Viewing DICOM files for a personal injury case
Personal injury attorneys and their paralegals regularly receive imaging CDs from clients — hospital CDs with CT, MRI, or X-ray DICOM files documenting injuries. Opening them without a dedicated DICOM workstation is a common bottleneck that slows case intake.
This browser tool converts DICOM to viewable JPG or PDF without installing anything on firm computers. It runs in Chrome, Safari, Edge, or Firefox on any operating system — Windows, macOS, a paralegal's tablet. No DICOM viewer licenses to manage, no installation across multiple workstations.
For patient-clients, the value is control: you can view your own imaging before handing the CD to your attorney, check that the files are complete and readable, and convert the specific images the attorney needs without sharing a CD of your entire medical history.
Open the converter — free, no upload
Questions
Is this HIPAA-compliant?
HIPAA compliance depends on the full technical and administrative context of how data is handled, not a single tool. What this converter does: it processes DICOM files entirely in the browser, transmits no PHI to any server, and retains no data after the session. That is a strong privacy baseline. Covered entities should evaluate it as part of their overall compliance program.
Can a paralegal use it without medical training?
Yes. The converter applies the windowing tags the radiologist set, so the output is correctly rendered without any manual adjustment. Identifying which images are legally relevant is the attorney's or expert's job; this tool handles the format conversion.
What if the CD files won't open?
The most common reason is a compressed transfer syntax (JPEG 2000, JPEG Lossless) that this tool doesn't yet support. The converter shows a specific error identifying the compression type so you know what you're dealing with. Uncompressed DICOM — the most common format on hospital imaging CDs — works reliably.