MicroDicom shell extension shows DICOM images directly in Windows File Explorer, just like JPEG or PNG pictures. You can find the image you need in a folder full of DICOM files without opening them one by one in a viewer.
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Features
- Thumbnails - DICOM files are shown as pictures in the icon views of File Explorer
- Preview pane - select a file to see the image in the preview pane of File Explorer
- DICOM tags on mouse over - hold the mouse over a file to see information from its DICOM tags
- Copy to clipboard - right-click the image in the preview pane and copy it to the clipboard
- Works with files with the extensions .dcm, .dcm30, .dic and .ima
- One installer for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
How to use it
- Download the installer from the Downloads page and run it.
- Restart Windows if the installer asks for it.
- Open a folder with DICOM files in File Explorer and choose a view with large icons, or turn on the preview pane.
See also the shell extension documentation.
System requirements
- Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 or Windows 11
- x86 or x64 platform
- 10 MB free space on hard disk
Need more than a preview?
To measure, compare, convert or anonymize the images, use MicroDicom DICOM Viewer. The two work side by side on the same computer.