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Reading FilmX Picture Files?
bzlman asks: "I just broke my finger and instead of conventional x-rays, the ER gave me a CD with huge picture files on it from the company called FilmX from sorna.com. Unfortunately, the software to read the pics is for Windows, and the file type for the images (each about 10 MB) is 'command line' (the files are of no conventional type). I've tried opening the files with every image program for Mac OS X and Classic, to no avail. These are high quality images I want to see, and I hope someone can help me find a Mac OS X way to view them. Thanks."
The story is a red herring. The real aim of the story was to hopefully fire up a flamewar against the DICOM makers screaming for them to make their stuff open source. Thanks to the astute slashdot readers it looks like that's been quashed.
If you Mac only has a 3.5 inch floppy slot and no CD-Rom drive you probably need a new Mac... ;)
Sure, it would be a two second search - but only if one knows that DICOM was the name of an image format. Nor does the company's statement "We are a DICOM alternative to film" help unless you already know what DICOM means. Kind of a catch-22, no?
Google's quickly becoming worthless anyway, so your smartass comment means nada.
I guess you never even bothered to look at the Google link that I provided then. Searching for the terms ' "Mac OSX" DICOM viewer ' returns a number of relevant results. #1 points to no less than six Mac programs. #2 lists four. #3 and #4 refer to the excellent OsiriX application for -- you guessed it -- Mac. #5 lists...
But hey, you can complain all you like about Google being worthless. As my simple search points out, the real problem lies with your inability to use Google effectively. Hell, I even misspelled "OS X" as "OSX" and still got those results!
You might want to brush up on your search techniques.
Dude, seriously, all these guys that are giving you crap are just a bunch of Mac snobs. They've been working with their computers so long that they don't remember what it was like to feel helpless when encountered by a strange file. Sure you could've done a little research, but that's not your fault.
What is the Apple section for anyway? Is it just for a bunch of flamers to sit around bitching? Or are we here to actually help the Mac user community grow a little?
Try Graphic Converter, it should be in your Applications Folder or Utilities folder. If that fails, OsiriX has an open source, OSX compatible viewer.
Sorry about my compatriots here, we'll try and be more tolerant next time.
Mr. Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time is enemy action.
Graphic Converter opens this kind of file with no problem. Photoshop CS does not. Go figure.