View DICOM images?

Hello.

What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Thank you in advance.
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Ant wrote:
Hello.

What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Thank you in advance.

Are you sure there isn't a viewer on the CD ?

*******

You could start with an article on DICOM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicom

*******

Or, you could start with a sample from a site that
keeps medical imaging samples. This one, for example,
is a human knee. The beginning of the file contains
an index section. Using a hex editor, you'll eventually
find "PNG". And that is the beginning of the first image.

http://www.mypacs.net/repos/mpv3_rep...r/61840350.ipd

What isn't clear, is whether anything on that site is
official DICOM or not.

*******

I'm sure the staff at the hospital have had this
question before. I found the staff at reception
where I visited, to be pretty helpful. There was
a medical technician hanging around at the desk,
and he answered all my questions. (This is not
reception at the front of the building, but
reception at a specialist clinic inside
the building, where clever people will be
hanging around.) I did a dry run before my
appointment, making sure I could find the
place.

In reading an article today, I find out that the
hospital makes $12 million a year off parking fees.
Now you know why the hospital is so big. It's to
max out the money they can make off the parking :-)

Paul

NOTE: Original article posted to:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support

Removed the duplicated microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support in my
reply and to reduce the number of newsgroups to which the cross-posted
article was shotgunned (from 4 down to 3). Was considering removing
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics but decided to leave it for now.


Ant wrote:

What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.


Like Paul says, there's probably a viewer included on the disc where are
the imaging file copies. That's where I remember finding one after
getting an MRI. As I recall, the one they gave me on the disc wanted to
install but, I think, I managed to run it from the disc.

http://www.radiantviewer.com/download.php
It's free for evaluation (i.e., expiring trial version). Fully
functional. While it is trialware, it appears you merely have to
re-download the product to get an extension to the expiration.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/opendicomviewer/
That one is free and open source.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/opendicomviewer/
That one is free and open source.

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/...M-Image-Viewer
Supposedly derived from:
http://imagej.net/

http://www.dicomlibrary.com/viewer-online/
That's a shared library of DICOM images, perhaps for educational
purposed. If you're willing to upload your DICOM images (in a .zip
file) then you can use their web-based viewer. You don't need to
install any software but you do have to upload your images. They say
"Do not upload files with information written on image!" and it's likely
that you do have personal info in the image files.

What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Are you sure there isn't a viewer on the CD ?

Nope. Here is what I have in my local DVD (not CD) copy:

Directory of F:\transfer\discs\DVD\MyHeart12222014\Echocardiogr am

04/07/2015 08:03 PM DIR .
04/07/2015 08:03 PM DIR ..
04/08/2015 05:03 AM DIR EXAM0
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 49 EXAM0.LST
1 File(s) 49 bytes

