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blog! “Opening Compact File Set (CFS) files in Linux”
blog! “Opening Compact File Set (CFS) files in Linux”
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blog! “Opening Compact File Set (CFS) files in Linux”
I was sent some medical images in a password-protected CFS file. Here's how to open them in Linux. You can't. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration. It's complex, but here's how to do it. The Linux software for the Compact File Set hasn't been updated in years and only works with ancient versions of […]
Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/10/opening-compact-file-set-cfs-files-in-linux/
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@Edent i can’t tell from https://pismotec.com/download/ whether the source was ever published. Possible wasm app if so?
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@danbri not that I can see. Sadly it looks like it isn't really open at all.
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@Edent If there is a spec somewhere it smells like a good FUSE project (not that I a. have any interesting scans, b. have the time...)
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@ben I doubt it
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@Edent via what method did they give the file set to you?
It looks like DICOM mandates use of the ISO9660 standard at various points[0] and it also defines a "Secure DICOM File Format"[1] - perhaps that "Compact File Set" specification is a convenient patent-free and royalty-free way to acheive compatibility with DICOM?
[0] https://dicom.nema.org/medical/dicom/2018d/output/html/part12.html#sect_3.1
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@SamJSharpe optical media!
Previously, I've had DICOM as a zip file which worked just fine.
