16-bit grayscale images

I am getting started with 16-bit grayscale image processing using the Medical Imaging toolkit.
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So far, upgrading our existing 8bpp grayscale code (using LEADtools Raster Imaging on Win32 in C++) appears not simple because many functions seem unsupported. Getting invalid parameter errors when calling functions like <b>L_GetFixedPalette</b> (with its nBitsPerPixel argument set to 16) and <b>L_PutBitmapColors</b>
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I am getting the feeling that palettes are not supported at all for 16-bpp images. (Yes, I did unlock the Medical license). There is a group of window leveling functions that do similar things, but these functions don't work for 8bpp grayscales. So there is no way to use similar handling of both 8bpp and 16bpp images, right? Disappointing!<p>

Also L_IsGrayScaleBitmap does not recognize a previously saved 16bpp grayscale image (Windows DIB) as being gray.<p>

L_LoadBitmap fails to load when specifying ORDER_GRAY, so should I really load with ORDER_BGR and then manually poke ORDER_GRAY in the nOrder field of the bitmaphandle?<p>

These matters are not clearly documented in the main API reference manual, I could not find a section dedicated to 12/16-bit grayscale processing, this information is scattered across the help file. Is there an additional document(application note or FAQ?) where I can find the basics of how 16-bpp grayscale images are handled by LEADtools, instead of learning by trial-and-error? <p>

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16bpp images do use a "palette" but it is called a LUT (Look-Up Table).  Most likely, the invalid parameter passed errors are because you're trying to access a palette that doesn't exist.  There should be some functions that deal specifically with LUTs, take a look in the help file for these.  For many processing functions, you will not be able to use them on 8bpp and 16bpp images, you will need to add some extra logic in your code that checks to see what bpp your image is.

Actually it is, you just need to follow a link in the See Also section, namely the article "Handling Palette Changes".  This is an extensive article that talks about palettes, and it mentions that they can only have 256 colors or less.