User:Haraldur

Virtual workshop on artistic use of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

For artists interested in experimental video and exploring our inner body.

what are we looking at ?

lets first look at MRI at istockphoto.com

MRI scans often come in file format called DICOM ® (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)

Now lets look at some free DICOM viewers.

Top 12 Free Open source DICOM Viewers and PACS Workstations

If we have not assess to an MRI scanner, the internet has available DICOM files we can explore freely
openneuro.org

Note
Horos is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The most popular Windows alternative is Small 3D Slicer icon3D Slicer, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked 25 alternatives to Horos and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Horos are Small MicroDicom iconMicroDicom (Free), Small 3DimViewer icon3DimViewer (Free, Open Source), Weasis (Free, Open Source) and Small ClearCanvas Workstation iconClearCanvas Workstation (Paid).
https://alternativeto.net/software/horos/

Links to download of free DICOM files :
CASE STUDIES 1-7 from VISUS
DICOM Test Images from OFFIS DCMTK and DICOM Projects

Allot of files here to download with an ftp client. i found som mouse and rat brains: ftp://dicom.nema.org/MEDICAL/dicom/DataSets/