NEED HELP!!!

[Adimantus]

I need to open a special type of file and I saw that it can be opened with GIMP. I tried that but no result. So in my quest to find a programm that open the file I need, I found something called FileViewerPlus. I seems a little sketchy I don't trust it a lot. I have tried scanning it with Malwarebytes, Avira, AVG plus online scans like TotalVirus. I am even tempted to try scanning it with Windows Defender but I don't think I'll work. Anyway, should install FileViewerPlus or should I stay away from it??

[Jonathan W]

2 minutes ago, Adimantus said:

I need to open a special type of file and I saw that I can be opened with GIMP. I tried that but no result. So in my quest to find a programm that open the file I need, I found something called FileViewerPlus. I seems a little sketchy I don't trust it a lot. I have tried scanning it with Malwarebytes, Avira, AVG plus online scans like TotalVirus. I am even tempted to try scanning it with Windows Defender but I don't think I'll work. Anyway, should install FileViewerPlus or should I stay away from it??

whats the file type?

[Adimantus]

.DCM

[Jonathan W]

4 minutes ago, Adimantus said:

.DCM

what OS you on?

[Adimantus]

Windows 7.

[Jonathan W]

7 minutes ago, Adimantus said:

I need to open a special type of file

Can you not use a different file? GIMP supposedly supports .DCMs so it may just be a bad/corrupt file

[Adimantus]

I tried GIMP since I already had it in my PC but it just opens a blank file...

[Jonathan W]

1 minute ago, Adimantus said:

I tried GIMP since I already had it in my PC but it just opens a blank file...

right. it may be a bad file. when you view the properties for the file how large is it?

[Adimantus]

about 5MBs

[Jonathan W]

2 minutes ago, Adimantus said:

I tried GIMP since I already had it in my PC but it just opens a blank file...

I always try to avoid using downloaded software solutions when im doing stuff if i can just because you dont actually know what youre downloading.

 

You can try this http://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-jpg

[Rohime]

11 minutes ago, Adimantus said:

.DCM

Are they Medical image files?  ( extracted from a dicom archive? )

 

try this one: http://www.microdicom.com/ 

 

Off-line media (files)[edit]

The format for off-line media files is specified in Part 10 of the DICOM Standard. Such files are sometimes referred to as "Part 10 files".

DICOM restricts the filenames on DICOM media to 8 characters (some systems wrongly use 8.3, but this does not conform to the standard). No information must be extracted from these names (PS3.10 Section 6.2.3.2). This is a common source of problems with media created by developers who did not read the specifications carefully. This is a historical requirement to maintain compatibility with older existing systems. It also mandates the presence of a media directory, the DICOMDIR file, which provides index and summary information for all the DICOM files on the media. The DICOMDIR information provides substantially greater information about each file than any filename could, so there is less need for meaningful file names.

DICOM files typically have a .dcm file extension if they are not part of a DICOM media (which requires them to be without extension).

The MIME type for DICOM files is defined by RFC 3240 as application/dicom.

The Uniform Type Identifier type for DICOM files is org.nema.dicom.

There is also an ongoing media exchange test and "connectathon" process for CD media and network operation that is organized by the IHE organization.

[Adimantus]

Yep. I am trying to open a medical examination file for a friend who couldn't open it on his PC.

[Adimantus]

Well I guess theres no other option since neither that online file conventer nor microdicom did the job. Anyway thanks for all the support.

[Rohime]

21 minutes ago, Adimantus said:

Well I guess theres no other option since neither that online file conventer nor microdicom did the job. Anyway thanks for all the support.

That implies the file is corrupt.   Try to source another copy.