This is why remembering where you saved your scan file is important! Once this is selected, a drop down window will appear displaying all of your computers folders and file locations. Import your scanįirst, we need to select the ‘Import Dicom’ button in the top right. The Singular Launcher is our gateway to 3Dicom! 3.

Once your DICOM scan has been downloaded, now we have to open the dicom software otherwise we can not visualise our scan in 3D! If this is your first time opening 3Dicom, remember it is opened through the Singular Launcher. Open 3Dicom through the Singular Launcher If you are unsure on how to unzip a file and extract the contents, please follow our article which can be accessed here.

Sometimes when a file is downloaded onto our computer, we will have to unzip the contents of a folder. If you have designated a specific location on your device as to where downloads will be located, note where this is! Downloads will be typically be placed on your computers desktop, downloads file or iCloud drive. Each scan differs in size and complexity, so please be patient if your scan is taking a while to download. After we are directed to the file with your selected DICOM scan, we will need to select download in the top left. Once we have accessed the DICOM Library, we will need to select download scan. These will typically be a CT scan, MRI scan or a PET scan. These resources provide you with a number of DICOM studies that are downloadable both free and paid accompanied by the DICOM metadata, different series and the scan itself. Other sources associated with radiology and medical imaging also may provide you with a dicom image file. These scans can be accessed via the DICOM Library in the ‘Support’ tab, or can be accessed here.ĭICOM scans can also be downloaded from a number of Open Source repositories such as The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA), The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIH) or the Harvard University Dataverse. The 3Dicom website has provided you with a number of scans which you can download onto your device for FREE. If you do not have access to a DICOM file or a DICOM image provided to you from places such as a medical or educational institution, or even a doctor, there are a number of other locations that we can download DICOM scans from.

3Dicom also gives you full accessibility, to upload your own personal DICOM file into the software. DICOM scans are highly accessible and can be downloaded off a number of sources from the internet.

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