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Compression Table

The table below contains possible combinations of compression, photometric setting, bits per pixel, and quality factor.

Compression Photometric BPP QFactor
DicomImageCompressionType.None DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 8
DicomImageCompressionType.None DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 16
DicomImageCompressionType.None DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.PaletteColor 8
DicomImageCompressionType.None DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Rgb 24
DicomImageCompressionType.Rle DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 8
DicomImageCompressionType.Rle DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 16
DicomImageCompressionType.Rle DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.PaletteColor 8
DicomImageCompressionType.Rle DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Rgb 24
DicomImageCompressionType.JpegLossless DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 8
DicomImageCompressionType.JpegLossless DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 12
DicomImageCompressionType.JpegLossless DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 16
DicomImageCompressionType.JpegLossless DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Rgb 24
DicomImageCompressionType.JpegLossy DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 8 2-255
DicomImageCompressionType.JpegLossy DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 12 2-255
DicomImageCompressionType.JpegLossy DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Rgb 24 2-255
DicomImageCompressionType.J2kLossless DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 8
DicomImageCompressionType.J2kLossless DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 12
DicomImageCompressionType.J2kLossless DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 16
DicomImageCompressionType.J2kLossless DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Rgb 24
DicomImageCompressionType.J2kLossy DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 8 2-255
DicomImageCompressionType.J2kLossy DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 12 2-255
DicomImageCompressionType.J2kLossy DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Monochrome2 16 2-255
DicomImageCompressionType.J2kLossy DicomImagePhotometricInterpretationType.Rgb 24 2-255