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19 <B>Missing features</B></A>
21 We know the following are missing; don't loose time looking for them ...<br>
22 We know they could be helpfull. We shall add them some day.<br>
23 Any contribution is welcome.
27 <LI> gdcm doesn't read yet <TT>JPEG-LS</TT> encoded files.
29 We said '<TT>JPEG-LS</TT>', not Lossless Jpeg ...<br>
30 [<TT>JPEG-LS</TT> is the basis for new lossless/near-lossless compression
31 standard for continuous-tone images intended for <TT>JPEG2000</TT>.
32 The standard is based on the LOCO-I algorithm
33 (LOw COmplexity LOssless COmpression for Images)
34 developed at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories]
36 <LI> gdcm doesn't read yet all <TT>JPEG2000</TT> encoded files.
38 But we are working on it (a lot of troubles with Jasper).
39 Update: as of Oct 10 2005, we are currently investigating another library:
40 openjpeg. The problem still exist for this library but one of the author
41 is currently working on it:
42 http://www.openjpeg.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18
44 <LI> gdcm doesn't read yet <TT>MPEG2</TT> encoded files.
49 <LI> Allow user to tell <TT>gdcm::Document</TT> constructor he just wants
50 to load a given list of <TT>DocEntries</TT>
51 (to save CPU time and RAM space)
52 <LI> Allow 'frame by frame' reading (should be helpfull for huge
54 <LI> Allow subvolume selection / frames selection before reading.
55 <LI> Expose Read/Decompression mechanisms to allow user getting
56 information from <tt>DICOMDIR</TT> <br> -or from his own Data Base-
57 and reading his images without parsing
58 the header, one more time.
62 <LI> Allow user to tell the Writer he doesn't want to write down
63 <TT>SeqEntry</TT> (if any)
64 <LI> Allow user to tell the Writer he doesn't want to write down
65 <TT>Shadow groups</TT> (if any)
66 <LI> Allow user to tell the Writer which compression mode he wants<br>
67 (Right now, no one is available)
68 <LI> Allow user to tell the Writer he wants to split a
69 <TT>Multiframe</TT> image into a serie of
70 <TT>Single frame</TT> images.
71 <LI> Allow user to tell the Writer he wants to agregate a
72 Serie of <TT>Single frame</TT> images into a
73 <TT>Multiframe</TT> image.
77 <LI> Full <TT>Icon Image</TT> management (Read and Write)
78 <LI> Full <TT>Overlays</TT> management (Read and Write) <br>
79 both for '<TT>ACR-NEMA</TT> style' (using groups <TT>0x6000</TT>
80 and next) and '<TT>DICOM V3</TT> style' (using Sequences)
82 <LI> <TT>DICOMDIR</TT>
84 <LI> <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> full management (not limited to
85 <TT> PATIENT</TT>/<TT>STUDY</TT>/<TT>SERIE</TT>/<TT>IMAGE</TT>)
86 <LI> Allow user to add an entry (belonging to the file header Dicom
87 entries)to the default entry list, before
88 making a <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> from a root directory
89 <LI> Allow user to add an entry of his owns (for instance an <TT>Icon</TT>
90 to each image, or to each Serie).
95 <LI> An accurate <TT>SerieHelper</TT> <br>
96 Right now <TT>SerieHelper</TT> only works on 'bona fide Series', and
97 breaks on wrongly forged Series.<br>
98 We are still looking for any heuristics...
99 <LI> A <TT>SerieHelper</TT> that would use the <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> (if any)
100 instead of parsing all the files within the Root Directory
104 <LI> 16-bits-LUT full Management
105 <LI> User friendly management of <TT>Rescale Slope</TT> and
106 <TT>Rescale Intercept</TT>.<br>
107 (Well... Maybe it's up to the application to deal with it, not to
109 <LI> Allow manual adjunction / automatic recognition (pfff!...)
110 of the private <TT>Dicom Dictionary</TT>
111 to be used to parse <TT>Shadow groups</TT> against.
112 <LI> User friendly way of anonymizing image when Patient's name is
113 carved in the Pixels :-(
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120 <B>Current Version (CVS)</B></A>
125 <LI> <A HREF="News.html#missing">Missing Features</a>
129 <a href="uml-gdcmV1.2.pdf">gdcm UML Class Diagram</a> current version.
