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 RasterCodecs.ReadComment method to read comments in an existing file. Before writing a file use the RasterCodecs.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 palletized 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
DicomGray	1 to 16 BPP (Grayscale)	1 to 16 BPP (Grayscale)	Grayscale DICOM uncompressed
DicomColor	8, 24 BPP	8, 24 BPP	Color DICOM uncompressed
DicomRleGray	8, 12, 16, 24 BPP	8, 12, 16, 24 BPP	Grayscale DICOM RLE compressed
DicomRleColor	24 BPP	24 BPP	Color DICOM RLE compressed
DicomJpegGray	8, 16 BPP (Grayscale)	8, 16 BPP (Grayscale)	Grayscale DICOM JPEG compressed
DicomJpegColor	24 BPP	24 BPP	Color DICOM JPEG compressed
DicomJlsGray	8, 16 BPP (Grayscale)	8, 16 BPP (Grayscale)	Grayscale DICOM JPEG-LS compressed
DicomJlsColor	24 BPP	24 BPP	Color DICOM JPEG-LS compressed
DicomJ2kGray	8, 16 BPP (Grayscale)	8, 16 BPP (Grayscale)	Grayscale DICOM JPEG 2000 compressed
DicomJ2kColor	24 BPP	24 BPP	Color DICOM JPEG 2000 compressed
DicomJpxGray	8, 16 BPP (Grayscale)	8, 16 BPP (Grayscale)	Grayscale DICOM JPEG 2000 Part 2 compressed
DicomJpxColor	24 BPP	24 BPP	Color DICOM JPEG 2000 Part 2 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 .

Platform Support

Extension	Module	Value	Win32	Win64	Net32	Net64	Linux	Android	Apple	UWP	MimeType	Friendly Name
DicomColor	DIC	90	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DICOM Format - DIC, DCM color with no compression
DicomGray	DIC	89	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DICOM Format - DIC, DCM grayscale with no compression
DicomJ2kColor	DIC	294	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DIC, DCM - DICOM Format color with JPEG 2000 Compression
DicomJ2kGray	DIC	293	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DIC, DCM - DICOM Format grayscale with JPEG 2000 Compression
DicomJlsColor	DIC	384	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DIC, DCM - DICOM Format color with JPEG-LS Compression
DicomJlsGray	DIC	383	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DIC, DCM - DICOM Format grayscale with JPEG-LS Compression
DicomJpegColor	DIC	128	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DIC, DCM - DICOM Format color with JPEG Compression
DicomJpegGray	DIC	127	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DIC, DCM - DICOM Format grayscale with JPEG Compression
DicomJpxColor	DIC	390	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DIC, DCM - DICOM Format color with JPEG2000 part 2 JPX Compression
DicomJpxGray	DIC	389	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DIC, DCM - DICOM Format grayscale with JPEG2000 part 2 JPX Compression
DicomRleColor	DIC	126	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DIC, DCM - DICOM Format color with RLE Compression
DicomRleGray	DIC	125	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	image/x-dicom	DIC, DCM - DICOM Format grayscale with RLE Compression