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I purchased Filecure so that I may be able to eliminate problems with file extensions, but I still find that I cannot open files with an .s extension. Can you help me download a file that will let me view these files? They are of the x-rays of my right elbow that need to be reviewed by my radiologist.
The S File Extension
The S file extension is used in several different ways including as source code, as 3D image files in a Microsoft train simulation game, backup Ipflow files, and as assembler programs. However, little information is available online detailing the .s file extension as an x-ray file. This could be a proprietary file format used by the radiology department.
X-Ray Files
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A few questions come to mind about the .s file in your possession. Is the radiologist unable to view the x-rays? Presumably, the radiologist would be familiar with the current technologies in use and have access to the appropriate program for opening the .s file. If not, he could call the doctor who originally took the x-rays and ask for a more compatible format.
If you're simply curious, it's unlikely that you'll be able to find a compatible program for opening these x-ray files. And if you did, it would likely be cost-prohibitive due to its specialized nature. It does not appear that the .s file extension used in this case is a common imaging extension like .jpg.
A couple of common formats are used in medicine for storing x-rays digitally including Dicom (.dcm) files. In this case, .dcm files can be opened using a viewer such as ezDicom.
Compressed S Files
Another possibility is that the .s files are compressed ZipSplitter files which usually contain numbers following the ‘s,' especially if there's a series of files involved. If this is the case, you'd likely have a series of files such as sample.s00, sample.s01, and sample.s02. To open ZipSplitter files, you'll need Lithops ZipSplitter. Since these are compressed archives, the files inside the archive may need different programs for opening them. For example, the ZipSplitter archive could contain .dcm files which would need a Dicom viewer file.
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Celeste Stewart | June 1st, 2010
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