Command: dicom

Usage:
dicom  view ( default | fourup | overunder | sidebyside ) [ guidelines  true | false ]

The command dicom view sets the layout of medical image display, where medical image refers to volume data opened from the DICOM, NIfTI (.nii), and/or NRRD (.nrrd) formats. Choices of layout include:

• default – a single view in the graphics window
• fourup – four panes in the graphics window, arranged 2x2: axial slice (top left), 3D rendering (top right), coronal slice (bottom left), sagittal slice (bottom right)
• overunder – 3D view across the top, the three orthogonal slice views arranged horizontally across the bottom
• sidebyside – 3D view on the left, the three orthogonal slice views arranged vertically on the right

The guidelines option controls whether each slice view should contain crosshairs showing the positions of the other slice views.

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Slice Navigation and Manipulation

Each slice view has a slider for navigating through the data planes along the corresponding axis. Alternatively, the following keys can be used, optionally + Shift for faster movement:

• letters A and D
• left and right arrow keys

The three slice views do not rotate, but their zooming and translation follow the current mousemode assignments.

See also: view, volume planes, the Medical Image toolbar, Download DICOM, Segmentations, ChimeraX DICOM Reference, ChimeraX for Medical Image Analysis