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Fixes #2458 - clicking either Set Linear VOI or Set Sigmoid VOI in the volumevoisigmoid example does nothing, with no console error.

The example was not the only problem. Two ordering defects in BaseVolumeViewport meant the switch never reached the transfer function:

  • setVOILUTFunction called setVOI before recording the new function, so setVOI always built the transfer function for the previous mode. The first sigmoid click did nothing; a later click applied it off by one.
  • Coming back from a sampled sigmoid only called setRange on the existing 1024 node sigmoid shaped function, so the curve stayed sigmoid (the Todo: that was in that branch).

And on the generic/planar viewports VOILUTFunction was dropped entirely: toPlanarDataPresentation never mapped it onto the presentation's voiLUTFunction, and applyPlanarVolumePresentation never passed it to the transfer function builder.

Separately, the example could not have shown the difference even once fixed: with an unconstrained window the two curves nearly coincide, which is what the issue thread observed.

Changes & Results

Core:

  • Record the VOI LUT function before setVOI reads it back, and rebuild the transfer function when leaving a sampled one instead of rescaling it, re-applying invert so an inverted volume stays inverted across a switch. A colormap is untouched when the function does not change.
  • Apply the VOI LUT function before the range in setProperties / resetToDefaultProperties, so a combined { VOILUTFunction, voiRange } call does not apply the range through the previous curve and then read it back out.
  • Map VOILUTFunction onto the planar data presentation and pass voiLUTFunction to the volume slice transfer function, so the generic viewport applies it too. This also affects the stack sigmoid example in compatibility mode (mean grey difference between the two functions measured 0 before, 19.6 after), and it is what makes props.voiLUTFunction reachable at all from setProperties on those viewports.
  • getVOIModifiedEventDetail read the emitted range off the transfer function's mapping range. That is the VOI only for a linear function - a sampled sigmoid bakes its curve into the nodes, so its mapping range is the whole node domain, [c - 1.733w, c + 1.560w], about 3.3x the window width and off center. Once the two fixes above make the sigmoid actually apply on the first click, that bogus range reaches every VOI_MODIFIED consumer: voiSyncCallback copies detail.range verbatim into setProperties({ voiRange }) on the target, and ViewportColorbar reads the same field, so a synced or colorbar'd viewport washed out at WW 3293 / WC -387 for a -800..200 window. It now takes voiRange off the getProperties(volumeId) call the method already makes, which decodes the sigmoid back to the real window. Linear viewports are byte identical - vtk's getRange() is getMappingRange(), which is what getProperties returns on the non sigmoid branch. Pre existing on main (the same range was emitted on the next window level drag), but this PR is what makes it reachable from a single click.
  • getVoiFromSigmoidRGBTransferFunction had two defects. It returned a reversed range for an inverted curve, since the derived window width comes out negative, which flipped a linear function rebuilt from it; the range is now returned in order. And it converted window width/center to a range as c ± w/2 - LINEAR_EXACT semantics - while every other range/window conversion in the codebase uses the C.11.2.1.2.1 note 4 convention that createSigmoidRGBTransferFunction reads the range through. The mismatch widened the window by one on every round trip (-800..200 came back as -800..201, drifting to about WW 1050 after 50 LINEAR/SIGMOID toggles without a re-supplied voiRange). It now converts through toLowHighRange, the exact inverse of that toWindowLevel call, so a range survives any number of round trips unchanged. Two rounding calls went with it: the window width was rounded before being used to derive the center, and the center is a half integer whenever the range bounds sum to an even number, so Math.round(-299.5) shifted the range half a unit in each direction.

toWindowLevel is deliberately not touched. Its +1 / +0.5 terms cancel against toLowHighRange, so the sigmoid curve built from DICOM tags was already spec exact (PS3.3 C.11.2.1.3.1, y = 1 / (1 + exp(-4(x - c)/w)), with logit its exact analytical inverse and no LINEAR -0.5/(w-1) offsets applied). Adding a sigmoid branch to only one side of that pair would inject a one unit drift per drag into WindowLevelTool and Colorbar, which call both.

Example:

  • Both buttons apply the same window, WW 1000 / WC -300, so only the shape of the curve changes. The window is placed to clip both ends of this CT: the linear LUT maps lung/air below -800 to solid black and bone above 200 to solid white, where the sigmoid rolls off instead and keeps a gradient. Measured on the canvas: 86% of pixels change, 61% of them by 10 or more grey levels, mean 11.6/255, peak 31/255 - 31 is the maximum possible at identical WW/WC, since the curves differ by 0.119 at the window edges.
  • A toolbar label shows the active function and window (the issue also noted there was no feedback that anything happened), and an info section says where to look. With the exact read back it now reads WW 1000 / WC -300 under both functions, rather than WW 1001 / WC -299 under the sigmoid - which is the point of the example, the same window with only the curve changing.
Linear Sigmoid
lung and bone flat vertebral bodies and lung keep gradation

Testing

  1. Visit the volumeVoiSigmoid example.
  2. Click Set Sigmoid VOI: the blown out vertebral bodies gain internal texture and the lung/air lifts off pure black. The label reads SIGMOID - WW 1000 / WC -300.
  3. Click Set Linear VOI: the render returns exactly to the starting image, and the label reads LINEAR on the same window.
  4. Left click drag still window levels, and both functions follow the new window.