Directory of F:\transfer\discs\DVD\MyHeart12222014\Echocardiogr am\EXAM0

04/08/2015 05:03 AM DIR .
04/08/2015 05:03 AM DIR ..
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 16,375,430 file1
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 331,804 file10
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 11,678,294 file100
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 4,517,762 file101
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 12,059,656 file102
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 5,017,474 file103
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 11,719,720 file104
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 4,550,646 file105
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 986,326 file106
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 13,976,398 file107
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 4,607,682 file108
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 987,340 file109
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 338,206 file11
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 334,212 file110
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 337,104 file111
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 344,766 file112
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 352,302 file113
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 68,234 file114
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 45,362 file115
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 336,502 file116
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 323,386 file117
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 58,306 file118
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 331,762 file12
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 6,018,276 file13
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 11,673,814 file14
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,627,824 file15
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 72,424 file16
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,014,640 file17
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,693,776 file18
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,212,676 file19
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 15,670,614 file2
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,758,828 file20
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,645,260 file21
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 949,500 file22
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 931,966 file23
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 16,056,350 file24
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,981,502 file25
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,308,352 file26
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,960,668 file27
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 16,726,700 file28
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 13,627,760 file29
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 25,456,074 file3
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,279,482 file30
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,811,124 file31
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 15,147,050 file32
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,108,430 file33
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,774,916 file34
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,403,042 file35
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 13,820,338 file36
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 8,390,502 file37
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 6,436,524 file38
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 884,612 file39
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 25,454,952 file4
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 886,712 file40
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 6,513,772 file41
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 818,998 file42
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,605,644 file43
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,418,040 file44
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,354,576 file45
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 786,728 file46
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 441,710 file47
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 810,614 file48
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,231,418 file49
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 25,293,962 file5
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 311,364 file50
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,398,684 file51
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,514,956 file52
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,693,200 file53
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,308,224 file54
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,109,190 file55
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,149,980 file56
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 16,860,092 file57
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,574,720 file58
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,572,062 file59
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 25,295,336 file6
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 15,267,874 file60
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 15,341,374 file61
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,206,712 file62
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 13,358,638 file63
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,291,792 file64
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 863,068 file65
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 457,982 file66
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 467,172 file67
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,276,334 file68
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,510,980 file69
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 382,944 file7
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 886,608 file70
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 13,394,986 file71
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,207,374 file72
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 882,814 file73
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 878,212 file74
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 294,672 file75
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 934,124 file76
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,942,382 file77
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,730,530 file78
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,018,642 file79
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 393,358 file8
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 280,544 file80
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 8,544,196 file81
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,532,044 file82
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,993,872 file83
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,067,640 file84
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 881,320 file85
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 441,320 file86
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,960,032 file87
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 13,779,846 file88
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 15,169,274 file89
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,854,084 file9
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 21,259,972 file90
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 13,735,844 file91
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 14,458,810 file92
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 14,569,862 file93
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 4,669,026 file94
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 14,031,310 file95
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 13,808,370 file96
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 4,290,020 file97
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 877,378 file98
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 10,182,248 file99
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 1,575 PS.DIR
119 File(s) 939,903,791 bytes

Directory of F:\transfer\discs\DVD\MyHeart12222014\RenalArtery

04/07/2015 08:03 PM DIR .
04/07/2015 08:03 PM DIR ..
04/08/2015 01:22 AM DIR EXAM0
04/07/2015 10:53 AM 49 EXAM0.LST
1 File(s) 49 bytes

Directory of F:\transfer\discs\DVD\MyHeart12222014\RenalArtery\ EXAM0

04/08/2015 01:22 AM DIR .
04/08/2015 01:22 AM DIR ..
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,953,038 file1
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,019,000 file10
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,075,728 file11
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,482,690 file12
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,419,294 file13
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,801,934 file14
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,808,506 file15
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,810,922 file16
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,090,452 file17
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,056,390 file18
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,987,860 file19
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,524,892 file2
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,529,586 file20
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,783,576 file21
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,794,236 file22
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,784,390 file23
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,025,152 file24
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,033,358 file25
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,980,554 file26
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,530,774 file27
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,034,634 file28
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,532,902 file3
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,993,024 file4
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,033,812 file5
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,891,012 file6
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,992,776 file7
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,449,430 file8
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,006,042 file9
04/07/2015 10:53 AM 385 PS.DIR
29 File(s) 95,426,349 bytes

Total Files Listed:
151 File(s) 1,035,330,238 bytes
14 Dir(s) 64,484,802,560 bytes free


*******

I'm sure the staff at the hospital have had this
question before. I found the staff at reception
where I visited, to be pretty helpful. There was
a medical technician hanging around at the desk,
and he answered all my questions. (This is not
reception at the front of the building, but
reception at a specialist clinic inside
the building, where clever people will be
hanging around.) I did a dry run before my
appointment, making sure I could find the
place.

