LanguageDICOM
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.
Suggested software to open dicom file:
Associated software actions with the dicom file
Software applications that can open dicom files:
ImageJ (Multiplatform)
Software applications that can edit dicom files:
ImageJ (Multiplatform)
Software capable of saving dicom files:
ImageJ (Multiplatform)
Programs for viewing dicom files:
GIMP (Microsoft Windows)
FastPictureViewer Professional (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
GIMP for Linux (Linux/Unix)
ImageJ (Multiplatform)
Software apps that import dicom files:
Bio-Formats (Multiplatform)
Software apps that export dicom files:
Analyze (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that print dicom files:
FastPictureViewer Professional (Microsoft Windows)