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.

The format support of the MD component includes loading and saving monochrome, palletized, and true color medical images using the following file formats:

• DICOM 3.0 Part 10-compliant images
• DICOM 3.0 Raw Format (non-Part 10-compliant)

In addition, your application will continue to support all ImageGear-supported file formats, allowing you to convert an image of a different format to a medical image format, and vice-versa.

This section provides information about the following:

• Load and Save DICOM Images
• Process 9...16-bit Grayscale Images
• Display Grayscale Images
• DICOM Metadata
• • Associate DICOM Data with an Image
  • Read Data Elements
  • Write Data Elements
  • DICOM Data Structures
  • DICOM Data Dictionary
• Presentation State Objects