130 <LI> <a href= "DocCVS/html.user/index.html">User Documentation</a>
131 <LI> <a href= "DocCVS/html.developper/index.html">Developper
135 <LI> To <i>try to</i> make gdcm images PACS usable, user is now allowed to
136 gdcm what kind of image he wants to write, using : <br>
137 <TT>void FileHelper::SetContentType (ImageContentType c);</TT> <br>
138 Four different types are identify (probabely more will be added) :
141 1) user created ex nihilo his own image and wants to write it as a Dicom image.<br>
142 c : <TT>USER_OWN_IMAGE</TT>
144 2) user modified the pixels of an existing image, using mathematical operations.<br>
145 c : <TT>FILTERED_IMAGE</TT>
147 3) user created a new image, using existing images (eg MIP, MPR, cartography image)<br>
148 c : <TT>CREATED_IMAGE</TT>
150 4) user modified/added some tags *without processing* the pixels (anonymization, etc)<br>
151 c : <TT>UNMODIFIED_PIXELS_IMAGE</TT>
153 <LI> Stupid difference between <TT>gdcm::ValEntry</TT>
154 and <TT>gdcm::BinEntry</TT> removed. <br>
155 Only <TT>gdcm::DataEntry</TT> exist, now.
156 Should have been considered as a 'Bug Fix'.<br>
157 Actually, it's an API breaking modification ...
160 <TT>std::string const &DataEntry::GetString() const</TT><br>
161 returns as a string (when possible) the value of the DataEntry
163 <TT>void DataEntry::SetString(std::string const &value)</TT><br>
164 Sets the 'value' of a DataEntry, passed as a std::string
166 <TT>void DataEntry::SetBinArea( uint8_t *area, bool self ) </TT><br>
167 Sets the value (non string) of the current Dicom DataEntry
169 <TT>void DataEntry::CopyBinArea( uint8_t *area, uint32_t length )</TT><br>
170 Inserts the value (non string) into the current DataEntry
172 <TT>void DataEntry::SetValue(const uint32_t &id, const double
174 Inserts the elementary (non string) value into the current
175 (multivaluated) DataEntry, at the <TT>id></TT> position.
177 <TT>double DataEntry::GetValue(const uint32_t &id) const </TT><br>
178 returns, as a double one of the values (when entry is
179 multivaluated), identified by its index <TT>id</TT>.
182 <TT>DocEntrySet::GetEntryValue()</TT> replaced by
183 <TT>DocEntrySet::GetEntryString()</TT> <br>
184 <LI> SerieHelper : <br>
185 Add some methods, to split a 'SingleSerieUID' Fileset into
186 'Extra Coherent' FileSets. <br>
187 They return a std::map of 'Filesets' (actually : std::vector
189 The key is the 'Orientation', the 'Position'
190 or the value of a user choosen 'Tag' <br>
191 - <TT>XCoherentFileSetmap SplitOnOrientation(FileList *fileSet);
193 - <TT>XCoherentFileSetmap SplitOnPosition(FileList *fileSet);
195 - <TT>XCoherentFileSetmap SplitOnTagValue(FileList *fileSet,
196 uint16_t group, uint16_t element);
198 These methods must be called by user, depending on what he wants
199 to do, at application time.- *he* only knows what his Series
201 <LI> To avoid memory leaks and seg faults the user intended classes
202 use now a Reference Counter.<br>
204 <LI> <TT>new()</TT> and <TT>delete()</TT> are replaced by
205 <TT>New()</TT> and <TT>Delete()</TT>
206 <LI> <TT>Register()</TT> and <TT>Unregister()</TT> methods are
208 <LI> --> Well ... People from ITK don't seem to agree too much with
210 They demand to be allowed to allocate gdcm objects in the stack as
211 well, not only in the heap.
216 <LI> API breaking modifications (since previous version)
218 <LI> Stupid difference between <TT>gdcm::ValEntry</TT>
219 and <TT>gdcm::BinEntry</TT> removed. <br>
220 Only <TT>gdcm::DataEntry</TT> exist, now. <br>
222 <TT>void ValEntry::SetValue(std::string const &val)</TT><br>
224 <TT>void DataEntry::SetValue(const uint32_t &id, const double
227 <TT>void DataEntry::SetString(std::string const &value)<TT>
229 <TT>void ValEntry::CopyValEntry(uint16_t gr, uint16_t el)</TT><br>
231 <TT>void DataEntry::CopyDataEntry(uint16_t gr, uint16_t el, vr)</TT>
238 <LI> Implicit VR - Big Endian (G.E Private) Transfert Syntax 16 Bits
239 images are now read correctly.
