What is Dicom?
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine. It is a standard for storing, printing and transmitting information in medical imaging. It includes a file format definition and a network communications protocol.
Other types of files may also use the DICOM file extension. If you know of any additional file formats that use the . DICOM extension, please let me know so I can update this information.
The easiest way to open a DICOM file is to double-click on it and let your PC decide which default application should open the file. If no program opens the DICOM file then you probably don't have an application installed that can view and/or edit DICOM files. Warning: Take great care when opening executable file formats received via email or downloaded from websites you're not familiar with.
List of Executable File Extensions for a listing of file extensions to avoid and why. As of this writing, I don't have information on any specific applications that will view DICOM files or open DICOM files for editing. If you know of any, please send me a quick email and let me know the name of the program so I can update this page.
Tip: Use Notepad or another text editor to open the DICOM file. Many files are text-only files meaning no matter the file extension, a text editor may be able to properly display the file's contents. This may or may not be the case with DICOM files but it's worth a try.
If you find that an application on your PC does try to open the DICOM file but it's the wrong application or if you would rather have another installed program open DICOM files, see my How To Change the Default Program for a Specific File Extension guide for making that change in Windows. Open the DICOM file in its default program and choose to save the open file as another file format. Use a File Conversion Online Service or Software Program to convert the DICOM file to another file format.
The first option involving opening the DICOM file in its native program is preferable because it's both easier and will probably result in a more accurate file conversion. Of course if you don't have a program that opens DICOM files, a third-party file conversion tool (the second option) could be very useful. Important: You cannot usually change a file extension (like the DICOM file extension) to one that your computer recognizes and expect the newly renamed file to be usable.
An actual file format conversion using one of the methods described above must take place in most cases. Still Having Problems Opening or Using a DICOM File? Let a community of computer support enthusiasts help out!
Post in the PC Support Forum about what kinds of problems you're having with opening or using the DICOM file and we'll see what we can do to help.
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