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I've had routine MRIs for the last couple years and it has been interesting to see how the story to obtain image CDs has changed over the years. Years ago, I c

by oplav 4y ago

I've had routine MRIs for the last couple years and it has been interesting to see how the story to obtain image CDs has changed over the years. Years ago, I could just ask the tech to burn me a CD and it was often ready for me when I left the changing room. Then I had to start asking the reception desk but sometimes wasn't able to pick it up the same day. Most recently, the reception desk said they could no longer help me and gave me a flyer that said I had to call a central office of the hospital and schedule a CD pick up at a different location. The flyer also made it sound like I was going to be charged for the CD, but luckily I was not.

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
The CD I was given has a Windows-only program on it, complete with installer, and that is the only way to view the pictures on the disc. There are no JPG, PNG, GIF, RAW, PDF or any other recognizable files on the disc by itself.
- jahewson 4y ago
  That program is probably just a DICOM viewer.
- cocoricamo 4y ago
  If you use linux search for a dicom viewer in the repositories. I've used Weasis without issue so far. https://nroduit.github.io/en/ https://nroduit.github.io/en/
- markus92 4y ago
  99.9% chance it's all DICOM, combined with a simple viewer program. There's tons of FOSS DICOM readers around, though all with their own limitations.