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DICOM Image Library (1 article)

• DICOM Image Library

Announcements (1 article)

• Welcome to OsiriX Help Center!

General (26 articles)

• Do you offer a multi-users site license?
• Get access to full log
• How to activate / inactivate the Dark Mode?
• How to activate a login when launching OsiriX?
• How to avoid this error message: "Failed to download and synchronize preferences from this URL: (null)" ?
• How to backup the content of OsiriX?
• How to configure a high resolution (High DPI) monitor?
• How to copy/export/backup all preferences?
• How to install OsiriX?
• How to install/update/remove a plugin?
• How to keep OsiriX running all the time, and automatically restarting if crashed or quitted?
• How to launch OsiriX in "Protected mode"?
• How to migrate OsiriX license from one computer to another?
• How to personalize the toolbar?
• How to report a bug or a problem?
• How to reset the preferences?
• How to synchronize OsiriX settings between several workstations?
• How to update OsiriX to the latest version?
• How to upgrade from OsiriX Lite to OsiriX MD ?
• How to use hard drive encryption with OsiriX?
• Is it possible to install OsiriX on Microsoft Windows?
• OsiriX cannot read some specific DICOM files. Can you help?
• OsiriX craches, what should I do?
• OsiriX fails to launch and requires a new installation. Why?
• Unable to use OsiriX MD or connect to OsiriX web site (macOS 10.11 and earlier)
• Where can I find which registration key has been used for the installation?

Database (56 articles)

• All my images have disappeared from my database, how to get them back?
• How lock / unlock the database (read-only access) ?
• How to add/remove sources from the database window?
• How to automatically generate a DICOM PDF report when validating a Study?
• How to automatically remove old studies?
• How to change the font size of the database window?
• How to change the search field in Database window?
• How to change the series order?
• How to change the sort order of studies in the database?
• How to clear the "Display Only this Patient" action?
• How to collapse/expand all studies in the Database window?
• How to combine multiple single images into one single complete series?
• How to configure PACS-On-Demand
• How to copy a study from a database to another database?
• How to correct storage permissions?
• How to correctly display names with non-latin characters?
• How to create a Smart Album?
• How to create an album with a rule at Series level?
• How to create an album?
• How to delete a single image in a series?
• How to display / print all key images (from different series) of a study?
• How to filter the content of my studies list?
• How to focus on the studies of the day?
• How to get all CR images in one series?
• How to give OsiriX full disk permission?
• How to import DICOM files?
• How to import JPEG, PNG, TIFF, LSM, Analyze files?
• How to import the database list in Excel or Numbers?
• How to index a custom DICOM field in the database?
• How to lock / unlock a database
• How to manage several databases?
• How to merge two databases into a single one?
• How to move current OsiriX database to a new computer?
• How to move the content of my database to avoid filling my hard drive?
• How to move the database to an external hard disk?
• How to open & display multi parametric series such as DCE (dynamic contrast enhanced) or diffusion sequences?
• How to open / search in multiple databases?
• How to optimise your database for best performances?
• How to optimize database size and transfer speed?
• How to print all images of a study?
• How to repair a corrupted Database.sql file?
• How to replicate the columns setting for all albums in the database window?
• How to search for patients in the database?
• How to see all exams of a given patient?
• How to separate a study with 2 series, in 2 studies?
• How to share a database between several users on a computer?
• How to share a database?
• How to split a series (perfusion, diffusion, dynamic) ?
• How to store studies externally in order to use less space in my hard drive?
• I lost all my images. Where are they?
• Is there a way to unify the database?
• What are the small symbols displayed in the database list?
• What are those "?" icons in my list of series?
• What is the Soundex option of the database search field?
• When I eject a DICOM CD, the images disappear. How to keep them in the database?
• Why are all patient studies displayed?

