Dr Manuel Fernández Cano has introduced tresD DICOM, a free platform that allows clinicians to view patient scans directly in a web browser without uploading files to a server.
Dr Manuel Fernández Cano, an orthodontist at Clínica Áncora in Málaga, Spain, has launched tresD DICOM, a free scan viewer that operates entirely within a web browser. The platform requires no sign-up or software installation and is designed to streamline how clinicians access patient records. The viewer is designed as a visualization and teaching tool.
Local Processing and Privacy
To view a scan, users drag a patient’s folder or CD onto the webpage. The system processes all data, including scans and photos, locally on the user’s device. Files are not uploaded to any server, ensuring patient data remains on the practice’s hardware.
“I wanted any colleague to be able to open their patient’s CBCT in seconds, from any computer and without the files leaving the practice,” says Cano, in a release.
Clinical Features and Compatibility
Features include 3D rendering with presets for bone and soft tissue, airway heat maps, and the ability to generate panoramic and cephalometric images directly from the scan. Users can also superimpose two scans of the same patient to view a color map of differences in millimeters, and overlay intraoral scans and facial photos onto the 3D model.
The software is compatible with files from major imaging machines, including Carestream, Planmeca, Sirona, Vatech, i-CAT, Morita, and NewTom.
Companion Tool
In addition to the main viewer, the developer has introduced tresD Models, a connected free tool for opening intraoral scans in the browser. This companion program allows for 2D sectioning, measurements, and virtual model bases for 3D printing.
Both programs are designed as visualization and teaching tools; they are not FDA-cleared or CE-marked medical devices, and their measurements are indicative.
Photo: Dr Manuel Fernández Cano