240 <LI> File::GetZOrigin() returns accurate result in any case.
247 <LI> Use of <TT>Implicit Value Representation</TT> writting mode may
248 causes troubles, when there are some <TT>SQ</TT> belonging to a
249 <TT>Shadow Group</TT>. <br>
250 Better you use <TT>Explicit Value Representation</TT> writting mode ...
251 <LI> Troubles on 'Big endian' processors (i.e. Apple/Motorola, SunSparc
252 ...) when writting 16 Bits images.
253 <LI> Troubles on 64-bits processors.
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270 <B>Version 1.1 (September 14 2005)</B></A>
275 <a href="Doc1.0/uml-gdcmV1.0.pdf">gdcm 1.1 UML Class Diagram</a> version.
276 <LI> <a href= "Doc1.0/html.user/index.html">User Documentation</a>
277 <LI> <a href= "Doc1.0/html.developper/index.html">Developper
282 <TT>gdcm::Dict:AddDict(std::string fullPathPrivateDictionaryFileName)</TT>
284 <TT>gdcm::Dict::RemoveDict(std::string fullPathPrivateDictionaryFileName)</TT>
286 to allow user to choose the 'Private Dictionary' he wants to work with.
288 One can dream about a better API;<br>
289 This one allow right now anybody to see very easyly if the use
290 of a given private dicom dictionary is of any help or not.
293 <TT>PrintFile</TT> has now a new command line argument manager option :<br>
294 <TT>dict=fullPathNamePrivateDictionaryFile</TT><br>
295 to allow user to see with no extra coding what differences
296 makes the use or not of a private Dicom Dictionary.<br>
297 e.g. : use it as follow <br>
298 <TT>PrintFile filein=myGEdicomFile.dcm
299 dict=/user/userName/gdcm/Dicts/GEMS-Advance.dic</TT>
302 (Not a great one ...)
303 Stupid method names : <br><TT>DicomDir::WriteDicomDir()</TT>
304 and <TT>DicomDir::AnonymizeDicomDir()</TT> <br>replaced by : <br>
305 <TT>DicomDir::Write()</TT>
306 and <TT>DicomDir::Anonymize()</TT>
309 void Document::AddForceLoadElement(uint16_t group, uint16_t elem);
311 allows user to tell <TT>gdcm::Document</TT> Loader he wants
312 to force the loading of a given set of <TT>DocEntries</TT>,
313 even if their length exceeds the current
314 <TT>MAX_SIZE_LOAD_ELEMENT_VALUE</TT>.
317 Many users expect from <TT>vtkGdcmReader</TT> it 'orders' the images
318 (that's the job of <TT>gdcm::SerieHelper</TT> ...)<br>
319 When user <b>knows</b> the files with same Serie UID
320 have same sizes, same 'pixel' type, same color convention, ...
321 the right way to proceed is as follow :
323 gdcm::SerieHelper *sh= new gdcm::SerieHelper();
324 // if user wants *not* to load some parts of the file headers
325 sh->SetLoadMode(loadMode);
327 // if user wants *not* to load some files
328 sh->AddRestriction(group, element, value, operator);
329 sh->AddRestriction( ...
330 sh->SetDirectory(directoryWithImages);
332 // if user *knows* how to order his files
333 sh->SetUserLessThanFunction(userSuppliedComparisonFunction);
335 // if user wants to sort reverse order
336 sh->SetSortOrderToReverse();
338 // here, we suppose only the first 'Single SerieUID' Fileset is of interest
339 // Just iterate using sh->NextSingleSerieUIDFileSet()
340 // if you want to get all of them
341 gdcm::FileList *l = sh->GetFirstSingleSerieUIDFileSet();
343 // if user is doesn't trust too much the files with same Serie UID
344 if ( !sh->IsCoherent(l) )
345 return; // not same sizes, or not same 'pixel type' -> stop
347 sh->OrderFileList(l); // sort the list
349 vtkGdcmReader *reader = vtkGdcmReader::New();
350 // if user wants to modify pixel order (Mirror, TopDown, ...)
