Why can't you afford to share DICOM files the wrong way

When you need to review a CTA runoff before a limb salvage procedure, or you want to walk through an aortic aneurysm with a colleague across town, the last thing you should be thinking about is how to share the images — let alone whether doing so is legally safe.

Yet in your practice or hospital system, the reality is probably familiar: DICOM files get emailed, uploaded to file-sharing services like WeTransfer, or onto CDs. Each of these approaches carries a real risk for you and your patients: exposed Protected Health Information (PHI), HIPAA violations, and — most critically — delayed care.

The problem with sharing DICOM files today

Sharing tools like WeTransfer, Dropbox, or email aren't HIPAA-compliant for PHI. The reason isn't simply that they lack encryption . They fail because they were built for a different job: moving bits, not protecting your patients' identities.

When you use these tools to send a patient's vascular imaging, it isn't just risky. Under HIPAA's Privacy and Security Rules, you're committing a violation — even if nothing visibly goes wrong.

Transferring DICOM files — the standard format for CT scans, MRIs, and vascular imaging, which are large, complex, and deeply sensitive — between you, and an interventional radiologist, or a referring internist isn't just a logistics challenge. It's a compliance one.

The result is that you're left choosing between speed (use the easy tool, take the risk) and compliance (use your hospital's clunky PACS or wait for a CD in the mail). Neither is acceptable when your patients' outcomes depend on fast, accurate imaging review.

MPR View & Share: Free DICOM viewing, secure in purpose

MPR View & Share addresses these challenges at two levels:

• First as a free, browser-based DICOM viewer with full MPR capabilities.
• Second as a medical image transfer platform purpose-built for you and your vascular care team.

What this means for your daily vascular practice

With MPR View & Share, you can:

• Receive outside imaging from referring hospitals with compliance without relying on data transfer tools like we transfer, e-mails, Physical CD's.
• Share annotated views with your colleagues or trainees for case planning for free
• You can open a full CT angiogram in your browser from anywhere, scroll through MPR reformats, annotate findings, and share a view with a colleague — all within a single workflow.

Free MPR Viewer — no installation, no cost, not open-source

Multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) is essential for your vascular assessment. When you're evaluating the true caliber of a stenosis, planning an endovascular approach, or reviewing collateral anatomy, you need the ability to reformat axial data into coronal, sagittal, and oblique planes — in real time, at the point of care.

MPR View & Share gives you access to these capabilities:

• Without downloading proprietary software
• Without requiring a PACS workstation
• Without paying licensing fees

Secure DICOM file transfer from anywhere

Beyond viewing, MPR View & Share is built for the way you actually deliver vascular care: across institutions, between specialists, and under time pressure. The platform gives you:

• End-to-end encryption: Every DICOM file you transfer through MPR View & Share is encrypted. Your patients' data is never exposed to unauthorized parties.
• M&M-ready, and defensible beyond it: When a case lands at Morbidity & Mortality, you can show the exact imaging that was reviewed, by whom, and before what decision was made — including any second opinions you shared through the platform.
• Controlled access: You define exactly who can view or download a study, Your links don't persist indefinitely; access doesn't wander.
• Purpose-built for your vascular workflows: Unlike general-purpose file sharing platforms, MPR View & Share understands your context. Large multi-phase CTAs and complex runoff studies are handled natively — no compression, no format conversion, no lost metadata.