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Section PS3.3 C.11.2.1.2.2 of the DICOM standard states:

The Window Center (0028,1050), Window Width (0028,1051) and VOI LUT Function (0028,1056) shall be used only for Images with Photometric Interpretation (0028,0004) Values of MONOCHROME1 and MONOCHROME2. They have no meaning for other Images.

Having those tags is still legal, they should just be ignored when rendering the image.

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Fix the DICOM image loader to ignore rescale/interecept tags + disable prescaling for non-monochrome images. "non-monochrome" is approximated as "isColorImageFn returns false", let me know if you'd rather match explicitly on the photometric interpretation values.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved handling of color images during image loading.
    • Disabled inappropriate pre-scaling for color images to preserve accurate display.
    • Ensured color images use identity intensity values while monochrome images retain their modality-based scaling.

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createImage detects color images before configuring pre-scaling. Color images disable pre-scaling, use identity modality scaling, and omit LUT metadata. Monochrome images retain existing LUT-based behavior.

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Image scaling behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Color and monochrome scaling rules
packages/dicomImageLoader/src/imageLoader/createImage.ts
Color images disable pre-scaling, use intercept 0 with slope 1, and omit VOI and modality LUT metadata. Monochrome images retain configurable pre-scaling and LUT-based rescale values.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2e15a

A color-image decode can mutate shared options so that a later monochrome image skips required pre-scaling, causing incorrect rendered output. This bounded correctness issue should be fixed before merging.

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In `@packages/dicomImageLoader/src/imageLoader/createImage.ts`:
- Around line 395-397: Update the color-image handling in createImage so
voiLUTFunction is undefined when isColorImage is true, and guard the
image.voiLUT assignment so color images do not receive VOI metadata; preserve
the existing VOI behavior for monochrome images.
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@abustany maybe we should pool our efforts, i have this VOI support PR which fixes a bunch of reported issues #2856

Section PS3.3 C.11.2.1.2.2 of the DICOM standard states:

The Window Center (0028,1050), Window Width (0028,1051) and VOI LUT
Function (0028,1056) shall be used only for Images with Photometric
Interpretation (0028,0004) Values of MONOCHROME1 and MONOCHROME2. They
have no meaning for other Images.

Having those tags is still legal, they should just be ignored when
rendering the image.
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abustany force-pushed the rgb-skip-rescale-intercept branch from 396a429 to 2e15ad4 Compare August 14, 2026 19:50
@abustany abustany changed the title fix(dicomImageLoader): ignore rescale/intercept for color images fix(dicomImageLoader): ignore windowing/VOI tags when decoding color images Aug 14, 2026
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@abustany maybe we should pool our efforts, i have this VOI support PR which fixes a bunch of reported issues #2856

Sure :) What do you think would be best? That we rebase PRs on top of each other? Or feel free to pull the commits here in your PRs if you prefer.

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In `@packages/dicomImageLoader/src/imageLoader/createImage.ts`:
- Around line 45-55: In createImage, avoid mutating the caller-provided options
when applying the color-specific preScale override: create a per-call
imageOptions copy, configure imageOptions.preScale, and pass imageOptions to
decodeImageFrame. Add a regression test covering sequential color and monochrome
loads with the same options object, ensuring the monochrome image still
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const isColorImage = isColorImageFn(imageFrame.photometricInterpretation);

// always preScale the pixel array unless it is asked not to, or if the image
// is not grayscale (DICOM PS3.3 C.11.2.1.2.2).
options.preScale = {
enabled:
!isColorImage &&
(options.preScale && options.preScale.enabled !== undefined
? options.preScale.enabled
: true),
};

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the color-specific preScale override local to this image.

If a caller reuses the same options object for multiple images, Line 49 stores enabled: false after a color image. On the next monochrome call, Lines 52-54 read that stored value as the caller’s explicit setting, so Lines 79-90 skip pre-scaling. This breaks the intended monochrome behavior.

Create a per-call options copy and pass it to decodeImageFrame instead of mutating options. Add a regression test that loads a color image and then a monochrome image with the same options object.

Proposed fix
-  options.preScale = {
+  const imageOptions = {
+    ...options,
+    preScale: {
+      ...options.preScale,
       enabled:
         !isColorImage &&
         (options.preScale && options.preScale.enabled !== undefined
           ? options.preScale.enabled
           : true),
+    },
   };

Use imageOptions.preScale for the scaling setup and pass imageOptions to decodeImageFrame.

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In `@packages/dicomImageLoader/src/imageLoader/createImage.ts` around lines 45 -
55, In createImage, avoid mutating the caller-provided options when applying the
color-specific preScale override: create a per-call imageOptions copy, configure
imageOptions.preScale, and pass imageOptions to decodeImageFrame. Add a
regression test covering sequential color and monochrome loads with the same
options object, ensuring the monochrome image still pre-scales.

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@abustany do you have anonymized test data ?

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@abustany do you have anonymized test data ?

I already attached one test file above for the case of an RGB file with stale windowing tags. Here's one for an RGB file with stale LUT data.
xray-rgb-voi-lut.zip

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i have pushed a fix in the same PR

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