Automated:

  • tests/volumeVoiSigmoid.spec.ts - new, snapshot free (canvas pixel comparison): the sigmoid render must differ from the linear one, and switching back must restore it. Passes in legacy and compatibility modes, and fails with Received: 0 when the core changes are reverted, so it guards the reported bug.
  • packages/core/test/utilities/getVoiFromSigmoidRGBTransferFunction.jest.js - new, 4 cases: the ordered range for an inverted curve, exact recovery of the range a sigmoid was built from, a range whose bounds sum to an even number (half integer center, which the old rounding shifted), and 50 consecutive round trips with no drift.
  • Full jest suite passes (118 suites, 1850 tests, 4 skipped). volumeBasic snapshot unchanged.

Notes

  • Complementary to feat(voi): VOI LUT Function and VOI LUT Sequence support #2856 and conflict free (no shared files). That PR fixes the stack/CPU/metadata side and keeps the same forceRecreateLUTFunction mechanism on the stack path that this ports to the volume path; it does not touch volume viewport switching. One follow up once it lands: use its shared getValidVOILUTFunction in setVOILUTFunction instead of the inline enum check. (The other follow up previously listed here, an exactly invertible getVoiFromSigmoidRGBTransferFunction, is done in this PR - the 1 HU rounding in the label is gone.)
  • Still open, and not addressed here: a SIGMOID tagged series renders linear on a volume viewport, because setDefaultVolumeVOI writes only the range to the actor and never sets viewportProperties.VOILUTFunction - it takes an actor, not a viewport, so it cannot.
  • A colormap is still dropped when switching to sigmoid. Pre existing, and the TODO for PET is carried forward rather than widened.
  • Also still open: toLowHighRange has no sigmoid branch of its own - it routes SAMPLED_SIGMOID through the linear formula, with the asymptotic 1%/99% version sitting commented out. Consistent as it stands, and changing it would change range semantics app wide, so it is left alone.
  • Known sampling deviation, unchanged by this PR: the standard's sigmoid is asymptotic over all x, while the implementation samples 1024 nodes uniformly in y over [1/1026, 1024/1026], so vtk clamps outside the node domain at y = 0.00097 and y = 0.99805 rather than 0 and 1 - about 0.2% of full output range at the bright end. Uniform in y is the right way round, since it puts the dense samples where the slope is steep. It is also the asymmetry of that interval that makes the node domain off center, and hence why the mapping range could not be used as the VOI above.

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  • New Features

    • Added support for switching volume visualization between linear and sampled-sigmoid VOI modes.
    • Updated the example interface with the active VOI mode and guidance for comparing rendering results.
    • Window-level changes now update the displayed VOI state.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Preserved VOI ranges and inversion when switching transfer functions.
    • Ensured inverted sigmoid VOI ranges remain correctly ordered.
    • Improved compatibility with legacy VOI LUT settings.

Clicking Set Linear VOI or Set Sigmoid VOI in the volumeVoiSigmoid example
did nothing, because setVOILUTFunction called setVOI before recording the
new function, so the transfer function was always built for the previous
mode, and because coming back from a sampled sigmoid only rescaled the
range of the still sigmoid shaped function.

- Record the VOI LUT function before setVOI reads it back, and rebuild the
  transfer function when leaving a sampled one, re-applying invert
- Apply the VOI LUT function before the range in setProperties and
  resetToDefaultProperties, so a combined call does not round trip the
  range through the previous curve
- Map VOILUTFunction onto the planar presentation and pass it to the volume
  slice transfer function, so the generic viewport applies it too
- Return the range in order from getVoiFromSigmoidRGBTransferFunction,
  which reversed it for an inverted curve and flipped a rebuilt linear one
- Have both example buttons apply the same window (WW 1000 / WC -300),
  chosen so the lung and the bone the linear LUT clips are where the
  sigmoid roll off stays visible, and show the active function

Fixes #2458

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The change fixes VOI LUT switching for volume viewports. It forwards planar VOI LUT properties, preserves VOI ranges during sigmoid and linear transitions, updates the sigmoid example, and adds unit and Playwright coverage.