In reading an article today, I find out that the
hospital makes $12 million a year off parking fees.
Now you know why the hospital is so big. It's to
max out the money they can make off the parking :-)

Yeah, they're so expensive. Also, their constructions to expand isn't
helping recently! I had to pay almost 13K just to test on my almost 40
years high blood pressured old heart recently.
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On 4/8/2015 12:37 AM, VanguardLH wrote:
NOTE: Original article posted to:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support

Removed the duplicated microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support in my
reply and to reduce the number of newsgroups to which the cross-posted
article was shotgunned (from 4 down to 3). Was considering removing
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics but decided to leave it for now.

Oops, thank you for catching that!


What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Like Paul says, there's probably a viewer included on the disc where are
the imaging file copies. That's where I remember finding one after
getting an MRI. As I recall, the one they gave me on the disc wanted to
install but, I think, I managed to run it from the disc.

Nope. Here is what I saw in my local DVD copy (so slow!) to HDD.

Directory of F:\transfer\discs\DVD\MyHeart12222014\Echocardiogr am

04/07/2015 08:03 PM DIR .
04/07/2015 08:03 PM DIR ..
04/08/2015 05:03 AM DIR EXAM0
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 49 EXAM0.LST
1 File(s) 49 bytes

Directory of F:\transfer\discs\DVD\MyHeart12222014\Echocardiogr am\EXAM0

04/08/2015 05:03 AM DIR .
04/08/2015 05:03 AM DIR ..
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 16,375,430 file1
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 331,804 file10
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 11,678,294 file100
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 4,517,762 file101
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 12,059,656 file102
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 5,017,474 file103
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 11,719,720 file104
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 4,550,646 file105
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 986,326 file106
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 13,976,398 file107
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 4,607,682 file108
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 987,340 file109
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 338,206 file11
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 334,212 file110
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 337,104 file111
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 344,766 file112
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 352,302 file113
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 68,234 file114
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 45,362 file115
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 336,502 file116
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 323,386 file117
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 58,306 file118
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 331,762 file12
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 6,018,276 file13
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 11,673,814 file14
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,627,824 file15
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 72,424 file16
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,014,640 file17
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,693,776 file18
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,212,676 file19
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 15,670,614 file2
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,758,828 file20
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,645,260 file21
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 949,500 file22
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 931,966 file23
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 16,056,350 file24
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,981,502 file25
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,308,352 file26
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,960,668 file27
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 16,726,700 file28
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 13,627,760 file29
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 25,456,074 file3
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,279,482 file30
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,811,124 file31
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 15,147,050 file32
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,108,430 file33
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,774,916 file34
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,403,042 file35
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 13,820,338 file36
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 8,390,502 file37
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 6,436,524 file38
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 884,612 file39
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 25,454,952 file4
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 886,712 file40
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 6,513,772 file41
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 818,998 file42
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,605,644 file43
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,418,040 file44
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,354,576 file45
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 786,728 file46
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 441,710 file47
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 810,614 file48
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,231,418 file49
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 25,293,962 file5
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 311,364 file50
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,398,684 file51
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,514,956 file52
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,693,200 file53
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,308,224 file54
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,109,190 file55
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,149,980 file56
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 16,860,092 file57
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,574,720 file58
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,572,062 file59
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 25,295,336 file6
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 15,267,874 file60
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 15,341,374 file61
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,206,712 file62
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 13,358,638 file63
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,291,792 file64
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 863,068 file65
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 457,982 file66
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 467,172 file67
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,276,334 file68
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,510,980 file69
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 382,944 file7
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 886,608 file70
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 13,394,986 file71
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,207,374 file72
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 882,814 file73
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 878,212 file74
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 294,672 file75
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 934,124 file76
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,942,382 file77
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,730,530 file78
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,018,642 file79
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 393,358 file8
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 280,544 file80
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 8,544,196 file81
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 5,532,044 file82
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 12,993,872 file83
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 4,067,640 file84
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 881,320 file85
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 441,320 file86
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,960,032 file87
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 13,779,846 file88
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 15,169,274 file89
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 14,854,084 file9
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 21,259,972 file90
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 13,735,844 file91
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 14,458,810 file92
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 14,569,862 file93
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 4,669,026 file94
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 14,031,310 file95
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 13,808,370 file96
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 4,290,020 file97
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 877,378 file98
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 10,182,248 file99
04/07/2015 11:17 AM 1,575 PS.DIR
119 File(s) 939,903,791 bytes

