In my country in Europe the solution is quite easy: I have the right to get all papers and images from my doctors within 10 years of creation.
But I have to pay the doctor the expenses, if there is some work involved (like burning a CD or buying a flash drive - bc of security reasons they don’t let you connect yours, you need to buy a new one).
If you have some kind of 3d images (also dentists create them nowadays), there is usually some kind of licensed viewer software on the disk, where you can view just your own images. And as far as I know, the doctors don’t have to pay a license fee for it. It’s included with their software. And it is a feature they need, to comply with the law, that they have to give images to the patients upon request.
But I have to pay the doctor the expenses, if there is some work involved (like burning a CD or buying a flash drive - bc of security reasons they don’t let you connect yours, you need to buy a new one).
If you have some kind of 3d images (also dentists create them nowadays), there is usually some kind of licensed viewer software on the disk, where you can view just your own images. And as far as I know, the doctors don’t have to pay a license fee for it. It’s included with their software. And it is a feature they need, to comply with the law, that they have to give images to the patients upon request.