351 // he has to supply the function that does the job
352 // (a *very* simple example is given in vtkgdcmSerieViewer.cxx)
353 reader->SetUserFunction (userSuppliedFunction);
355 // to pass a 'Single SerieUID' Fileset as produced by gdcm::SerieHelper
356 reader->SetCoherentFileList(l);
359 You can see a full example in <TT>vtk/vtkgdcmSerieViewer.cxx</TT><br>
362 <TT>vtkgdcmSerieViewer dirname=Dentist mirror</TT><br>
363 <TT>vtkgdcmSerieViewer dirname=Dentist reverse</TT><br>
364 <TT>vtkgdcmSerieViewer dirname=Dentist reverse topdown</TT><br>
368 <LI> <TT>vtkGdcmReader::SetUserFunction (userSuppliedFunction)</TT><br>
370 <TT>void userSuppliedFunction(uint8_t *imageData, File *f);</TT><br>
371 allows user to reorganize the pixels of each image just after reading
372 it (to mirror, or topdown the image, for instance)<br>
373 Note : <TT>uint8_t *</TT> doesn't mean it works only on 8 Bits images.
374 <br> It's for prototyping. Feel free to cast it.
377 SerieHelper::SetUserLessThanFunction(userSuppliedComparisonFunction)
378 </TT><br> with : <br>
379 <TT>bool userSuppliedComparisonFunction(File *, File *);</TT><br>
380 allows user -when he knows more about his files than gdcm does-
381 to give his own comparison function.
382 <LI> <TT>SerieHelper::SetSortOrderToReverse</TT> allows user to ask
383 to sort the Files reverse order.
384 <LI> <TT>SerieHelper::AddRestriction</TT> has now a new constructor<br>
385 <TT>AddRestriction(group, element, value, operator);</TT><br>
386 allows user to exclude some files from the sorting, according to
387 any comparison operator <br>
388 (<TT>GDCM_EQUAL</TT>, <TT>GDCM_DIFFERENT</TT>,
389 <TT>GDCM_GREATER</TT>, <TT>GDCM_GREATEROREQUAL</TT>,
390 <TT>GDCM_LESS</TT>, <TT>GDCM_LESSOREQUAL</TT>), not only on the
393 <LI> <TT>AnonymizeNoLoad</TT> used with <TT>dirin=inputDirectoryName</TT>
394 anonymizes all the files within the given Directory.
396 User may also choose extra elements he wants to rub out: <br>
397 <TT>rubout=listOfElementsToRubOut</TT><br>
398 with <tt>listOfElementsToRubOut : group1-elem1,group2-elem2,
399 ...</TT> (in hexa, no space within the list )
401 <LI> <TT>gdcm::SerieHelper()</TT> has a new method
402 <TT>void AddGdcmFile(File *header)</TT>, that allows aware user to
403 create a '<TT>FileList</TT>' (actually a
404 <TT>std::vector< File* > </TT>).<br>
405 The <TT>FileList</TT> created this way will be the
406 'first one' in the <TT>gdcm::FileHelper()</TT> (retrieve it with
407 <TT>FileList *GetFirstCoherentFileList()</TT> ).<br>
408 It may be sorted using <TT>OrderFileList</TT>.<br>
409 No 'coherence check' will be performed on this <TT>FileList</TT>
411 It may be passed to a <TT>vtkGdcmReader</TT>
412 (to avoid parsing twice the files)
414 <LI> <TT>vtkGdcmReader</TT> can now get the result of
415 <TT>gdcm::SerieHelper</TT> (to avoid parsing twice the files)<br>
416 Proceed as follow :<br>
418 gdcmSerieHelper *sh = new gdcmSerieHelper();
419 sh->SetDirectory(myImageDirectory, true);
420 gdcmFileList *l = s->GetFirstCoherentFileList();
423 vtkGdcmReader *gr = new vtkGdcmReader();
424 gr->SetCoherentFileList(l);