Directory of F:\transfer\discs\DVD\MyHeart12222014\RenalArtery

04/07/2015 08:03 PM DIR .
04/07/2015 08:03 PM DIR ..
04/08/2015 01:22 AM DIR EXAM0
04/07/2015 10:53 AM 49 EXAM0.LST
1 File(s) 49 bytes

Directory of F:\transfer\discs\DVD\MyHeart12222014\RenalArtery\ EXAM0

04/08/2015 01:22 AM DIR .
04/08/2015 01:22 AM DIR ..
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,953,038 file1
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,019,000 file10
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,075,728 file11
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,482,690 file12
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,419,294 file13
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,801,934 file14
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,808,506 file15
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,810,922 file16
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,090,452 file17
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,056,390 file18
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,987,860 file19
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,524,892 file2
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,529,586 file20
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,783,576 file21
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,794,236 file22
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 1,784,390 file23
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,025,152 file24
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,033,358 file25
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,980,554 file26
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,530,774 file27
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,034,634 file28
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,532,902 file3
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,993,024 file4
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,033,812 file5
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,891,012 file6
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,992,776 file7
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,449,430 file8
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,006,042 file9
04/07/2015 10:53 AM 385 PS.DIR
29 File(s) 95,426,349 bytes

Total Files Listed:
151 File(s) 1,035,330,238 bytes
14 Dir(s) 64,484,802,560 bytes free


http://www.radiantviewer.com/download.php
It's free for evaluation (i.e., expiring trial version). Fully
functional. While it is trialware, it appears you merely have to
re-download the product to get an extension to the expiration.

That program worked. However, I changed the dates to years later as a
test, but it nagged me to download. I just installed its latest. :P


http://sourceforge.net/projects/opendicomviewer/
That one is free and open source.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/opendicomviewer/
That one is free and open source.

Duplicates? Hmm, this requires Java?


http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/...M-Image-Viewer

I get "Sorry, I can't read a DICOM file with this Transfer Syntax." with
my image files.


Supposedly derived from:
http://imagej.net/

http://www.dicomlibrary.com/viewer-online/
That's a shared library of DICOM images, perhaps for educational
purposed. If you're willing to upload your DICOM images (in a .zip
file) then you can use their web-based viewer. You don't need to
install any software but you do have to upload your images. They say
"Do not upload files with information written on image!" and it's likely
that you do have personal info in the image files.

Heck no to that. These are privates. :/
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Ant wrote:
What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Are you sure there isn't a viewer on the CD ?

Nope. Here is what I have in my local DVD (not CD) copy:

Directory of F:\transfer\discs\DVD\MyHeart12222014\Echocardiogr am\EXAM0

04/07/2015 11:16 AM 16,375,430 file1
04/07/2015 11:16 AM 331,804 file10
119 File(s) 939,903,791 bytes

Directory of F:\transfer\discs\DVD\MyHeart12222014\RenalArtery\ EXAM0

04/07/2015 10:52 AM 3,953,038 file1
04/07/2015 10:52 AM 4,019,000 file10
04/07/2015 10:53 AM 385 PS.DIR
29 File(s) 95,426,349 bytes

Total Files Listed:
151 File(s) 1,035,330,238 bytes
14 Dir(s) 64,484,802,560 bytes free

I checked the "MAGIC" file on the Windows port of the
Linux "file" command, and it has one entry for DICOM.
The magic string in the header is "DICM", at offset 128 bytes.
I didn't see any evidence that file.exe is capable of
looking any further than that.

Using the file.exe command, whether on Linux or Windows would
be a start. But only if you don't have a hex editor
handy.

