Stream image from server and display it in view

//action to actually fetch the image 
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult ShowImage()
{
            byte[] image;
            var contentType = "image/png";
 
            //get the image
            image = GetImageFromServer(@"..\Content\example.tif");
 
            //convert from tiff to png
            var tiffStream = new MemoryStream(image);
            var pngStream = new MemoryStream();
            Bitmap.FromStream(tiffStream).Save(pngStream, ImageFormat.Png);
 
            //return result
            return new ImageResult()
                        {
                            ImageStream = pngStream,
                            MimeType = "image/png",
                            Cacheability = HttpCacheability.NoCache
                        };
}
 
 
 
//get the image from the server (relative path)
 public byte[] GetImageFromServer(string name)
{
            using (var stream = new FileStream(Server.MapPath(name), FileMode.Open))
            {
                var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
                stream.CopyTo(memoryStream);
                return memoryStream.ToArray();
            }
 }
 
 
 
 
//this is how to use it in your view to get the image
<img src="@Url.Action("ShowImage","Home")">