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File Formats: DICOM Format (DIC)

Note: This format is supported only in Document/Medical.

DICOM (DIC) files are commonly used in medical images. LEADTOOLS reads a broad range of DICOM formats, converting them to LEAD-supported bits-per-pixel as necessary. LEADTOOLS writes DICOM files in the LEAD-supported bits-per-pixel. DICOM files can contain many comment fields of various types. You can use the ReadComment method to read comments in an existing file. Before writing a file and the WriteComments method to write comments to a file.

You can read DICOM files as follows:

    You can write DICOM files as 8, 12, or 16-bit grayscale, 8-bit palettized color, or 24-bit RGB color (8 bits per plane).

    The file constants associated with this file format are:
    Constant Read Support Write Support Description
    RasterImageFormat.DicomGray 1 to 16 BPP (Grayscale) 1 to 16 BPP (Grayscale) Grayscale DICOM uncompressed
    RasterImageFormat.DicomColor 8, 24 BPP 8, 24 BPP Color DICOM uncompressed
    RasterImageFormat.DicomRleGray 8, 12, 16, 24 BPP 8, 12, 16, 24 BPP Grayscale DICOM RLE compressed
    RasterImageFormat.DicomRleColor 24 BPP 24 BPP Color DICOM RLE compressed
    RasterImageFormat.DicomJpegGray 8, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 8, 16 BPP (Grayscale) Grayscale DICOM JPEG compressed
    RasterImageFormat.DicomJpegColor 24 BPP 24 BPP Color DICOM JPEG compressed
    RasterImageFormat.DicomJ2kGray 8, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 8, 16 BPP (Grayscale) Grayscale DICOM JPEG 2000 compressed
    RasterImageFormat.DicomJ2kColor 24 BPP 24 BPP Color DICOM JPEG 2000 compressed

    Required DLL: Leadtools.Dicom.Dll. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.