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/file.htm

That package is a bit tricky, in that file.exe
won't work right, unless the lib and bin folders
are at the same level. The file.exe program goes
searching for the magic file as ../lib/magic
or similar. Normally, for the GNUWIN32 stuff,
I just throw package components into a single
folder and use them that way. But for "file.exe",
a part of the directory structure must be maintained.

And really, all you're doing in that case, is
the same sort of thing you could do with a hex
editor. Namely, look at offset 128 (0x80 hex)
and see if the DICM string is present.

*******

The last time I was researching the topic, this FAQ
showed in the search results.

http://www.dclunie.com/medical-image...tml/part8.html

The text on this page, makes reference to a JAVA based viewer.

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/...M-Image-Viewer

* Preamble: comprising 128 bytes, followed by,
* Prefix: comprising the characters 'D', 'I', 'C', 'M', followed by,
* File Meta Header: This comprises, among others, the
Media SOP Class UID, Media SOP Instance UID,
and the Transfer Syntax UID. By default, these
are encoded in explicit VR, Little Endian. The
data is to be read and interpreted depending
upon the VR type.
* Data Set: comprising a number of DICOM Elements,
characterized by tags and their values.

So you can probably dig something up.

ImageJ (needs Java, written in Java to run on multiple platforms)

http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagej

To get Java, find a JRE on here.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...ads/index.html

What you want, is a "file which is big and doesn't have the
word online in the description". The reason for the care,
is adware or drive-by install awaits some lucky "online"
file users. The complete packages tend to be clean.

Windows x64 40.94 MB jre-8u40-windows-x64.exe

It's not clear to me, how compatible the Java streams are.
For example, when Java 8 came out, some Java packages
still worked better with Java 7. So you may still
need to play around a bit.

Happy downloading,

Paul

"Ant" wrote in message
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What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Our MRI clinic provided free on the CD software EFilmLt.EXE from
www.merge.com. It works with WinXP.
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(Ottawa, Canada)

"Ant" wrote in message
...

What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Our MRI clinic provided free on the CD software EFilmLt.EXE from
www.merge.com. It works with WinXP.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Ant wrote:

Hello.

What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Googling "dicom file viewer" returns quite a few choices, including
some free ones.

--
Tim Slattery
tim at risingdove dot com

Ant wrote:

Hello.

What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Googling "dicom file viewer" returns quite a few choices, including
some free ones.

--
Tim Slattery
tim at risingdove dot com

Ant wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/opendicomviewer/
That one is free and open source.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/opendicomviewer/
That one is free and open source.

Duplicates?

More likely a double tap of Ctrl+V.

Hmm, this requires Java?

Can't have everything your way for free stuff. Even Burger King ditched
their "Have It Your Way" slogan a year ago.

What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Our MRI clinic provided free on the CD software EFilmLt.EXE from
www.merge.com. It works with WinXP.

I must be blind, but I don't see a downloadable EFilmLt.EXE software on
Merge's web site?
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What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Our MRI clinic provided free on the CD software EFilmLt.EXE from
www.merge.com. It works with WinXP.

I must be blind, but I don't see a downloadable EFilmLt.EXE software on
Merge's web site?
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What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Googling "dicom file viewer" returns quite a few choices, including
some free ones.

But so many are free to be trialwares only. Many old freewares cannot
seem to open the image files (can't share them in public too).
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What is the best free (no trialwares!) software that can view DICOM
images, from doctors' offices and hospitals, in updated Windows XP Pro
SP3? I only need to view the images.

Googling "dicom file viewer" returns quite a few choices, including
some free ones.

But so many are free to be trialwares only. Many old freewares cannot
seem to open the image files (can't share them in public too).
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taking a rest underneath a tree, an ant bit him. He, therefore, ordered
that his luggage be taken away from underneath that tree and then
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sent him a revelation: 'Wouldn't it have been sufficient to burn a
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