Extract text from medical imaging files (STV)
To convert STV medical images to another format, you need Planmeca Romexis or other Raster Image software.
To convert other file formats to the "Medical Imaging Data" file type, you need software like Planmeca Romexis or a similar tool.
The .stv file is a proprietary DICOM medical imaging container. It is primarily used by dental and maxillofacial imaging systems developed by Planmeca, Soredex, and Instrumentarium Dental. Dentists and radiologists use these files to store 2D X-rays, 3D cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans, and patient metadata.
The main disadvantage of the .stv format is severe vendor lock-in. It requires expensive, specialized clinical software like Planmeca Romexis to open. It is a proprietary format and is not supported by standard web browsers, default operating system image viewers, or mobile devices. Patients who receive their dental scans on a CD or USB drive often find themselves completely unable to open .stv files at home.
Users typically need to convert these files into standard, accessible formats like JPG, PNG, or PDF to share with other specialists or for personal records. For 3D volumetric data, conversion to STL or OBJ may be necessary for 3D printing dental models. Be aware that converting raw diagnostic data to a standard image often strips away important clinical metadata and reduces the dynamic range of the image.
This file format is difficult to open or convert because standard online converters fail to parse the proprietary headers used by Soredex and Instrumentarium Dental. Often, only the original clinical software can properly read or export the full diagnostic data. Our system inspects the file, and if our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded DICOM format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your STV file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted RVG, TSV, SRT, JPG, PNG, DAT, TW, PCE and MR files.
If you want to convert STV file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use Planmeca Romexis or similar software from the "Medical Image Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to STV, try Planmeca Romexis or another comparable tool in the "Medical Image Storage" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our STV converter.