DICOM standard (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) is used for handling, storing, printing and transmitting medical images and information about a patient.

VintaSoft DICOM .NET Plug-in is the add-on for VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK, which allows to load and view DICOM images, load and view DICOM ECG, edit DICOM metadata and annotate DICOM images. Also Plug-in supports DICOM MPR, i.e. allows to reconstruct images in orthogonal, oblique and curved planes from a stack of DICOM images.

Plug-in features

• The plug-in can be used for developing .NET 9, .NET 8, .NET 7 and .NET 6 applications (console, WPF, WinForms, ASP.NET Core, service, etc) for Windows
• The plug-in can be used for developing .NET 9, .NET 8, .NET 7 and .NET 6 applications (console, ASP.NET Core, service, etc) for Linux and macOS
• The plug-in can be used for developing .NET Framework 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.0 and 3.5 applications (console, WPF, WinForms, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET WebForms, service, etc) for Windows
• The plug-in core is written in C#
• AnyCPU, x86 and x64 mode support
• DICOM codec algorithm has been developed in full compliance with the official DICOM specification
  

• Load DICOM images from a DICOM file or DICOM directory

  • Decode DICOM image stored in DICOM format version 1-3
  • Decode DICOM image stored in .dcm, .dic, .acr file
  • Decode DICOM image of the following image formats:
    • Grayscale image with 1-16, 32 bpc
    • RGB image 8, 16 and 32 bpc
  • Supported color spaces: Monochrome (1 and 2), Palette Color, RGB and YBR
  • Supported compressions:
    • RAW
    • RLE
    • lossless and lossy JPEG
    • JPEG-LS
    • JPEG2000 - VintaSoft JPEG2000 .NET Plug-in is necessary
  • Apply VOI LUT (value of interest lookup table) to a DICOM image
  • License for "DICOM (Codec)" is necessary
  
  

• Load electrocardiogram (ECG) from a DICOM file

• Load DICOM file in "Structured Report" format

• Load, edit and save DICOM metadata

  • Load, edit and save DICOM file metadata
  • Load, edit and save DICOM directory metadata
  • License for "DICOM (Codec)" is necessary
  
  

• View DICOM images in WPF and WinForms

  • Display information about DICOM images, which are sorted by patient, study, series
  • View DICOM images in WPF image viewer
  • View DICOM images in WinForms image viewer
  • View electrocardiogram (ECG) image in WPF or WinForms image viewer
  • Show DICOM metadata over image in image viewer
  • Browse DICOM images in image viewer using mouse
  • Change the window level of DICOM image in image viewer using mouse
  • Zoom DICOM image in image viewer using mouse
  • Measure objects (line, polyline, ellipse, angle, cross) on DICOM image in image viewer using mouse
  • License for "DICOM (Codec)" is necessary
  
  

• Load, edit and save DICOM annotations

  • Load DICOM annotations from DICOM presentation state file
  • Supported DICOM annotation types:
    • Point - displays a point
    • Circle - displays a circle
    • Polyline - displays a polyline
    • Interpolated - displays an interpolated polyline
    • Rectangle - displays a rectangle
    • Ellipse - displays an ellipse
    • Multiline - displays a multi line
    • Rangeline - displays a range line
    • Infiniteline - displays an infinite line
    • Cutline - displays a cut line
    • Arrow - displays an arrow
    • Axis - displays the axis
    • Ruler - displays a ruler
    • Crosshair - displays a crosshair
    • Text - displays an editable text area and a leader polyline used to point to the area of the image
  • Work with DICOM annotation
    • Move, resize, rotate and mirror annotation
    • Manage the visibility of annotation
    • Change the background color and transparency of annotation
    • Change the outline of annotation
    • Undo/redo changes in annotation
  • Work with DICOM annotation collection
    • Add or remove annotation to the annotation collection
    • Reorder annotations in annotation collection
    • Undo/redo changes in annotation collection
  • Save DICOM annotations to the DICOM presentation state file
  • Licenses for "DICOM (Codec)" and VintaSoft Annotation .NET Plug-in are necessary
  
  

• Annotate DICOM images in WPF and WinForms

  • View DICOM images with annotations in WinForms image viewer
  • View DICOM images with annotations in WPF image viewer
  • Annotate DICOM images in image viewer using mouse
  • Licenses for "DICOM (Codec)" and VintaSoft Annotation .NET Plug-in are necessary
  
  

• DICOM MPR (Multiplanar Reconstruction)

  • Reconstruct image in orthogonal plane (sagittal, axial or coronal) from a stack of DICOM images (2D MPR)
  • Reconstruct image in oblique plane from a stack of DICOM images (3D MPR)
  • Reconstruct image in curved plane from a stack of DICOM images (Curved MPR)
  • Reconstruct image with intensity projection: MIP, MinIP, Avg
  • Use multiple threads for image reconstruction
  • Save reconstructed image to a file
  • License for "DICOM (Codec+MPR)" is necessary
  
  

• Visualize DICOM MPR in WinForms, WPF and Web

  • View reconstructed images in WPF image viewer
  • View reconstructed images in WinForms image viewer
  • View reconstructed images in web image viewer
  • Combine 3 image viewers for displaying 3D MPR
  • Combine 2 image viewers for displaying Curved MPR
  • Combine several image viewers for displaying images in different planes - architecture is open
  • Browse reconstructed images in image viewer using mouse
  • Change the window level of reconstructed image in image viewer using mouse
  • Pan reconstructed image in image viewer using mouse
  • Zoom reconstructed image in image viewer using mouse
  • Rotate reconstructed image in 2D space in image viewer using mouse
  • Rotate reconstructed image in 3D space in image viewer using mouse
  • Measure objects (line, polyline, ellipse, angle) on reconstructed image in image viewer using mouse
  • Use several threads for rendering of reconstructed images
  • Limit the rendering speed by specifying the maximum number of frames per second
  • Customize visualization - architecture is open
  • Licenses for "DICOM (Codec+MPR)" and VintaSoft Annotation .NET Plug-in are necessary

• Change pixel data of DICOM image and save changed image as 8-bpp grayscale or 24-bpp color image to a new DICOM file

  • Change pixel data of DICOM image and save changed image as 8-bpp grayscale or 24-bpp color image to a new DICOM file
  • Burn annotations and measurements on DICOM image and save changed image as 8-bpp grayscale or 24-bpp color image to a new DICOM file - VintaSoft Annotation .NET Plug-in is necessary
  • License for "DICOM (Codec)" is necessary
  
  

Development and Deployment requirements

• Development requirements:

  • Development environments: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Studio Code, JetBrains Rider, .NET CLI
  • Programming languages: C#, VB.NET, any .NET compatible language
  • Development platforms: .NET, WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET
  
  

• Deployment requirements:

  • Windows (Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7; Windows Server 2025/2022/2019/2016/2012/2008; 32-bit and 64-bit) with .NET 9, .NET 8, .NET 7 or .NET 6
  • Windows (Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP; Windows Server 2025/2022/2019/2016/2012/2008/2003; 32-bit and 64-bit) with .NET Framework 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5
  • Linux (Ubuntu 24/23/22/20/18; Debian 12/11/10; Fedora 40/39/38/37/36/35; OpenSUSE 15; CentOS 9/8/7; Redhate Enterprise Linux 9/8/7; Alpine 3) with .NET 9, .NET 8, .NET 7 or .NET 6
  • macOS (macOS 14/13/12/11/10) with .NET 9, .NET 8, .NET 7 or .NET 6