

It all depends on what part of the body has been imaged.Ĭaveat: although Horos is widely used and respected in the medical community, I have no personal experience using it. To view them, you click on the identifier (probably somebody's name), and indented beneath the name will be all the sequences: something like - T1W Axial T2W Coronal FLAIR Sagittal. Once imported, the image files should appear in the Horos Database. If it works like most DICOM viewers, it will find the DICOM files itself within the CD and offer you the choice of copying them into Horos or viewing from the CD. Click on that and direct it to your CD by navigating to it. Then from the top menu bar, find the "Import" function. What I'd do is open Horos in other words get it up and running. But, at the end of the day, if all you want is to view an MRI scan, then find a friend with Windows and get them to download it:

MicroDicom - this free and widely respected, but it may only be available for Windows. RadiAnt DICOM viewer (Google for instructions and download sites)

Sure, OsiriX is that and much more, but there are free alternatives around - or those that permit a 30 or 60 day free trial. On your CD, the MRI scan images are in DICOM format. The MD version is horrendously expensive (around £750/year for a one-Mac license). The "free" version of OsiriX is very hard to get and very nearly next to useless because it prompts you, almost by the minute, to upgrade to Osirix MD. Single license: OsiriX MD can only be used on a single computer at a time.NB - I'm a professional user of OsiriX, that is, I have to use it as part of my job (even though technically retired!). OsiriX MD can be immediately downloaded after online payment. The OsiriX User Manual is shipped by mail, it can take up to 4 weeks. To continue to receive free upgrades for a new year, registered users can apply for a discount. Registered users will be entitled to a minimum of one year's free upgrades. OsiriX supports 64-bit computing and multithreading for the best performances on the most modern processors. It offers advanced post-processing techniques in 2D and 3D, exclusive innovative technique for 3D and 4D navigation and a complete integration with any PACS. It fully supports the DICOM standard for an easy integration in your workflow environment and an open platform for development of processing tools. It is the result of more than 10 years of research and development in digital imaging. With high performance and an intuitive interactive user interface, OsiriX is the most widely used DICOM viewer in the world.

OsiriX MD is cleared by the FDA, as a Class II Medical Device, for diagnostic imaging in medicine.
