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1 .. _supported-images:
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3 Supported DICOM images
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4 ======================
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6 Orthanc can **receive/store/send** any kind of standard DICOM files
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7 (cf. the `DICOM conformance statement
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8 <https://bitbucket.org/sjodogne/orthanc/src/default/Resources/DicomConformanceStatement.txt>`__).
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10 However, its core engine is not able to **render** all of them as PNG
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11 images. An image that Orthanc cannot decode is displayed as
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12 "Unsupported" by Orthanc Explorer. Currently, the core engine of
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13 Orthanc can decode:
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15 * uncompressed (raw) DICOM files,
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16 * JPEG DICOM files, and
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17 * JPEG-LS DICOM files.
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19 The supported photometric interpretations are:
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21 * RGB,
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22 * Grayscale2.
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24 The Orthanc core supports from 8bpp to 16bpp depth, with integer
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25 values. Multiframe (notably cine), uncompressed DICOM instances can
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26 also be displayed from Orthanc Explorer.
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28 Other type of encodings are available in the `Web viewer plugin
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29 <http://www.orthanc-server.com/static.php?page=web-viewer>`__, that
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30 mostly supports whatever is supported by the well-known `GDCM toolkit
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31 <http://sourceforge.net/projects/gdcm/>`__ by Mathieu Malaterre. Note
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32 that multiframe (notably cine) DICOM instances are currently not
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33 supported by the Web viewer plugin. It is also planned to create a
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34 `plugin to extend the image formats <https://trello.com/c/MAh6vIXF>`__
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35 that are supported by the Orthanc core.
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