D Viewer (3D series with temporal dimension, for example: Cardiac-CT) and5D Viewer (3D series with temporal and functional dimensions, for example: Cardiac-PET-CT). The 3D Viewer offers all modern rendering modes: Multiplanar reconstruction (MPR), Surface Rendering, Volume Rendering and Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP). All these modes support 4D data and are able to produce image fusion between two different series (PET-CT and SPECT-CT display support).
OsiriX is at the same time a DICOM PACS workstation for imaging and an image processing softwarefor medical research (radiology and nuclear imaging), functional imaging, 3D imaging, confocal microscopy and molecular imaging.
OsiriX has been specifically designed for navigation and visualization of multimodality and multidimensional images: 2D Viewer, 3D Viewer, 4D Viewer (3D series with temporal dimension, for example: Cardiac-CT) and5D Viewer (3D series with temporal and functional dimensions, for example: Cardiac-PET-CT). The 3D Viewer offers all modern rendering modes: Multiplanar reconstruction (MPR), Surface Rendering, Volume Rendering and Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP). All these modes support 4D data and are able to produce image fusion between two different series (PET-CT and SPECT-CT display support).
OsiriX is at the same time a DICOM PACS workstation for imaging and an image processing softwarefor medical research (radiology and nuclear imaging), functional imaging, 3D imaging, confocal microscopy and molecular imaging.
Osirix Free DICOM Viewer Pros:
+ Open source
+ Will open just about anything
+ Incredible 2D and 3D viewing options
+ Tight OS X integration
+ Excellent developer support
+ Universal binary
+ Heavily multithreaded (use those CPUs!)
+ International support
+ Impress your friends
Osirix Viewer For Mac
Osirix Free DICOM Viewer Cons:
– 2.0+ versions only available for Tiger
– Some releases can be buggy
– No utility for ROI hand drawing (personal gripe)
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DICOM viewer application for Mac OS X computersOsiriX is able to receive DICOM images (STORE SCP - Service Class Provider) from your PACS network. It is compatible with DICOM files and PACS networks.
OsiriX is a DICOM viewer application for Mac OS X computers.
OsiriX has been specifically designed for image fusion, cardiac CT, multi-series MRI exams and 3D reconstructions. It supports 5D viewers for PET-CT series and Cardiac-CT exams.
Please read the 'Quick Manual' to learn how to do image fusion, use the 4D viewer and do 3D reconstructions. This alpha version is incomplete and doesn't include many features, but it will allow you to discover what is OsiriX. This first version has been developed in less than 4 months.