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17 <B>Current Version</B></A>
21 <LI> Final check of the jpeg sub-library: all kinds of jpeg
22 compressed Dicom files (but jpeg2000) can be read
23 <LI> Use of <TT> namespace</TT> : all the methods formerly called
24 <TT>className::gdcmXxx()</TT> are now called <TT>className::Xxx()</TT>
25 <LI> Removal of accessors <TT>GetXxxByname</TT>, <TT>SetXxxByname</TT>
26 and <TT>GetXxxByNumber</TT>, <TT>SetXxxByNumber</TT>
27 replaced by <TT>GetXxx</TT>, <TT>SetXxx</TT>
28 <LI> A huge number of memory leaks removed
29 <LI> All the previously gdcm-breaker images are now readable
30 <LI> Improvement of write process
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39 <B>Version 0.6 (June 8 2004)</B></A>
42 This version will be used by Insight Tool Kit
43 (<a href="http://www.itk.org">ITK</a> 2.0) at the beginning of 2005.<br>
44 It's not yet packaged ...<br><br>
45 <LI> The new <TT>gdcmDocument</TT> class is a parent class of
46 <TT>gdcmHeader</TT> class and <TT>gdcmDicomDir</TT> class.
47 <LI> Massive modifications in the Class Diagram :
49 <LI> Entries (<TT>gdcmEntry</TT>) are now separated into
50 <TT>ValEntry</TT> and <TT>SeqEntry</TT> (whose VR =
52 <LI> a <TT>gdcmDocument</TT> is_a <TT>gdcmElementSet</TT>,
53 composed of a set of <TT>gdcmValEntry</TT>
54 and <TT>gdcmSeqEntry</TT>
55 <LI> a <TT>gdcmSeqEntry</TT> is considered as a set
56 of <TT>gdcmSQItem</TT>
57 <LI> Dicom Sequences (VR = <TT>SQ</TT>) are now dealt as tree-like
58 structures within <TT>gdcmSQItem</TT> class.<br>
59 they are considered as a set of <TT>gdcmSQItem</TT>s
60 <LI> a <TT>gdcmSQItem</TT> is_a <TT>gdcmElementSet</TT>
62 <LI> Improvement of the jpeg sub-library: jpeg
63 compressed Dicom files (lossless and lossy)
64 might be read (check-it out)
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71 <B>Version 0.4 (February 6 2004)</B></A>
74 <LI> Introduction of a jpeg sub-library: some very simple jpeg-lossy
75 compressed Dicom files might be working (check-it out).
76 <LI> And also, fewer memory leaks, cleaned-up stl usage (should work
77 with gcc-3.x), python disutil installer (see file setup.py)
78 supporting both Swig and vtk wrapping.
79 <LI> Introduction of a RLE (Run-Time Encoding) library
80 <LI> Color images (RGB or Palette Color) are dealt with
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88 <B>Version 0.3 (July 8 2003)</B></A>
91 <LI> <TT>gdcmFile</TT> class now enables acces to the data
92 i.e. the image[s] content. Previously only parsing of the
93 Dicom header was available through usage of <TT>gdcmHeader</TT>
95 <LI> a <A HREF="http://public.kitware.com/VTK/">VTK</A> plugin
96 of gdcm is now available through the <TT>vtkGdcmReader</TT>
97 vtk class (see it as a vtk wrapper of gdcm), which enables
99 <LI> Loading of a single image,
100 <LI> Loading of a stack of images from multiple Dicom files,
101 <LI> this class is wrapped for vtkPython (by using native vtk
104 <LI> Introduction of a jpeg sub-library: lossless-jpeg
105 compressed Dicom files work.
106 <LI> <TT>vtkgdcmViewer</TT> allows easy displaying of single/multiframe
107 GreyLevel/RGB/PaletteColor images
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114 <B>Version 0.1 (April 1 2003)</B></A>
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120 <B>Version 0.0 (March 14 2003)</B></A>
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