OsiriX PRO Frequently Asked Questions

Which Mac OS X versions are supported?

V 1.4.8 runs under Mac OS X V 10.5.8 and Mac OS X V 10.6.2

V 1.4.10 runs under Mac OS X V 10.6.3

V 1.4.12 runs under Mac OS X V 10.6.4

V 1.4.14 runs under Mac OS X V 10.6.4 and Mac OS X V 10.6.5

V 1.4.16 runs under Mac OS X V 10.6.6

V 1.4.18 runs under Mac OS X V 10.6.6

V 2.0.2 runs under Mac OS X V 10.6.4 and Mac OS X V 10.6.5

V 2.0.4 runs under Mac OS X V 10.6.6

V 2.0.6 runs under Mac OS X V 10.6.7

V 2.0.8 runs under Mac OS X V 10.6.8 and Mac OS X V 10.7.1

V 2.0.10 runs under Mac OS X V 10.6.8 and Mac OS X V 10.7.2

Which displays are supported by the 11-bit display plug-in?

Totoku ME551i2

EIZO Radiforce GS521

What are the minimal system requirements for aycan OsiriX PRO systems? 

• Hardware: Apple Macintosh Computer with Intel-Processor 
• 4GB RAM reommended
• 500 GB Serial ATA Drive
• CD-ROM access necessary for software installation 
• DVD-ROM access necessary for reading DVDs with demo data
• Operating system: Mac OS X; compatible versions: see above
• Depending on the expected usage, a fast multi core processor, some GB of RAM and a separate current hard disk for data might be recommended.
  
  

What are the meanings of the import error codes?

•  "Urf" – "Unreadable file / Could not be read." 
• "SOPc" – "Not Allowed SOP Class UID" 
• "Exc" – "Exception" 
• "UFt" – "Unknown File Type" -> The parser was not able to get any information about the file. 
• "Ts" – "Not supported TransferSyntax" -> see Allowed Transfer Syntax below 
• "NDcm" – "Not a DICOM file" -> This message could appear if you configured OsiriX PRO to only import DICOM files (available under Preferences... -> Database -> "Import DICOM file format only (ignore ...)"). 
• "Ukwn" – "File Type was detected but file did not have a known structure" 

Allowed Transfer Syntax:

• LittleEndianImplicit 1.2.840.10008.1.2
• LittleEndianExplicit 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1
• BigEndianExplicit 1.2.840.10008.1.2.2
• RLE 1.2.840.10008.1.2.5
• JPEGProcess14V1 1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70
• JPEGProcess1 1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50
• JPEGProcess2_4 1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.51

Which date and time is used for SC images created with OsiriX PRO?

OsiriX PRO stores the actual date and time in the following tags:

# Date of Secondary Capture (0018,1012)

# Time of Secondary Capture (0018,1014)

# Series Date of Secondary Capture (0008,0021)

# Acquisition Date of Secondary Capture (0008,0022)

# Acquisition Time of Secondary Capture (0008,0032)

Study date and time stamps are not touched.

If the user wants to display the date and time of the creation of the SC images, they can use the annotations tool in the OsiriX PRO preferences.