Dentist's 800 unopenable DICOM files: one prompt to Claude Code built a better viewer
claudeai · x · 2026-09-26
Before a root canal, a user received 800 raw DICOM files from a 3D jaw X-ray that the dentist said required specialized software. One prompt to Claude Code (Opus 5.5) produced a viewer the user says is nicer than the dentist's own software — a real-life case featured in Anthropic's Opus 5.5 roundup.
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