DICOM Generic Pixel Presentation Pipeline Cor loef Philips Medical Systems

Presentation Overview The DICOM conceptual pixel processing pipeline The new DX Object processing pipeline DICOM Print with Presentation LUT

Image Processing Pipeline Rescale Slope/Intercept Window Width/Level Image Presentation LUT Transformation Mask Subtraction VOI LUT Transformation Modality LUT Transformation P-values Display Area Annotation Shutter Transformation Image Annotation Spatial Transformation P-values

Image Grayscale Display Function Max Luminance Min Perceptually linear grayscale space Min Max JND Index P-values VOI LUT Presentation LUT Display Standard Modality LUT

DX Object DX object has processing pipeline with Presentation LUT Shape included, so output is always P-Values. Presentation LUT Shape Transformation VOI LUT Transformation Modality Transformation P-values Pixel Value VOI LUT with Output Range 10-16 bit or Window Width/ Window Center, only unsigned results Unity: Rescale Intercept = 0 Rescale Slope = 1 LUT Shape: IDENTITY for MONOCHROME 2 or INVERSE for MONOCHROME 1 Pixel Representation is UNSIGNED Pixel Intensity Relationship is LIN Pixel Intensity Relationship Sign is “-” or “+”

Print How DICOM print works with the Presentation LUT transformation and Grayscale Standard supported by the printer. Modality (plus Workstation) Printer Preformatted Image plus Presentation LUT Presentation LUT Transformation Grayscale Standard Densities VOI LUT Transformation Modality Transformation