you can use PDF page as image. To do that, install ghostscript libraries.
IMagick use ghostscript to read PDF page.

<?php
$myurl = '/pdf/mypdf.pdf';
$image = new Imagick(realpath($myurl).'[0]'); //[0] indicate the number of the wanted page
$image->setResolution( 300, 300 );
$image->setImageFormat( "png" );
$image->writeImage(realpath('./mypdf.png'));
?>