427 This works with a directory that contains only one '<TT>Serie</TT>'
428 (same <TT>Serie UID</TT> for all the images).<br>
429 If it contains more than one <TT>Serie</TT>, you'll have to loop
430 on the Series, using <TT>GetNextCoherentFileList()</TT>;<br>
431 It will be up to the user to delete the <TT>gdcm::File</TT>.
433 See <TT>vtkgdcmSerieViewer</TT> for an example.
435 <LI> Both <TT>vtkgdcmViewer</TT> and <TT>vtkgdcmViewer2</TT>
436 are available to allow easy displaying of single/multiframe
437 GreyLevel/RGB/PaletteColor images<br><br>
438 <LI> <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> anonymiser (<TT>Load</TT> and <TT>Noload</TT> mode)
440 <LI> Because the <TT>gdcm::DicomDir::Load()</TT> method may be used
441 either for loading an already made <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> file or for
442 parsing all the dicom files with a given root directory we
443 syntaxically separated the operations: <br>
444 For loading an already made <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> file, use : <br>
446 gdcm::DicomDir *d = new gdcm::DicomDir();
447 d->SetFileName(fileName);
451 For parsing all the dicom files within a given root directory, use :<br>
453 gdcm::DicomDir *d = new gdcm::DicomDir();
454 d->SetDirectoryName(dirName);
458 <b>Don't</b> use any longer old deprecated style: <br>
460 gdcm::DicomDir *d = new gdcm::DicomDir();<br>
461 d->SetParseDir(true); // </TT>or <TT>d->SetParseDir(false);<br>
462 d->Load( fileName );<br>
465 <LI> User is now allowed to tell <TT>gdcm::Document</TT> constructor
466 he doesn't want to deal with <TT>SeqEntry</TT>
467 (every time it's possible, i.e for 'true length' Sequences) <br>
468 and/or he doesn't want to deal with <TT>Shadow groups</TT>
469 (every time it's possible i.e. when element <TT>0x0000</TT>
470 exists for this Group) <br>
471 or he doesn't want to deal with <TT>SeqEntry</TT> that belong to a
472 <TT>Shadow group</TT> (every time it's possible
473 -'true length' Sequence-)<br>
476 gdcm::File *f = new gdcm::File();
477 f->SetLoadMode(NO_SEQ); | depending on what
478 f->SetLoadMode(NO_SHADOW); | you want *not*
479 f->SetLoadMode(NO_SEQ | NO_SHADOW);| to load from the
480 f->SetLoadMode(NO_SHADOWSEQ); | target file
481 f->SetFileName(fileName);
484 <b>Don't</b> use any longer old deprecated style: <br>
486 gdcm::File *f = new gdcm::File(fileName);</TT> <br>
488 <LI> User is now allowed to tell <TT>gdcm::DicomDir</TT> constructor
489 he doesn't want to deal with <TT>SeqEntry</TT>
490 (every time it's possible, i.e for 'true length' Sequences) <br>
491 and/or he doesn't want to deal with <TT>Shadow groups</TT>
492 (every time it's possible i.e. when element <TT>0x0000</TT>
493 exists for this Group) <br>
494 or he doesn't want to deal with <TT>SeqEntry</TT> that belong to a
495 <TT>Shadow group</TT> (every time it's possible
496 -'true length' Sequence-)<br>
497 when he parses all the Dicom files within a given directory.<br>
500 gdcm::DicomDir *f = new gdcm::DicomDir();
501 f->SetLoadMode(NO_SEQ); | depending on what
502 f->SetLoadMode(NO_SHADOW); | you want *not*
503 f->SetLoadMode(NO_SEQ | NO_SHADOW);| to load from the files
504 f->SetLoadMode(NO_SHADOWSEQ); | within the root directory
505 f->SetDirectoryName(rootDirectoryName);
508 <b>Don't</b> use any longer old deprecated style: <br>
510 gdcm::DicomDir *dcmdir = new gdcm::DicomDir(dirName, true);</TT><br>
516 <LI> No more trouble when the 'endianess' switches within Sequences.
517 <LI> No more trouble with 'no length Sequences' belonging to a
518 <TT>Shadow Group</TT> when they are 'Implicit VR'.
