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46 changes: 26 additions & 20 deletions packages/dicomImageLoader/src/imageLoader/createImage.ts
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Expand Up @@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ async function createImage(
// in cs3d
const useRGBA = options.useRGBA;

// always preScale the pixel array unless it is asked not to
options.preScale = {
enabled:
options.preScale && options.preScale.enabled !== undefined
? options.preScale.enabled
: true,
};

if (!pixelData?.length) {
return Promise.reject(new Error('The pixel data is missing'));
}
Expand All @@ -50,6 +42,18 @@ async function createImage(
const imageFrame = getImageFrame(imageId);
imageFrame.decodeLevel = options.decodeLevel;

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.


options.allowFloatRendering = canRenderFloatTextures();

let redData, greenData, blueData;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -115,8 +119,6 @@ async function createImage(
taskDecodeConfig
);

const isColorImage = isColorImageFn(imageFrame.photometricInterpretation);

return new Promise<DICOMLoaderIImage | Types.IImageFrame>(
(resolve, reject) => {
// eslint-disable-next-line complexity
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -390,12 +392,9 @@ async function createImage(
columns: imageFrame.columns,
height: imageFrame.rows,
preScale: imageFrame.preScale,
intercept: modalityLutModule.rescaleIntercept
? modalityLutModule.rescaleIntercept
: 0,
slope: modalityLutModule.rescaleSlope
? modalityLutModule.rescaleSlope
: 1,
// Ignore rescale/intercept if the image is not monochrome (DICOM PS3.3 C.11.2.1.2.2)
intercept: isColorImage ? 0 : modalityLutModule.rescaleIntercept || 0,
slope: isColorImage ? 1 : modalityLutModule.rescaleSlope || 1,
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invert: imageFrame.photometricInterpretation === 'MONOCHROME1',
minPixelValue: imageFrame.smallestPixelValue,
maxPixelValue: imageFrame.largestPixelValue,
Expand All @@ -411,11 +410,15 @@ async function createImage(
windowWidth: voiLutModule.windowWidth
? voiLutModule.windowWidth[0]
: undefined,
// Ignore the VOI descriptors if the image is not monochrome (DICOM
// PS3.3 C.11.2.1.2.2). StackViewport reads voiLUTSequence off the
// image to derive the initial VOI range, so a stale grayscale LUT
// would put it nowhere near the [0, 255] range of the color samples.
voiLUTFunction:
(voiLutModule.voiLUTFunction?.length &&
!isColorImage ? ((voiLutModule.voiLUTFunction?.length &&
voiLutModule.voiLUTFunction[0]) ||
voiLutModule.voiLutFunction ||
undefined,
undefined) : undefined,
decodeTimeInMS: imageFrame.decodeTimeInMS,
floatPixelData: undefined,
imageFrame,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -477,17 +480,20 @@ async function createImage(
};
}

// Modality LUT
// Modality LUT, skipped for non-monochrome images for the same reason
// the rescale slope/intercept is skipped above.
if (
!isColorImage &&
modalityLutModule.modalityLUTSequence &&
modalityLutModule.modalityLUTSequence.length > 0 &&
isModalityLUTForDisplay(sopCommonModule.sopClassUID)
) {
image.modalityLUT = modalityLutModule.modalityLUTSequence[0];
}

// VOI LUT
// VOI LUT, also skipped for non-monochrome images.
if (
!isColorImage &&
voiLutModule.voiLUTSequence &&
voiLutModule.voiLUTSequence.length > 0
) {
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