Topcon Healthcare is making its DICOM OCT Export Tool publicly available, giving its researchers a free, user-friendly way to convert proprietary Topcon OCT files (.fda) into standardized Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM®) format (.dcm). 

As the international standard for medical imaging, DICOM enables imaging data to be stored, shared, and used across vendor-neutral environments. For researchers and developers, this standard means better interoperability, broader usability of imaging data, and a stronger foundation for advanced analysis and innovation.  The latest version of the tool aligns Topcon files with the current DICOM standard for OCT and OCT Angiography (OCTA) datasets. It also preserves important data elements such as segmentation and fovea/disc position information, helping make Topcon OCT and OCTA data more usable in open, standardized workflows. 

This capability has also helped support the development of the Institute for Digital Health (IDHea, https://idhea.net/en) platform, a cutting-edge data-as-a-service resource that connects standardized DICOM-formatted ocular imaging with both ocular and systemic health data. By helping standardize imaging data at scale, tools like this can expand access to high-quality datasets for research, analytics, and future innovation.  

By providing a utility that converts proprietary files into open standards, Topcon Healthcare is helping advance transparency, interoperability, and data accessibility in eye care research—further supporting its mission to deliver Healthcare from the Eye™. 

Access the DICOM OCT Export Tool, here.