Viewer (38 articles)

• Does OsiriX support Certified Medical Monitors?
• How do I invert NM or PET images? black bones on a white image?
• How to automatically segment an organ?
• How to change the size of the text associated with ROIs?
• How to change the size/font of the annotations on the images?
• How to change thickness of an arrow ROI?
• How to compare two studies of the same patient?
• How to configure multiple screens/monitors?
• How to customize image annotations?
• How to cut/remove part of the image in the 2D Viewer?
• How to display DICOM overlays or annotations on the images?
• How to display cross references lines between displayed series?
• How to display the Patient Name on the images?
• How to display two different patients at the same time? or the same patient with two studies from different institutes?
• How to do PET-CT image fusion?
• How to do Spine Labelling?
• How to draw circles on images with locked aspect ratio?
• How to generate a series with all key images of a study?
• How to have the 3D position on all viewers?
• How to limit the 2D viewer to display only one patient (to avoid confusion between different patients)?
• How to locate a single point on all open Series?
• How to manually adjust the registration of 2 datasets?
• How to manually register 2 datasets?
• How to manually segment an organ?
• How to open a DICOM Series?
• How to open a subset of images of a Series?
• How to play ultrasound cine-loops?
• How to quickly identify the opened series?
• How to remove the "not for medical use" label?
• How to restore to the default window level?
• How to rotate an ROI?
• How to set the window level?
• How to setup a default view / display (Hanging Protocol)?
• How to split your screen?
• How to subtract 2 MRI exams?
• How to use the Screenshot tool?
• I have been experiencing problems with my DWI images. Basically the DWI images are interspersed with the sources data when acquired so that the images alternate when scrolling.
• Ultrasound images are displayed in green. How to correct that?

Quantification (14 articles)

• How to calculate a stenosis percentage?
• How to calibrate an image to have values in cm instead of pixels?
• How to compute SUV on a PET study?
• How to compute the Ejection Fraction (Cardiac MRI)?
• How to display ROI informations directly in the viewer?
• How to export ROI statistics for all planes?
• How to extract ROI information from the fused series?
• How to increase accuracy of the measuring tool?
• How to measure the Cobb angle?
• How to measure the Femoro Acetabular Impingement Alpha Angle?
• How to measure tibial tuberosity trochlear groove distance (TT-TG)?
• How to read the radiodensity (Hounsfield) on a CT image?
• How to use the 3D ROI?
• Is there DTI (Diffusion Tensor Imaging) tools?

Reporting (11 articles)

• How to add or customise Web Portal reports?
• How to create a report?
• How to customise reports templates?
• How to display the patient's age in a report?
• How to produce Bull's Eye illustration for cardiac MRI?
• How to use the BI-RADS plugin?
• How to use the Coronary Angiography plugin?
• How to use the Liver Report plugin?
• How to use the PI-RADS plugin?
• How to use the TAVI planning plugin?
• What are the available keys for the reports?

Networking (18 articles)

• Can OsiriX receive HL7 messages?
• How to Query & Retrieve from my PACS server? or from another DICOM software?
• How to authorise OsiriX to receive Query & Retrieve orders from another computer?
• How to automatically retrieve studies from a PACS / DICOM node?
• How to create an auto-routing rule based on time of the day?
• How to delete a location from the sidebar in the database window?
• How to query & retrieve images from OsiriX HD for iPhone / iPad?
• How to set up an office so that all stations view the same studies?
• How to transfer images from OsiriX on Mac to OsiriX HD for iPhone / iPad?
• How to update a local DICOM file when I re-download it from my PACS?
• How to use auto-routing?
• How to use port 104 for the DICOM Listener?
• How to use port 80 for the WebPortal?
• How to write an auto-routing rule?
• In Query & Retrieve I have the error: "Move Failed. Failed: UnableToProcess." or "Move destination unknown". What is wrong?
• Query & Retrieve returns the error message "MoveFailed: RefusedOutOfResourcesSubOperations". Why?
• Security
• The Query & Retrieve window does not display all studies. Why?

Statistical Analysis (1 article)

• Introduction: Statistical Analysis

Web Portal (13 articles)

• How to access the Web Portal from outside the network? from a remote computer in a different location?
• How to access to several databases in the web server?
• How to activate Two-Factor Authentication for the Web Portal?
• How to add template reports to Web Server
• How to add your logo to the Web Portal site?
• How to copy users from the Web Portal to a new computer?
• How to create a link to display a study directly in the Web Portal?
• How to customize the Web Portal pages appearance?
• How to get the password of a Web Portal user?
• How to manage users from a LDAP compatible database?
• How to set-up two-factor authentication for Web Portal login?
• I am unable to launch Weasis. What should I do?
• When I connect to the Web Server, I can't see any Studies. What is wrong?

