OsiriX has been specifically designed for navigation and visualization of multimodality and multidimensional images: 2D Viewer, 3D Viewer, 4D Viewer (3D series with temporal dimension, for example: Cardiac-CT) and 5D Viewer (3D series with temporal and functional dimensions, for example: Cardiac-PET-CT). The 3D Viewer offers all modern rendering modes: Multiplanar reconstruction (MPR), Surface Rendering, Volume Rendering and Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP). All these modes support 4D data and are able to produce image fusion between two different series (PET-CT and SPECT-CT display support).
OsiriX is at the same time a DICOM PACS workstation for imaging and an image processing software for medical research (radiology and nuclear imaging), functional imaging, 3D imaging, confocal microscopyand molecular imaging.
Who is behind OsiriX? Read the User Manual introduction: OsiriX History.
OsiriX is currently developped and maintained by Pixmeo, a Geneva based company in Switzerland.
Looking for certified version for using OsiriX in clinical environments? We distribute a FDA-Cleared / CE labeld version for primary diagnostic imaging: OsiriX MD.
OsiriX is available in 32-bit and 64-bit format. The 64-bit version allows you to load an unlimited number of images, exceeding the 4-GB limit of 32-bit applications. The 64-bit version is also fully optimized for Intel multi-cores processors, offering the best performances for 3D renderings.
OsiriX supports a complete plug-ins architecture that allows you to expand the capabilities of OsiriX for your personal needs! This plug-in architecture gives you access to the powerfull Cocoa framework with an easy object-oriented and dynamic language: Objective-C.
Current features
DICOM File Support
- Read and display all DICOM Files (mono-frame, multi-frames)
- Read and display the new MRI/CT multi-frame format
- JPEG Lossy, JPEG Lossless, JPEG-LS, JPEG 2000, RLE
- Monochrome1, Monochrome2, RGB, YBR, Planar, Palettes, ...
- Support custom (non-square) Pixel Aspect Ratio
- 8, 12, 16, 32 bits
- Write 'SC' (Secondary Capture) DICOM Files from any 2D/3D reconstructions
- Read and display all DICOM Meta-Data
- Read AND Write DICOM CD/DVD (DICOMDIR support)
- Export DICOM Files to TIFF, JPEG, Quicktime, RAW, DICOM, PACS
- CD/DVD Creation with DICOMDIR support, including cross-platform viewer (Weasis)
- Built-in SQL compatible database with unlimited number of files
DICOM Network Support
- Send studies (C-STORE SCU, DICOM Send)
- Receive studies (C-STORE SCP, DICOM Listener)
- Query and Retrieve studies from/to a PACS workstation (C-FIND SCU, C-MOVE SCU, WADO)
- Use OsiriX as a DICOM PACS server (C-FIND SCP, C-MOVE SCP, WADO)
- On-the-fly conversion between all DICOM transfer syntaxes
- C-GET SCU/SCP and WADO support for dynamic IP transfers
- DICOM Printing support
- Seamless integration with OsiriX HD for iPhone/iPad
- Seamless integration with any PACS server, including the open-source dcm4chee server
Non-DICOM Files Support
- LSM files from Zeiss (8, 16, 32 bits) (Confocal Microscopy)
- BioRadPIC files (8, 16, 32 bits) (Confocal Microscopy)
- TIFF (8, 12, 16, 32 bits), multi-pages
- ANALYZE (8, 12, 16, 32 bits)
- PNG, JPEG, PDF (multi-pages), Quicktime, AVI, MPEG, MPEG4
2D Viewer
- Intuitive GUI
- Customizable Toolbars
- Bicubic Interpolation with full 32-bit pixel pipeline
- Thick Slab for multi-slices CT and MRI (Mean, MIP, Volume Rendering)
- ROIs: Polygons, Circles, Pencil, Rectangles, Point, ... with undo/redo support
- Key Images
- Multi-Buttons and Scroll-wheel mouses supported, including Magic Trackpad support.
- Custom CLUT (Color Look-Up Tables)
- Custom 3x3 and 5x5 Convolution Filters (Bone filters, ...)
- 4D Viewer for Cardiac-CT and other temporal series
- Image Fusion for PET-CT & SPECT-CT exams with adjustable blending percentage
- Image subtraction for XA
- Hanging Protocols
- Tiles export
- 2D Image Registration & Reslicing
- Workspaces
- Image stiching
- Plugins support for external functions
3D Post-Processing
with Thick Slab
- 3D MIP (Maximum Intensity Projection)
- 3D Volume Rendering
- 3D Surface Rendering
- 3D ROIs
- 3D Image Registration
- Export any 3D images to Quicktime, TIFF, JPEG
- All 3D viewers support 'Image Fusion' for PET-CT exams and '4D mode' for Cardiac-CT.
Optimization
- Multi-threaded for multi-processors and multi-core processors support
- Asyncronous reading
- OpenGL for 2D Viewer and all 3D Viewers
- Graphic board accelerated, with 3D texture mapping support
- Available in 32-bit and 64-bit
Expansion & Scientific Research
- OsiriX supports a complete dynamic plugins architecture
- Access pixels directly in 32-bits float for B&W images or ARGB values for color images
- Create and manage windows
- Access the entire Cocoa framework
- Create and manage OpenGL views
- Faster than IDL, Easier than ImageJ !
Based on robust Open-Source components
- Cocoa (OpenStep, GNUStep, NextStep)
- VTK (Visualization Toolkit)
- ITK (Insight Toolkit)
- PixelMed (David Clunie)
- Papyrus 3.0
- DICOM Offis DCMTK
- OpenGL
- LibTIFF
- LibJPEG
- CharLS
Complete DICOM Conformance statement for OsiriX is available
here.
