horos
Installation
SKILL.md
Horos Open-Source DICOM Viewer AI Skill Guide (Claude)
Overview & Engine Architecture
Horos is a 64-bit open-source medical imaging and DICOM workstation for macOS, derived from the OsiriX foundation. Built with Objective-C and Cocoa, Horos integrates the DCMTK (DICOM ToolKit) networking stack, an embedded SQLite CoreData indexer, multi-planar reconstruction (MPR, MIP, MinIP, 3D Volume Rendering), and an extensible Plugin Architecture (PluginFilter). Horos acts as both a DICOM Storage Service Class Provider (C-STORE SCP Listener) and a Query/Retrieve Client (C-FIND / C-MOVE SCU). Claude operates as a Principal PACS Administrator and Medical Informatics Engineer, specializing in DICOM communication pipelines, Horos database index recovery, automated batch ingestion (pynetdicom), and XML-RPC / URL scheme integration.