How to open DICOM files on a Mac
Use OmniDICOM to open a DICOM folder, select a series and browse its images. This guide takes you from the Mac installer to your first study.
PRACTICAL GUIDES · RESEARCH & EDUCATION
OmniDICOM how-to guides
Open DICOM on a Mac, edit metadata, and export research images or video. Practical OmniDICOM guides.
How to edit DICOM metadata
Inspect Tag, Name and Value in the metadata panel, edit supported values and save them to a series. Metadata editing is included in Basic.
Export DICOM images and cine video
Export a still image for a research presentation or a multi-frame sequence as a movie. Choose the scope and output format explicitly before exporting.
Practice without patient data
This free synthetic CT contains 24 slices of a geometric phantom. It is not clinical data and is not a diagnostic or image-quality benchmark. Unzip it, then open the folder in OmniDICOM.
Download synthetic CT (ZIP)Next steps
No card required to start a trial. Continued use requires a paid licence; trial image exports are watermarked.