osirix VS valentina

OsirisX for reading and manipulating the DICOM images

This looks like a 3D reconstruction of a CT image, so it can be colored however the authors want it to be colored. CT imaging in and of itself involves shooting x-rays at the subject being imaged and (essentially) measuring what comes out the other side. As such, CT results (as far as I know) don't have colors 'baked into them'; the information in each pixel is an intensity value that ranges from 0 (no x-rays made it through) to 1 (the detector is saturated with x-rays; 255 may be more realistic than 1 here because 255 is the max number that can be stored in an 8-bit byte). So basically what I think the authors did here is acquire the CT image and then use a medical image viewer like OsiriX to generate a 3D reconstruction of that image. Once such a reconstruction is made, changing colors in it is as simple as changing colors in any other 3D editing software. So in my opinion, the novel/interesting thing here is the thing being imaged, not the image itself (although I will say it's interesting that they were able to isolate JUST the cocaine packets and the bone, with all other soft tissue and organs removed)

You can view the images with https://www.osirix-viewer.com but I would take that disc and see a number of physicians (orthopedic, neuro, physiatry) and ask them for their opinion and to please explain what they see. They should pull the images up and evaluate the spine axially and sagittally (top-down, left-to-right), level by level and point out features to you: discs, exiting nerve roots, etc. It'll become pretty obvious if there's a pattern: stenosis, arthritis, overgrown ligament, etc... Also ask them what they think is appropriate for treatment.

I used https://www.osirix-viewer.com/ and could see the MRI easily. I used this CD reader https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PV958PN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

OsiriX viewer. I got it to view my before/after CT scans to see exactly what happened in surgery. It's pretty wild being able to see inside yourself.

The site: https://www.osirix-viewer.com

The repo: https://github.com/pixmeo/osirix

I've just discovered Valentina and its fork Seamly2D, which are parametric pattern editors. I've to say that they seem to be interesting pieces of software.

and Valentina looks like it's free software (i'm not sure how to use GitLab to download the program) but there is also a company of the same name that is offereing paid versions?

Valentina (https://gitlab.com/smart-pattern/valentina)

"Valentina is a cross-platform patternmaking program which allows designers to create and model patterns of clothing. This software allows pattern creation, using either standard sizing tables or an individual’s set of measurements."