519 <LI> The difference between <TT>MONOCHROME1</TT> (low values = bright,
520 high values = dark) and <TT>MONOCHROME2</TT> (low values = dark,
521 high values = bright) is now taken into account.<br>
522 It's no longer up to the user to change the pixels value
523 <LI> Writing a 'True Dicom' image after reading an <TT>ACR-NEMA</TT> image
524 does not request any longer from the user to build up
525 'manually' the Meta Elements group (<TT>0x0002</TT>)
526 <LI> Old '24 Bits' <TT>ACR-NEMA</TT> are now correctly re-written
527 in <TT>DICOM V3</TT> mode.
528 <LI> Element <TT>0x0000</TT> of <TT>Shadow groups</TT> is always forced to be a
529 <TT>ValEntry</TT> and its <TT>VR</TT> is forced to <TT>UL</TT>
533 <LI> A.P.I. breaking modifications (since previous version : <TT>1.0</TT>)
535 <LI> NEVER more API breaking modifications !!!
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551 <A CLASS="anchor" NAME="NewsVersion1_0">
552 <B>Version 1.0 (Feb 14 2005)</B></A>
558 <a href="Doc1.0/uml-gdcmV1.0.pdf">gdcm 1.0 UML Class Diagram</a> version.
559 <LI> <a href= "Doc1.0/html.user/index.html">User Documentation"</a>
560 <LI> <a href= "Doc1.0/html.developper/index.html">Developper
562 <LI> Final check of the jpeg sub-library: all 'classical' jpeg
563 compressed Dicom files can be read<br>
564 <LI>All the previously gdcm-breaker images are now readable<br>
565 <LI> A huge number of memory leaks removed
566 <LI> Improvement of write process
570 <LI> A.P.I. breaking modifications (since previous version : <TT>0.6</TT>)
572 <LI> Use of <TT> namespace</TT> : all the methods formerly named
573 <TT>className::gdcmXxx()</TT> are now named <TT>className::Xxx()</TT>
574 <br> End user will have to call them as <TT>gdcm::className::Xxx() </TT>
575 <LI> a <TT>gdcm::Document</TT> is now specialized in :
577 <LI> <TT>gdcm::DicomDir</TT>
578 <LI> <TT>gdcm::File</TT>
580 <LI> a <TT>gdcm::DicomElementSet</TT> is composed of a set of
581 <TT>gdcm::DicomDocEntry</TT>
582 <LI> a <TT>gdcm::DicomDocEntry</TT> can be :
584 <LI> a <TT>gdcm::ContentEntry</TT>, specialized in :
586 <LI> <TT>gdcm::ValEntry</TT>
587 <LI> <TT>gdcm::BinEntry</TT> (no longer a specialization of
588 <TT>gdcm::ValEntry</TT>)
590 <LI> a <TT>gdcm::SeqEntry</TT>
592 <LI> Removal of useless accessors <TT>GetXxxByname</TT>, <TT>SetXxxByname</TT>
593 <LI> Renaming of accessors <TT>GetXxxByNumber</TT>, <TT>SetXxxByNumber</TT>
596 <LI> <TT>GetEntryByNumber
597
598 --> GetEntryValue</TT>
599 <LI> <TT>GetEntryLengthByNumber --> GetEntryLength</TT>
600 <LI> <TT>GetEntryOffsetByNumber --> GetEntryOffset</TT>
601 <LI> <TT>GetEntryVRByNumber
602 --> GetEntryVR</TT>
604 <LI> <TT>GetDocEntryByNumber
605 --> GetDocEntry</TT>
606 <LI> <TT>GetValEntryByNumber
607 --> GetValEntry</TT>
608 <LI> <TT>GetBinEntryByNumber
609 --> GetBinEntry</TT>
610 <LI> <TT>GetSeqEntryByNumber
611 --> GetSeqEntry</TT>
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619 <A CLASS="anchor" NAME="NewsVersion0_6">
620 <B>Version 0.6 (June 8 2004)</B></A>
623 This version will be used by Insight Tool Kit
624 (<a href="http://www.itk.org">ITK</a> 2.0) at the beginning of 2005.<br>
625 It's not yet packaged ...<br><br>
626 <LI> <a href= "Doc0.6/html.user/index.html">User Documentation"</a>
627 <LI> <a href= "Doc0.6/html.developper/index.html">Developper Documentation"</a>
628 <LI> The new <TT>gdcmDocument</TT> class is a parent class of
629 <TT>gdcmHeader</TT> class and <TT>gdcmDicomDir</TT> class.
