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DICOM

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Medicine image file format

File type: Bitmap image file

Files with dicom file extension can be found as images in special Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine format.

What is dicom file?

File type category:
Bitmap image file

Date updated: August 1, 2019

The dicom file extension is used for a medicine omage file saved in the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) image format.

Created by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) as a standard for distributing and viewing medical images, such as MRIs, CT scans, and ultrasound images.

How to open dicom file?

Usually these files are viewed using special programs for devices used in medicine. Some graphics viewer may still support it and open it just fine.

How to convert dicom file?

It should be possible to export DICOM pictures as normal images, but that will remove any special metadata.

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Associated software actions with the dicom file

Software applications that can open dicom files:

Multiplatform

Software applications that can edit dicom files:

Multiplatform

Software capable of saving dicom files:

Multiplatform

Programs for viewing dicom files:

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

Linux/Unix

Multiplatform

Software apps that import dicom files:

Multiplatform

Software apps that export dicom files:

Microsoft Windows

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