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Re: Preserving X-RAY CD

From Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Preserving X-RAY CD
Date 2018-09-26 10:31 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
Message-ID <slrnpqmo06.31ej.g.kreme@Snow.local> (permalink)
References <uNxqD.225599$YL3.58662@fx48.iad> <pofkf1$8hp$1@dont-email.me>

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In message <pofkf1$8hp$1@dont-email.me> Supermarine Spitfire <spitfire@spitfireflyinghigh.com> wrote:
> On 25/09/2018 10:30 pm, JF Mezei wrote:
>> I have a CD with the various X-rays taken after my accident in july.
>> 
>> At the file system level, most files have no extension and you need
>> special software to view the x-rays. They are DICOM images, and
>> Photoshop is able to somewhat open them if you tell it to look at any
>> file type.  Bridge treats them as binary documents.
>> 
>> This creates a path such as:
>> 
>> /Volumes/mezei jean-franc/DICOM/PA000000/ST000001/SE000001/IM000000
>> (where the last one is the actual image file)
>> 
>> What would be the recommended strategy to preserve this CD in usable
>> fashion on disk?
>> 
>> just drag/drop the volume into a folder?
>> create a .dmg?
>> other ?
>> 
>> 
>> The reason I ask is whether others had similar experiences and found one
>> way worked better than another with regards to using X-ray viewing
>> software or if one way has some "gotchas".
>> 
>> 
>> As well, if I wanted to make them more "usable", what extesion should
>> DICOM files have ? and would renaming these files to have an extesion
>> ruin the x-ray software's ability to index the files ?
>> 
>> Again, I ask in case someone has already done the tests and found the
>> best way to do this - if not, then I'll have to spend the time to test
>> various scenarios to see which work).

> I just checked, and according to this page - 
> https://www.lemkesoft.de/en/products/graphicconverter/key-features/import-and-export-formats/ 
> - GraphicConverter can import DICOM files. I don't know how 
> comprehensive that support is, but you can download the trial version 
> and find out. Incidentally, I *love* GraphicConverter, it's my go-to 
> tool for quick graphic file conversions.

Doh!

I really should have checked Graphic Converter!


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Preserving X-RAY CD JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-25 17:30 -0400
  Re: Preserving X-RAY CD Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-09-25 22:57 +0000
  Re: Preserving X-RAY CD Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-26 13:27 +1200
    Re: Preserving X-RAY CD JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-25 23:24 -0400
  Re: Preserving X-RAY CD Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-26 02:01 +0000
    Re: Preserving X-RAY CD JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-25 23:27 -0400
      Re: Preserving X-RAY CD Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-26 15:52 +0000
        Re: Preserving X-RAY CD ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2018-09-28 19:00 -0500
  Re: Preserving X-RAY CD Supermarine Spitfire <spitfire@spitfireflyinghigh.com> - 2018-09-26 10:45 +0100
    Re: Preserving X-RAY CD Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-09-26 10:31 +0000
  Re: Preserving X-RAY CD Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2018-09-26 07:47 -0700
    Re: Preserving X-RAY CD Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-26 15:59 +0000
      Re: Preserving X-RAY CD befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2018-09-27 08:32 +0200
        Re: Preserving X-RAY CD Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-27 14:48 +0000

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