SIVIC

Since the computer invaded nearly every domain of activity, you’re also able to benefit from its multiple purposes in medical working environments. DICOM files are widely used around medics, representing the means to visualize and analyze medical conditions. As such, SIVIC comes as a powerful tool to view such files.

A first good thing about it is that it doesn’t even require any of your time or effort for installation, because it’s not packed inside a setup package. This allows it to be easily carried around on a thumb drive, just in case you might want or need to use it on other computers than your own, without affecting stability of the target PC, because registry entries remain intact.

The interface doesn’t want to pose any accommodation problems. It reserves most of the space for the preview, while some of it is fitted with a variety of functions and variables to help define view values for better analysis. Multiple layers of images can be loaded, such as spectra or overlay.

As far as file support goes, the image layers you can add need to be under formats like IDF, FDF, DCM, or IMA. only one project can be active at a time, unless you decide to run multiple instances of the application. Quick selection options let you easily grab bands, outline, or a selection box for manual mode.

Depending on the complexity of the DICOM file in question, you can find different sets of data. Navigation is done through tabs, which take you through image data, 4D data, preprocessing, MRS recon, phasing, coil combination, post processing, MRS quantification, and DSC. When it comes to saving, this can be done for active, spectra, image, secondary, voxel tags, current slice, as well as the entire session.

Taking everything into account, we can state that SIVIC is a reliable tool which can get the job properly done when it comes to DICOM and MRS data analysis. The interface is intuitive for individuals of all levels of experience, while the variety of functions and parameters make it worth your while.