630 <LI> Massive modifications in the Class Diagram :
632 <LI> any dicom related file is a <TT>gdcmDocument</TT>
633 <LI> a <TT>gdcmDocument</TT> can be :
635 <LI> a <TT>gdcmHeader</TT>, if it contains pixel data
636 <LI> a <TT>gdcmDicomDir</TT>, if it contains only informations
637 on the files in a given directory
640 <LI> a <TT>gdcmDocument</TT> is_a <TT>gdcmElementSet</TT>,
641 composed of a set of <TT>gdcmEntry</TT> separated into :
643 <LI> <TT>gdcmValEntry</TT><br>
644 a specialization of <TT>gdcmValEntry</TT>, for 'non
645 <TT>std::string</TT> representable' values is
646 <TT>gdcmBinEntry</TT>
647 <LI> <TT>gdcmSeqEntry</TT> (VR = <TT>SQ</TT>, i.e Dicom Sequences)<br>
648 they are dealt as tree-like structures :<br>
649 - a <TT>gdcmSeqEntry</TT> is considered as a set
650 of <TT>gdcmSQItem</TT>,<br>
651 - a <TT>gdcmSQItem</TT> is_a <TT>gdcmElementSet</TT>, composed
652 of <TT>gdcmDocEntries</TT>, recursively <br>
655 <LI> Improvement of the jpeg sub-library: jpeg
656 compressed Dicom files (lossless and lossy)
657 might be read (check-it out)
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661 <HR size="1"><ADDRESS style="align: right;"></ADDRESS>
663 <A CLASS="anchor" NAME="NewsVersion0_4">
664 <B>Version 0.4 (February 6 2004)</B></A>
668 <LI> <a href="Doc0.4/uml-gdcmV0.4.pdf">gdcm 0.4 UML Class Diagram</a>.
669 <LI> <a href= "Doc0.4/html.user/index.html">User Documentation"</a>
670 <LI> <a href= "Doc0.4/html.developper/index.html">Developper Documentation </a>
672 <LI> Introduction of a jpeg sub-library: some very simple jpeg-lossy
673 compressed Dicom files might be working (check-it out).
674 <LI> And also, fewer memory leaks, cleaned-up stl usage (should work
675 with gcc-3.x), python disutil installer (see file setup.py)
676 supporting both Swig and vtk wrapping.
677 <LI> Introduction of a RLE (Run-Time Encoding) library
678 <LI> Color images (RGB or Palette Color) are dealt with
679 <LI> Confusing names <TT>gdcmPatient</TT>, <TT>gdcmStudy</TT>,
680 <TT>gdcmSerie</TT>, <TT>gdcmPatient</TT> changed to
681 <TT>gdcmDicomDirPatient</TT>, <TT>gdcmDicomDirStudy</TT>,
682 <TT>gdcmDicomDirSerie</TT>, <TT>gdcmDicomDirPatient</TT>
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689 <A CLASS="anchor" NAME="NewsVersion0_3">
690 <B>Version 0.3 (July 8 2003)</B></A>
693 <LI> <TT>gdcmFile</TT> class now enables acces to the data
694 i.e. the image[s] content. Previously only parsing of the
695 Dicom header was available through usage of <TT>gdcmHeader</TT>
697 <LI> a <A HREF="http://public.kitware.com/VTK/">VTK</A> plugin
698 of gdcm is now available through the <TT>vtkGdcmReader</TT>
699 vtk class (see it as a vtk wrapper of gdcm), which enables
701 <LI> Loading of a single image,
702 <LI> Loading of a stack of images from multiple Dicom files,
703 <LI> this class is wrapped for vtkPython (by using native vtk
706 <LI> Introduction of a jpeg sub-library: lossless-jpeg
707 compressed Dicom files work.
708 <LI> <TT>vtkgdcmViewer</TT> allows easy displaying of single/multiframe
709 GreyLevel/RGB/PaletteColor images
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715 <A CLASS="anchor" NAME="NewsVersion0_1">
716 <B>Version 0.1 (April 1 2003)</B></A>
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721 <A CLASS="anchor" name="NewsVersion0_1">
722 <B>Version 0.0 (March 14 2003)</B></A>
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