# Signed vs. unsigned pixel data in DICOMAppHelper

**URL:** <https://discourse.vtk.org/t/signed-vs-unsigned-pixel-data-in-dicomapphelper/955>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [May 13, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/signed-vs-unsigned-pixel-data-in-dicomapphelper/955 "2019-05-13T17:23:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![seanm](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@seanm](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/seanm)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/signed-vs-unsigned-pixel-data-in-dicomapphelper/955/4 "2019-05-13T21:14:06Z")

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That sounds like overkill, but if vtkDICOMImageReader is so bad, it should probably be marked deprecated, which would be easy, fast, and not disruptive.

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