We are stuck with the images from PACS and cannot reconstruct the raw data from the scanner (screenshot attached). However, when we create a new series in Osirix only including the Chest images (exported from the original CAP series with non-regular slice intervals), the chest images still appear “stretched” in the z-axis.

Our project involves only the Chest and so we are hoping to remove the Abdomen/Pelvis image from the series altogether and return the Chest images to their normal geometry. When we look at a coronal MPR of the data in a standard DICOM viewer (Osirix) we get a distorted image (screenshot attached), presumably because the slice interval is 4 times less for the Chest (0.625) compared to the Abdomen/Pelvis (2.5). 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.In brief, some of the Full body (CAP) CT studies at our institution are sent to PACS reconstructed as 1.25/0.625mm slice thickness/interval in the Chest, and then 2.5/2.5 mm slice thickness/interval for the Abdomen/Pelvis, and all images are stacked in a combined CAP series.

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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