RenderToArray(Array,Boolean,Int32) Method

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Render the DicomImage to array. The data returned will be exactly the same as the "presentation data" if the Image gets displayed on screen.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Sub RenderToArray( _
   ByVal destination As System.Array, _
   ByVal Colour As System.Boolean, _
   ByVal BitsPerSample As System.Integer _
)

public void RenderToArray( 
   System.Array destination,
   System.bool Colour,
   System.int BitsPerSample
)

Parameters

destination: Array to write the image presentation data to
Colour: Set Colour to True if you want the color output.
BitsPerSample: Bit depth of final data.

Example

DicomImage image = new DicomImage("your_dicom_image.dcm");
                    
int width = Convert.ToUInt16(image.DataSet[Keyword.Columns].Value);
int height = Convert.ToUInt16(image.DataSet[Keyword.Rows].Value);
                    
bool useColour = false;
int bitsPerSample = 8; // 8-bit grayscale output
                    
int channels = useColour ? 3 : 1;
Array destinationArray = useColour ? new byte[width * height * channels] : new byte[width * height];
image.RenderToArray(destinationArray, useColour, bitsPerSample);

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET CLR 4.8 or higher

Reference

DicomImage Class
DicomImage Members
Overload List

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