It is fully compliant with the DICOM standard for image communication and image file formats. It can also read many other file formats: TIFF (8,16, 32 bits), JPEG, PDF, AVI, MPEG and QuickTime.
OsiriX is complementary to existing viewers, in particular to nuclear medicine viewers. OsiriX is an image processing application for Mac dedicated to DICOM images ('.dcm' / '.DCM' extension) produced by equipment ( MRI, CT, PET, PET-CT. MacOS ( Commercial software), iOS ( commercial software)