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VOI LUT switching

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Planar presentation wiring
packages/core/src/RenderingEngine/GenericViewport/Planar/...
Legacy planar properties now forward the VOI LUT function to planar volume transfer-function creation.
Viewport transfer-function transitions
packages/core/src/RenderingEngine/BaseVolumeViewport.ts, packages/core/src/utilities/getVoiFromSigmoidRGBTransferFunction.ts, packages/core/test/utilities/getVoiFromSigmoidRGBTransferFunction.jest.js
VOI updates preserve inversion, rebuild linear transfer functions after sampled-sigmoid mode, apply LUT functions before VOI ranges, and recover stable ordered bounds.
Example flow and rendering validation
packages/core/examples/volumeVoiSigmoid/index.ts, tests/volumeVoiSigmoid.spec.ts
The example adds VOI controls, state labels, instructions, and initialization updates. Tests verify distinct sigmoid rendering and restoration of the linear rendering.

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In fusion viewports, switching the VOI function for a non-default volume may preserve the wrong volume's window, producing an incorrect display. The PR is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner awareness or a follow-up to pass the selected volume identifier when preserving its VOI range.

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  ExampleControls->>BaseVolumeViewport: setVOILUTFunction
  BaseVolumeViewport->>BaseVolumeViewport: apply VOI range
  BaseVolumeViewport->>RGBTransferFunction: rebuild transfer function
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In `@packages/core/src/RenderingEngine/BaseVolumeViewport.ts`:
- Around line 278-293: Update the getProperties call in the VOI update flow to
pass the selected volumeId, ensuring voiRange comes from the volume that setVOI
will update. Leave the existing VOILUTFunction handling and setVOI invocation
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From @sedghi Fix before merge — finding 1 (BaseVolumeViewport.ts:471). getVOIModifiedEventDetail builds range from transferFunction.getMappingRange(). For a linear TF that's the real VOI (setRange sets it), but for the sampled sigmoid it's the full node domain — 3.3× too wide. voiSyncCallback (packages/tools/src/synchronizers/callbacks/voiSyncCallback.ts:39) copies it verbatim into setProperties({voiRange}) on the target, and ViewportColorbar consumes the same field. So clicking "Sigmoid" on a VOI-synced or colorbar'd viewport now washes out the target at WW 3296. Reading this.viewportProperties.voiRange (or getProperties(volumeId).voiRange, which decodes sigmoid correctly) instead of the mapping range fixes it. Caveat that keeps it off the blocker list: the sigmoid path on main already emits the same garbage range on the next window-level drag — the PR moves it to button-press time rather than creating it.

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getVOIModifiedEventDetail read the range off the transfer function's
mapping range. That is the VOI only for a linear function - a sampled
sigmoid bakes its curve into the nodes, so its mapping range is the whole
node domain, [c - 1.733w, c + 1.560w], about 3.3x the window width and
off center.

Now that setVOI applies the sigmoid at button press time, a VOI
synchronizer (voiSyncCallback copies detail.range straight into
setProperties) or a colorbar consuming that event washed the target out
at WW 3293 / WC -387 for a -800..200 window.

Take voiRange off the getProperties(volumeId) call the method already
makes, which decodes the sigmoid back to the real window. Linear
viewports are unaffected: vtk getRange() is getMappingRange(), which is
what getProperties returns on the non-sigmoid branch.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
getVoiFromSigmoidRGBTransferFunction solved the DICOM sigmoid (PS3.3
C.11.2.1.3.1) for window width and center correctly, but converted them
to a range as c +/- w/2 - LINEAR_EXACT semantics, while every other
range/window conversion in the codebase uses the C.11.2.1.2.1 note 4
convention that createSigmoidRGBTransferFunction reads the range through.
The mismatch widened the window by one on every round trip, so -800..200
came back as -800..201 and toggling LINEAR/SIGMOID without re-supplying
voiRange drifted to about WW 1050 after 50 toggles.

Convert through toLowHighRange, the exact inverse of the toWindowLevel
call in createSigmoidRGBTransferFunction. Two rounding calls had to go
with it: the window width was rounded before being used to derive the
center, and the center is a half integer whenever the range bounds sum to
an even number, so Math.round(-299.5) shifted the range by half a unit in
each direction. Both are carried at full precision now and only the final
bounds are rounded.

toWindowLevel is deliberately untouched. Its +1 / +0.5 terms cancel
against toLowHighRange, so the curve built from DICOM tags was already
spec exact, and adding a sigmoid branch to only one side of that pair
would inject a one unit drift per drag into WindowLevelTool and Colorbar,
which call both.

The volumeVoiSigmoid label now reads WW 1000 / WC -300 under both
functions instead of WW 1001 / WC -299 under the sigmoid, which is the
point of the example - the same window, only the curve changes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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