Let them find it
Add a DICOM question. Students open the same study on their phone or laptop, search for the finding and place a marker. Add follow-up questions, and they send everything in one go.
Best for: "Point out the abnormality."
DICOM Viewer · Add-on for medical education
Put real medical images in your lesson.
Show an X-ray, an ultrasound or a full DICOM study on your slide. Every student works on their own device, marks the finding, and you see every answer on the image.
- Real DICOM studies
- On every student's device
- Anonymised before upload
- Add-on on request
Reading the image is a skill. A screenshot doesn't teach it.
In most lectures, students see one frame someone pasted into a slide. That might be a chosen X-ray, or a single slice of a study. They never adjust the contrast, measure or search for the finding themselves. On a study with slices, they never scroll. You can't see who would have found it. Testing tools check knowledge afterwards. They don't bring the image into the lesson.
How it works
Two ways to teach with the image
Walk through it, then ask
Add the image next to a quiz, poll or open question. You adjust contrast and point things out on the big screen. On a study with slices, you scroll through them. Then you ask the question.
Best for: "Let me show you the case, then test your understanding."
A real viewer, on every student's device
A viewer for a single image or a stack of slices. It works in the browser, on phones and laptops. Nothing to install.
Scroll the slices
With a slider, mouse wheel or touch.
Window and level
Adjust brightness and contrast by dragging.
Pan and zoom
With the mouse, or multi-touch on a phone.
Measure
Lengths in millimetres on calibrated studies.
Hounsfield units
On CT: hover to read, tap to pin.
Axial, sagittal, coronal
Switch views on any volume.
A marker in 3D
Placed in the study's own space, shared across linked series.
Full screen
Focus on one series, then back to all.
Validate
See in seconds who finds the finding
Every answer appears as a dot on the image. Dots closest to your correct marker are green, the furthest are red, so you see at a glance where the group is looking. Your correct marker stays hidden on students' devices and on the big screen until you open the results.
- Answers to follow-up questions counted live
- Go to markers jumps every series to the right slice
- Every response saved with study, slice and position
Made for how you teach
Informative markers
Label structures as study material, without giving away the answer.
Follow-up questions
Open text or multiple choice, right after the marker.
Reference series
Let students open other series from the same study for comparison.
Saved start views
The study opens on the slice, position and zoom you chose.
Show as image
Hide the tools on your screen so the slide looks clean, while you keep control.
Fast loading
Large studies load in the background as the session starts, and stay cached in the browser.
Your own cases
Use your own cases. Raw clinical data stays with you.
Import a hospital export straight into your browser: single files, a folder, a zip or DICOM media with a DICOMDIR. The raw clinical data stays on your device until you confirm it is anonymised. Sendsteps only stores the anonymised teaching package.
Start right away with sample studies: chest, knee, hand, jaw, teeth and more.
Stays on your device until you confirm anonymisation
The correct answer is never sent to students' devices
Students send back a point and their answers, never a copy of the source files
Hosted in the EU, on an ISO 27001:2022 certified platform
Built for teaching. Not for diagnosis.
DICOM Viewer is educational software. It is not intended for diagnosis or treatment decisions and is not a medical device under the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR). It is not a PACS, doesn't connect to hospital systems, and isn't a formal exam tool. It brings the image into the lesson.
DICOM Viewer
Frequently asked questions
Is DICOM Viewer a medical device?
No. It is educational software, not intended for diagnosis or treatment decisions, and not a medical device under the EU MDR.
Can I use my own images?
Yes. Import a hospital export in your browser. Raw data stays on your device until you confirm anonymisation; Sendsteps only stores the anonymised teaching package.
Which files can I use?
DICOM files (.dcm or without extension), a folder, a zip, or DICOM media with a DICOMDIR. Uncompressed, JPEG, JPEG-LS, JPEG 2000 and HTJ2K are supported.
Do students need to install anything?
No. They join the session in their browser, on a phone or laptop.
Can I combine an image with a quiz?
Yes. Add the study as an image and put the quiz on the same slide. A slide has one interactive question, so a DICOM question and a quiz go on separate slides.
Are answers scored?
Not with points. Dots are coloured from green to red relative to your correct marker, so you see who is close and who is far off.
Does it work for self-paced learning?
Yes. Students can work through DICOM questions in their own time, in the self-paced Answer Center.
How do I get it?
DICOM Viewer is an add-on on request for institutions. Talk to sales and we'll set it up for your faculty.
Bring your next case into the lecture hall.
See DICOM Viewer with your own kind of cases, and find out what it takes for your faculty.