DICOM (9 articles)

• How to anonymize DICOM files?
• How to anonymize an image which have patient demographics burned in it?
• How to correct Patient demographics data?
• How to edit DICOM fields directly in the database window?
• How to open a password protected disc with OsiriX?
• How to use the Meta-Data Editor?
• When I edit the Meta-data, I get the warning "This file is not editable. It is a read-only file." Why?
• Which PACS and RIS would you recommend for OsiriX?
• Which light Windows compatible DICOM Viewer should I burn on DICOM CDs?

3D Viewer (11 articles)

• How to alter the Bone Removal Tool values in 3D VR?
• How to convert DICOM files into STL files (for 3D print)?
• How to create a 3D rendering?
• How to create a Curved MPR view from a vessel?
• How to do a 3D reconstruction when I have this error: "Volume Rendering requires volumic data.” ?
• How to draw a line between 2 points in 3D VR or 3D MIP mode?
• How to navigate in virtual endoscopy?
• How to remove parts in 3D Volume Rendering?
• How to save and reload a presentation state from 3D volume rendering?
• How to use the 16-bit CLUT editor?
• In Curved-MPR, can you save & load several curved centre lines for the same volume eg 2 sides for EVAR sizing?

OsiriX Cloud Storage (1 article)

• Getting Started with OsiriX Cloud Storage

Tutorials by our users (17 articles)

• An example of how to organise the Database
• How to Annotate Studies
• How to Anonymise Cases
• How to Crop Images
• How to Customize the Toolbar
• How to Import Cases from an External Hard Drive
• How to Remove Patient Data from US Series
• How to Remove unwanted Text on Images
• How to Retrieve Cases from the PACS
• How to Transfer Cases to an External Hard Drive
• How to add a report to a study
• How to convert movie files in a DICOM MPEG4 file?
• How to create anatomy teaching sets using OsiriX
• How to customise the anonymisation tool in OsiriX
• How to import DICOM files onto OsiriX
• How to import PDFs into OsiriX to create great teaching cases
• How to use the dual screen setting in OsiriX for teaching or examining

Database (3 articles)

• Database Cluster
• Exchange data between databases
• Unify Patient ID

Viewer (19 articles)

• Annotations Layers
• Automatic Segmentation
• Copying ROIs from the PET to the CT
• Display Patient Demographics: Control Key
• Femoro Acetabular Alpha Angle
• How to measure the percentage of fat/muscle on a CT slice?
• How to segment a 3D volume on a PET series?
• Left ventricule - Compute Ejection Fraction
• Magnetic Windows
• Magnifying Lens
• Manual Registration of 2 Datasets
• Manual Segmentation
• Manually Adjust The Registration of 2 Datasets
• Merge pixels from 2 different series
• Merging MRI Series together (images stitching)
• ROI enhancement plugin on 4D Data
• Reslicing
• Tile Export
• Workspace

Networking (3 articles)

• Built-In Web Server
• PACS On-Demand
• Weasis

3D Viewer (10 articles)

• 3D Curved MPR
• 3D Curved MPR: DentaScan
• 3D Fly Thru
• 3D MPR
• 3D ROI
• Automatic Vessel Tracking
• Bone Removal
• Center Line (Endoscopy / Virtual Colonoscopy)
• Compute a volume and display it in a 3D Volume Rendering
• Displaying Orthopedic Implants with advanced 3D tools

General (2 articles)

• Help Menu
• How to install OsiriX through SSH/command line?

Viewer (3 articles)

• Drag & drop a series on another series
• How to delete a point from a polygon ROI?
• Propagate Settings & Sync Series

Quantification (9 articles)

• Drawing a closed polygon ROI
• Drawing an ellipse ROI
• Histogram of an ROI
• Measuring a length
• Measuring an angle
• Selecting an ROI tool
• Using the 3D ROI
• Using the Repulsor to refine an ROI contour
• Using the text ROI

Networking (2 articles)

• How to reduce the database's refresh interval?
• Send images to a DICOM node or to another database

3D Viewer (4 articles)

• 3D Presets
• How to reduce noise in 3D Volume Rendering?
• How to use the scissors in 3D Surface Rendering?
• Using the 3D Scissors