How to use Kernel Dicom Viewer? Complete Steps

Step-by-Step Tutorial to Use Kernel Dicom Studio

Follow the step-by-step process to learn how to use Kernel Dicom Studio and view Dicom images without hassle:

Step 1: Launch Kernel Dicom Studio on your PC to see the home screen of the tool that displays three consecutive menu ribbons.

Step 2: From the mid ribbon, tap on Add dropdown to select options to add files by selecting individual Dicom files, Dicom directory, or Zip file.

Note: If you don’t know the location of Dicom files or directory, go to File and click on Scan for Dicom files.

Step 3: From the Windows drive (external or internal), select the files and click Open.

Step 4: All the selected files will be listed in the Dicom Browser within the left pane.

Step 5: Check out the properties of the added Dicom file from the Dicom Properties pane on the right side that provides a view of Basic Detail and All Details.

Choose Required Option

You can use different parameters like Windowsing, flip & rotate, anonymization, and other annotation tools to manipulate the DICOM images.

File

Step 6: Go to File and select Duplicate Window to create a duplicate window to allow you easily compare sections of images for deeper insights.

Step 7: To make the image anonymous and hide the patient details, go to File and select Anonymize.

View

Step 6: Go to View tab on the top ribbon and select:

Dicom Tags: To view Dicom Tags associated to the selected Dicom file.

view Dicom Tags associated to the selected Dicom file

Note: From the list of Dicom tags screen, you can select to save the tags to CSV or HTML file on your PC.

Browse Image: Use the option to go to the next, previous, after 10, or before 10 images.

Zoom: Use the option like Pan, Zoom (in/ out), Fit to Screen, and custom zoom to view specific areas of the image clearly.

Show Overlays: Use the option to display or hide the overlay information about the image.
Show Patient Information: To view details of the patient whose Dicom file you are viewing with the tool.
Full screen: Allows a bigger preview of the selected DICOM file.

Allows a bigger preview of the selected DICOM file

Media

Step 6: Tap on the Media tab to select and use:

Windowing: Allows easy manipulation of the grayscale images to view and analyze particular tissues or structures. Include options like Full dynamic, lung, skull, spine, abdomen, bone, and mediastinum.

Allows easy manipulation of the grayscale images to view and analyze particular tissue

Flip and rotate: With flip options like horizontal, vertical, 90 degree left, 90 degree right, and reset orientation rotate the image as needed for better analysis.

With flip options like horizontal vertical 90 degree

Analysis Tools

Step 6: Now, from the top, select Analysis Tools like Distance, Rectangle, Eclipse, Arrow, and others, to highlight a section of the image.

Tools

Step 6: Go to Tools and select Dicom Tag Dictionary to check all the tags related to a Dicom image.

Step 7: After analyzing the image, you can export the added Dicom files using the given options:

Export Current Image: Allows you to export the current image to PNG, JPEG, BMP, and TIFF.
Export to Image: Export selected DICOM files to the supported image formats (PNG, JPEG, BMP, TIFF).
Export to Video: Export selected files to video files in any of the supported file format (MP4 and AVI).
Export to DICOM: Export files to DICOM file extension with the desired size and annotations.

Export files to DICOM file extension with the desired size

Step 8: After selecting the export method, select the required output export format. Provide the destination path and file name prefix to save the exported file.

Step 9: Apply the desired file export options, adjust the Image size, and Overlay and Annotations options.

Step 10: In the end, click Export to begin the process.

How to Use - Kernel DICOM Studio