3Dicom Patient vs Horos Viewer: What’s the Difference?

What is 3Dicom Patient?

Singular Health’s 3Dicom Patient is developed for patient education, our lightweight 3D DICOM viewer allows standard 2D radiology scans such as MRI or CT data to be converted into fully-immersive 3D model of your own anatomy. 3Dicom Patient works on both Windows and MacOS.

What is Horos Viewer?

Horos Viewer is a free and open-source software (FOSS) for MacOS, based on OsiriX and several open source other libraries.

Choosing Between 3Dicom Patient with Horos Viewer

Both 3Dicom Patient Viewer and Horos Viewer are pretty similar in terms of features. We have included the comparison table below to assist in your choice between both softwares.

Features
Compatible with Windows	✓	✘
Compatible with MacOS	✓	✓
On-device DICOM image loading	✓	✓
Local File Storage	✓	✓
Standard 2D Views	✓	✓
Visualise CT Scans in 2D	✓	✓
Visualise PET Scans in 2D	✓	✓
Visualise MRI Scans in 2D	✓	✓
Visualise CT Scans in 3D with Rotate, Pan and Zoom	✓	✓
Visualise PET Scans in 3D with Rotate, Pan and Zoom	✓	✓
Visualise MRI Scans in 3D with Rotate, Pan and Zoom	✓	✓
Intuitive HU Window Feature, which exposes internal anatomy and structures	✓	✓
Mobile Companion App	3Dicom Mobile included in Subscription	Horos Mobile only on iOS

The Final Analysis

Overall, both 3Dicom Patient Viewer and Horos Viewer, are pretty similar in terms of features.

If you are a native MacOS user, you would probably end up choosing Horos Viewer for its convenience and familiarity as a MacOS-only software. On top of it being the free option.

However, if you want a product that would be compatible across MacOS AND Windows devices, you should probably select 3Dicom Patient. 3Dicom Patient subscription includes a mobile companion app that is also compatible for both Android AND iOS users, making it the more user-friendly and cost efficient option.