To put this into perspective, the headline is quite misleading, as
"sound bites" usually are , the software was not developed for the iPod,
it was developed for Mac workstations to create a high performance, low
cost DICOM image viewer. The iPod capability is just a byproduct and
dwarfs in comparison to what they have done on a G5. There is also an
embryonic initiative to "port" OSIRIX to Linux. It is well worth going
to Antoine's site and seeing what they have done...the most interesting
thing IMHO is how they did it... using many off the shelf open source
imaging components...the list is on their website. This made it possible
for them to create an excellent application in a very short period of
time and in the process engage many of the authors of the imaging
components they used. This is one of the best example of what is
possible when there is real synergy and collaboration.
Cheers,
Joseph
David Forslund wrote:
Tim Churches wrote:
See
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/zd/20050105/tc_zd/142004
"Two radiologists recently developed open-source software, called
OsiriX, to display and manipulate complex medical images on the
popular portable devices called iPods. "
Check the screenshots on their homepage at
http://homepage.mac.com/rossetantoine/osirix/Index2.html - wow!
I wonder how they address patient privacy issues when storing lots of
images on oft-stolen iPods? Presumably the patient identifiers
associated with the images, if not the images themselves, are encrypted?
This is not part of the Dicom specification. It could be done, but
then the images wouldn't be Dicom conformant. But then the viewer isn't
Dicom compliant either.
Dave
Tim C
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