diff --git a/ImageFormats/CutReader.cs b/ImageFormats/CutReader.cs
index 1919523..5cf8e37 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/CutReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/CutReader.cs
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ public static class CutReader
         /// <param name="fileName">Name of the file to read.</param>
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(string fileName){
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
-            {
-                return Load(f);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
+            return Load(f);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ public static Image Load(string fileName){
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(Stream stream)
         {
-            BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
+            var reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
 
             int imgWidth = Util.LittleEndian(reader.ReadUInt16());
             int imgHeight = Util.LittleEndian(reader.ReadUInt16());
diff --git a/ImageFormats/DicomReader.cs b/ImageFormats/DicomReader.cs
index 2d74a34..4f42f2b 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/DicomReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/DicomReader.cs
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ public static class DicomReader
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(string fileName)
         {
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
-            {
-                return Load(f);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
+            return Load(f);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ public static Image Load(string fileName)
         /// 
         public static Image Load(Stream stream)
         {
-            BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
+            var reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
             byte[] tempBytes = new byte[256];
 
             stream.Seek(0x80, SeekOrigin.Current);
@@ -183,7 +181,7 @@ public static Image Load(Stream stream)
 
                 //we'll have to read the data by sequential packets
 
-                List<byte[]> dataSegments = new List<byte[]>();
+                var dataSegments = new List<byte[]>();
                 UInt16 tempShort;
                 int segmentLen = 0;
 
@@ -231,7 +229,7 @@ public static Image Load(Stream stream)
                 throw new ImageDecodeException("DICOM file does not appear to have any image data.");
 
 
-            MemoryStream dataStream = new MemoryStream(data);
+            var dataStream = new MemoryStream(data);
             reader = new BinaryReader(dataStream);
 
             //detect whether the data is really a JPG image
diff --git a/ImageFormats/FitsReader.cs b/ImageFormats/FitsReader.cs
index 7d3d2a7..43f27ab 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/FitsReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/FitsReader.cs
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ public static class FitsReader
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(string fileName)
         {
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
-            {
-                return Load(f);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
+            return Load(f);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ public static Image Load(Stream stream)
                         else if (headerSeq > 0 && !itemStr.StartsWith("XTENSION")) { return bmp; }
                     }
 
-                    if (!itemStr.Contains("=")) { continue; }
+                    if (!itemStr.Contains('=')) { continue; }
 
                     string[] parts = itemStr.Split('=');
                     if (parts.Length < 2) { continue; }
diff --git a/ImageFormats/IffDeepReader.cs b/ImageFormats/IffDeepReader.cs
index 7a265b6..a788c6a 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/IffDeepReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/IffDeepReader.cs
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ public static class IffDeepReader
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(string fileName)
         {
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
-            {
-                return Load(f);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
+            return Load(f);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ public static Image Load(Stream stream, bool wantOpacity = false)
             int[] tvdcTable = new int[16];
             byte[] bodyChunk = null;
 
-            BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
+            var reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
 
             byte[] tempBytes = new byte[65536];
 
diff --git a/ImageFormats/IffIlbmReader.cs b/ImageFormats/IffIlbmReader.cs
index f23b751..150b512 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/IffIlbmReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/IffIlbmReader.cs
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ public static class IffIlbmReader
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(string fileName)
         {
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
-            {
-                return Load(f);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
+            return Load(f);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ public static Image Load(Stream stream, bool resizeForAspect = false)
             int modeXBMI = -1;
 
             long bodyChunkPosition = -1;
-            BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
+            var reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
 
             byte[] tempBytes = new byte[65536];
 
@@ -344,7 +342,7 @@ public static Image Load(Stream stream, bool resizeForAspect = false)
                 totalColors >>= delta;
             }
 
-            ByteRun1Decoder decompressor = new ByteRun1Decoder(stream);
+            var decompressor = new ByteRun1Decoder(stream);
             byte[] bmpData = new byte[(imgWidth + 1) * 4 * imgHeight];
 
             try
diff --git a/ImageFormats/IffRgbnReader.cs b/ImageFormats/IffRgbnReader.cs
index 5ac4b14..687688c 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/IffRgbnReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/IffRgbnReader.cs
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ public static class IffRgbnReader
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(string fileName)
         {
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
-            {
-                return Load(f);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
+            return Load(f);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ public static Image Load(Stream stream)
             int numPlanes = 0;
             int compressionType = 0;
 
