The MD (Medical) component is a full-featured ImageGear component. It supports the DICOM format, contains a custom API, and includes expanded image processing capabilities beyond those of the baseline ImageGear library.

This section provides information about the following:

• Loading and Saving DICOM Images
• Displaying Medical Grayscale Images
• Processing 9...16-bit Grayscale Images
• Working with DICOM Non-Image Data
• • Associating DICOM Data with an ImageGear Image
  • Reading Data from Data Elements
  • Writing Data to Data Elements
  • Working With DICOM Data Structures
  • Working with DICOM Data Dictionary
• Working with Overlays
• Working with Presentation State Objects
• Working with Waveform Images