DICOM to J2k - directly copy

Hello:

I'm using the .Net DICOM SDK v17.

I'm trying to extract pixel data elements from DICOM objects and save it as a Jpeg 200 compressed image file.

I'm using the Save() method of the RasterCodecs (or the Jpeg2000Engine) class.

Here's the snippet of code:
var _pixelDataElement = _dcmDataset.FindFirstElement(null, DicomTag.PixelData, true);
var imageData = _dcmDataset.GetImage(pixelDataElement, 0, 0,
RasterByteOrder.Gray,
DicomGetImageFlags.AllowRangeExpansion |
DicomGetImageFlags.AutoApplyModalityLut |
DicomGetImageFlags.AutoApplyVoiLut);

_rasterCodecs.Save(imageData, outFile, RasterImageFormat.J2k, _bitsPerPixel);

// Or...
//_jpeg2KEngine.Save(_rasterCodecs, outFile, imageData, Jpeg2000FileFormat.LeadJp2, _bitsPerPixel, 14);

The above code works flawlessly.

However, if the source DICOM dataset contains lossy compressed (JPG/J2k) data, then the above code poses a problem - the resulting image file will be "double compressed", resulting in considerable loss of details.

So, my question is this: how to extract lossy J2k/JPEG compressed image from DICOM objects and save it to a j2k file without any further compression.

C/C++/C# code sample is welcome.

Thanks and regards.

- brass

Brass,

Please try the following code:
+--------------+
DicomDataSet _dcmDataset = new DicomDataSet();
_dcmDataset.Load(@"c:\cannonRes.dcm", DicomDataSetLoadFlags.None);
        
DicomElement _pixelDataElement = _dcmDataset.FindFirstElement(null, DicomTag.PixelData, false);

DicomElement pixelDataChild = _dcmDataset.GetChildElement(_pixelDataElement, true);

pixelDataChild = _dcmDataset.GetNextElement(pixelDataChild, true, true);        

byte[] data = _dcmDataset.GetBinaryValue(pixelDataChild, (int)pixelDataChild.Length);

File.WriteAllBytes(@"c:\Res.j2k", data);
+--------------+

Thanks,
Maen Badwan
LEADTOOLS Technical Support

Mehedi,

Thanks for the solution! It works! :)

One more question though.

I have to convert the raster image to unsigned before extracting pixel data:
+----------------------------------------------+
var command = new ConvertSignedToUnsignedCommand(ConvertSignedToUnsignedCommandType.ShiftNegativeToZero);
command.Run(_rasterImage);
+----------------------------------------------+
How does this part apply to the solution you had proposed?

Thanks again for the quick reply,
Invar Brass

The code that I sent you gets the image data as binary data (header plus compressed pixels) and then saves it to a file on disk without decoding or modifying it.

If you want to perform any processing on the data, such as converting to unsigned, you will have to de-compress it first, which is the opposite of what you originally asked.

This means you will have to use GetImage(), then re-compress the image if you want to process it.

Thanks,
Maen Badwan
LEADTOOLS Technical Support