-            BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
+            var reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
 
             byte[] tempBytes = new byte[65536];
 
diff --git a/ImageFormats/MacPaintReader.cs b/ImageFormats/MacPaintReader.cs
index ec2f468..2c98642 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/MacPaintReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/MacPaintReader.cs
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@ public static class MacPaintReader
 
         public static Image Load(string fileName)
         {
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
-            {
-                return Load(f);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
+            return Load(f);
         }
 
         public static Image Load(Stream stream)
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@ public static Image Load(Stream stream)
 
             byte[] bmpData = new byte[(MAC_PAINT_WIDTH + 1) * 4 * MAC_PAINT_HEIGHT];
             int x = 0, y = 0;
-            RleReader rleReader = new RleReader(stream);
+            var rleReader = new RleReader(stream);
 
             try
             {
diff --git a/ImageFormats/PcxReader.cs b/ImageFormats/PcxReader.cs
index 9249dda..7f32f70 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/PcxReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/PcxReader.cs
@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ public static class PcxReader
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(string fileName)
         {
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
-            {
-                return Load(f);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
+            return Load(f);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ public static Image Load(string fileName)
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(Stream stream, bool useCgaPalette = false)
         {
-            BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
+            var reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
 
             byte tempByte = (byte)stream.ReadByte();
             if (tempByte != 10)
@@ -222,7 +220,7 @@ public static Image Load(Stream stream, bool useCgaPalette = false)
             stream.Seek(128, SeekOrigin.Begin);
             int x, y, i;
 
-            RleReader rleReader = new RleReader(stream);
+            var rleReader = new RleReader(stream);
 
             try
             {
diff --git a/ImageFormats/Picture.cs b/ImageFormats/Picture.cs
index bfb680f..45ffc8b 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/Picture.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/Picture.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public static class Picture
         public static Image Load(string fileName)
         {
             Image bmp = null;
-            using (FileStream f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
+            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
             {
                 bmp = Load(f);
             }
diff --git a/ImageFormats/PnmReader.cs b/ImageFormats/PnmReader.cs
index 343745a..2dc4c4d 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/PnmReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/PnmReader.cs
@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ public static class PnmReader
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the picture.</returns>
         public static Image Load(string fileName, bool bigEndian = true)
         {
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
-            {
-                return Load(f, bigEndian);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
+            return Load(f, bigEndian);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/ImageFormats/RasReader.cs b/ImageFormats/RasReader.cs
index 3639245..af56d37 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/RasReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/RasReader.cs
@@ -45,10 +45,8 @@ public static class RasReader
         /// <param name="fileName">Name of the file to read.</param>
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(string fileName){
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
-            {
-                return Load(f);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
+            return Load(f);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ public static Image Load(string fileName){
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(Stream stream)
         {
-            BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
+            var reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
             UInt32 tempDword = Util.BigEndian(reader.ReadUInt32());
             if (tempDword != 0x59a66a95)
                 throw new ImageDecodeException("This is not a valid RAS file.");
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ public static Image Load(Stream stream)
             UInt32 mapType = Util.BigEndian(reader.ReadUInt32());
             int mapLength = (int)Util.BigEndian(reader.ReadUInt32());
 
-            RleReader rleReader = new RleReader(stream, rasType == RAS_TYPE_RLE);
+            var rleReader = new RleReader(stream, rasType == RAS_TYPE_RLE);
 
             if ((imgWidth < 1) || (imgHeight < 1) || (imgWidth > 32767) || (imgHeight > 32767) || (mapLength > 32767))
                 throw new ImageDecodeException("This RAS file appears to have invalid dimensions.");
diff --git a/ImageFormats/SgiReader.cs b/ImageFormats/SgiReader.cs
index c28bd87..75b2fd0 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/SgiReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/SgiReader.cs
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ public static class SgiReader
         /// <param name="fileName">Name of the file to read.</param>
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(string fileName){
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
-            {
-                return Load(f);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
+            return Load(f);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ public static Image Load(string fileName){
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(Stream stream)
         {
-            BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
+            var reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
 
             UInt16 magic = Util.BigEndian(reader.ReadUInt16());
             if (magic != 0x1DA)
diff --git a/ImageFormats/XpmReader.cs b/ImageFormats/XpmReader.cs
index c051364..fe5995e 100644
--- a/ImageFormats/XpmReader.cs
+++ b/ImageFormats/XpmReader.cs
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ public static class XpmReader
         /// <returns>Bitmap that contains the image that was read.</returns>
         public static Image Load(string fileName)
         {
-            using (var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
-            {
-                return Load(f);
-            }
+            using var f = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
+            return Load(f);
         }
 
         /// <summary>