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Grayscale DICOM images via C#

Build your own .NET apps to grayscale DICOM image files using server-side APIs

How to Grayscale DICOM Files Using C#

Brightness and multicolor are the companions of beautiful images. However, color printing isn’t always feasible. In such cases, converting a photo into grayscale becomes necessary. Additionally, this function can be utilized as an independent artistic approach, enhancing the appeal of your website. Instead of regretting the loss of color information during this transition, which might potentially hinder perception, leverage it to your advantage. Concentrate on the image’s details, surface textures, and the interplay of light and dark areas to craft a distinctive visual experience. In order to grayscale DICOM files, we’ll use Aspose.Imaging for .NET API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use image manipulation and conversion API for C# platform. Open NuGet package manager, search for Aspose.Imaging and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console.

Package Manager Console Command


PM> Install-Package Aspose.Imaging

Steps to Grayscale DICOM via C#

You need the aspose.imaging.dll to try the following workflow in your own environment.

  • load DICOM files with Image.Load method;
  • grayscale image;
  • save grayscaled image to disc in the supported by Aspose.Imaging format.

System Requirements

Aspose.Imaging for .NET is supported on all major operating systems. Just make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

  • Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET Framework, .NET Core, Windows Application, ASP.NET Web Application.
  • Development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio.
  • Aspose.Imaging for .NET referenced in your project.
 

Grayscale DICOM images - .NET

 
  • About Aspose.Imaging for .NET API

    Aspose.Imaging API is an image processing solution to create, modify, draw or convert images (photos) within applications. It offers: cross-platform Image processing, including but not limited to conversions between various image formats (including uniform multi-page or multi-frame image processing), modifications such as drawing, working with graphic primitives, transformations (resize, crop, flip&rotate, binarization, grayscale, adjust), advanced image manipulation features (filtering, dithering, masking, deskewing), and memory optimization strategies. It’s a standalone library and does not depend on any software for image operations. One can easily add high-performance image conversion features with native APIs within projects. These are 100% private on-premise APIs and images are processed at your servers.

    Grayscale DICOM via Online App

    Grayscale DICOM documents by visiting our Live Demos website The live demo has the following benefits

      No need to download or setup anything
      No need to write any code
      Just upload your DICOM files and hit "Grayscale now" button
      Instantly get the download link for the resultant file

    DICOM What is DICOM File Format

    DICOM is the acronym for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine and pertains to the field of Medical Informatics. DICOM is the combination of file format definition and a network communications protocol. DICOM uses the .DCM extension. .DCM exist in two different formats i.e. format 1.x and format 2.x. DCM Format 1.x is further available in two versions normal and extended. DICOM is used for the integration of medical imaging devices like printers, servers, scanners etc from various vendors and also contains identification data of each patient for uniqueness. DICOM files can be shared between two parties if they are capable of receiving image data in DICOM format. The communication part of DICOM is application layer protocol and uses TCP/IP to communicate between entities. HTTP and HTTPS protocols are used for the web services of DICOM. Versions supported by web services are 1.0, 1.1, 2 or later.

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    Other Supported Grayscale Formats

    Using C#, you can easily grayscale different formats including:

    APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphics)
    BMP (Bitmap Picture)
    ICO (Windows icon)
    JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
    JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
    DIB (Device Independent Bitmap)
    DJVU (Graphics Format)
    DNG (Digital Camera Image)
    EMF (Enhanced Metafile Format)
    EMZ (Windows Compressed Enhanced Metafile)
    GIF (Graphical Interchange Format)
    JP2 (JPEG 2000)
    J2K (Wavelet Compressed Image)
    PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
    TIFF (Tagged Image Format)
    TIF (Tagged Image Format)
    WEBP (Raster Web Image)
    WMF (Microsoft Windows Metafile)
    WMZ (Compressed Windows Media Player Skin)
    TGA (Targa Graphic)
    SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
    EPS (Encapsulated PostScript Language)
    CDR (Vector Drawing Image)
    CMX (Corel Exchange Image)
    OTG (OpenDocument Standard)
    ODG (Apache OpenOffice Draw Format)