DICOM Format in Windows Forms DICOM
27 Apr 20211 minute to read
Essential DICOM is a 100% native .NET library that converts the standard image formats to the DICOM format (DCM). Essential DICOM is a solution for users who need to convert the ordinary image formats to the DICOM format. It requires a DICOM viewer or an equivalent viewer to view the converted DICOM image. The following are the list of image formats that are supported for conversion.
- JPEG
- BMP
- PNG
- EMF
- TIFF
- GIF
Properties, Methods, and Events
The following properties and methods will fall under the DICOMImage class.
Properties
Property | Description | Type | Data Type |
---|---|---|---|
FileName | Gets or sets the input image file location | Normal | String |
InputStream | Gets or sets the input image as a Stream. | Normal | System.IO.Stream |
Image | Gets or sets the input image | Normal | System.Drawing |
Methods
Method | Description | Parameters | Type | Return Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Save () | Saves the converted DICOM Image to the specified file or a Stream. | Save(String)Save(Stream) | Normal | void |
Adding DICOM to an Application
The following sets of code snippets illustrate the conversion to DICOM Format.
//Initializing the DICOM Image object.
DICOMImage dcImage = new DICOMImage((string)this.textBox1.Tag);
//Saving the DICOM image.
dcImage.Save("Sample.dc");
'Initializing the DICOM Image object.
Dim dcImage As New DICOMImage(DirectCast(Me.textBox1.Tag, String))
'Saving the DICOM image.
dcImage.Save("Sample.dc")