Burned CD won't read in MBP Superdrive

When I was discharged from the hospital recently, they gave me a disc with all of my x-rays. Unfortunately, the disc won't read in my MBP. It inserts just fine, spins for a second, but never actually mounts on the desktop. When I eject the disc, I see the cd mount image briefly appear on the desktop before the disc pops out.
Anyone have any clues on how I can get this disc to mount without pulling out my crusty windows laptop? Thanks.

Lalato wrote:
Now to find those x-rays!
Usually, medical imaging uses the DICOM format. You need a DICOM viewer, eg
OsiriX
<http://www.osirix-viewer.com/>
iRad
<http://irad.sourceforge.net/>
Escape Medical Viewer
<http://www.escape.gr/>

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