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Obtaining DICOM Viewers

Images in the TCIA repository are stored in the medical image standard, Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM). A DICOM file stores the digital image, along with a series of tags that contain metadata about the image such as patient ID, study ID, patient weight, and anatomic siteMost image data and some associated data within The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) is stored in DICOM format.  There are a variety of both open source and commercial DICOM tools that could be used to manipulate and view these files. While TCIA does not endorse nor recommend any particular tool, here is a list of tools that we or our partners have used in our daily work. More information about DICOM is available.

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titleBefore using the viewers

The images in this in vivo image repository need to be downloaded before you can view them using the viewers.

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Downloading TCIA Images

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