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