+<H2>
+ <A CLASS="anchor" NAME="NewsCurrentVersion">
+ <B>Current Version</B></A>
+ <B></B></A>
+</H2>
+<UL>
+ <LI>State of the art
+ <UL>
+ <LI> Final check of the jpeg sub-library: all 'classical' jpeg
+ compressed Dicom files can be read<br>
+ <LI>All the previously gdcm-breaker images are now readable<br>
+ <LI> A huge number of memory leaks removed
+ <LI> Improvement of write process
+ </UL>
+ <LI> New Features
+<UL>
+ <LI>
+ <LI>
+</UL>
+
+ <LI> A.P.I. breaking modifications (since previous version)
+ <UL>
+ <LI> Use of <TT> namespace</TT> : all the methods formerly called
+ <TT>className::gdcmXxx()</TT> are now called <TT>className::Xxx()</TT>
+ <LI> Removal of accessors <TT>GetXxxByname</TT>, <TT>SetXxxByname</TT>
+ and <TT>GetXxxByNumber</TT>, <TT>SetXxxByNumber</TT>
+ replaced by <TT>GetXxx</TT>, <TT>SetXxx</TT>
+ <LI> a <TT>gdcm::Document</TT> is now specialized
+ in <TT>gdcm::DicomDir</TT> and <TT>gdcm::File</TT>
+ </UL>
+
+ <LI> Missing features
+ <UL>
+ <LI> gdcm doesn't read yet JPEG-LS and JPEG2000 encoded files.
+ <LI> Allow user to tell <TT>gdcm::Document</TT> constructor he doesn't
+ want to deal with <TT>SeqEntry</TT (every time it's possible)
+ <LI> Allow user to tell <TT>gdcm::Document</TT> constructor he doesn't
+ want to deal with Shadow groups
+ <LI> Allow user to tell the Writer he doesn't want to write down
+ <TT>SeqEntry</TT> (if any)
+ <LI> Allow user to tell the Writer he doesn't want to write down
+ Shadow groups (if any)
+ <LI> <TT>Icon Image</TT> management (Read and Write)
+ <LI> <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> full management (not limited to
+ <TT> PATIENT</TT>/<TT>STUDY</TT>/<TT>SERIE</TT>/<TT>IMAGE</TT>)
+ <LI> Allow user to add an Entry to the default entry list, for
+ making a <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> from a root directory
+ <LI> 16-bits-LUT full Management
+ <LI> User friendly management of <TT>Rescale Slope</TT> and
+ <TT>Rescale Intercept</TT>
+ <LI> Allow parsing the Shadow groups against a user supplied
+ Private Dicom Dictionary (pfff!...)
+ <LI> An accurate <TT>SerieHelper</TT>
+ </UL>
+
+ <LI> Known bugs
+ <UL>
+ <LI> <TT>DocEntrySet::InsertSeqEntry</TT> never used, never checked ...
+ <LI> The difference between <TT>MONOCHROME1</TT> and <TT>MONOCHROME2</TT>
+ is not taken into account. It's up to the user to change the pixels
+ value
+ <LI> Writing a 'True Dicom' image after reading an ACR-NEMA image resquest
+ from the user to build up 'manually' the Meta Elements group (0002)
+ </UL>
+</UL>
+
+
+<br>
+<pre>
+For people who get this new release :
+
+We consider now that :
+- any dicom related file is a gdcm::Document.
+- a gdcm::Document can be :
+ - a gdcm::File, if it contains pixel data,
+ - a gdcm::DicomDir, if it contains only informations
+ on the files in a given directory
+
+- in a gdcm::Document, there are gdcm::DocEntry, that can be :
+ - gdcm::ContentEntry (any entry that has an actual value,
+ *not* an embedded set of other gdcm::DocEntry)
+ a gdcm::ContentEntry can be :
+ - gdcm::ValEntry (whose value is std::string representable
+ e.g. character values, or integers),
+ - gdcm::BinEntry (whose value is not std::string representable
+ e.g. color palettes, overlays, icons , ...)
+ - gdcm::Sequence (no proper 'value', but a set of gdcm::SQItems,
+ composed of a set of gdc::DocEntry, recursively)
+
+- in a gdcm::DicomDir, we only deal, hierarchically, with :
+ - gdcmPatient
+ - gdcmStudy
+ - gdcmSerie
+ - gdcmImage
+</pre>
+You can see <a href="uml-gdcm.pdf">gdcm UML Class Diagram</a>
+
+
+
+
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+<HR size="1"><ADDRESS style="align: right;"></ADDRESS>
+<H2>
+ <A CLASS="anchor" NAME="NewsVersion0_6">
+ <B>Version 0.6 (June 8 2004)</B></A>
+</H2>
+<UL>
+ This version will be used by Insight Tool Kit
+ (<a href="http://www.itk.org">ITK</a> 1.10) at the beginning of 2005.<br>
+ It's not yet packaged ...<br><br>
+ <LI> The new <TT>gdcmDocument</TT> class is a parent class of
+ <TT>gdcmHeader</TT> class and <TT>gdcmDicomDir</TT> class.
+ <LI> Massive modifications in the Class Diagram :
+ <UL>
+ <LI> Entries (<TT>gdcmEntry</TT>) are now separated into
+ <TT>ValEntry</TT> and <TT>SeqEntry</TT> (whose VR =
+ <TT>SQ</TT>)
+ <LI> a <TT>gdcmDocument</TT> is_a <TT>gdcmElementSet</TT>,
+ composed of a set of <TT>gdcmValEntry</TT>
+ and <TT>gdcmSeqEntry</TT>
+ <LI> a <TT>gdcmSeqEntry</TT> is considered as a set
+ of <TT>gdcmSQItem</TT>
+ <LI> Dicom Sequences (VR = <TT>SQ</TT>) are now dealt as tree-like
+ structures within <TT>gdcmSQItem</TT> class.<br>
+ they are considered as a set of <TT>gdcmSQItem</TT>s
+ <LI> a <TT>gdcmSQItem</TT> is_a <TT>gdcmElementSet</TT>
+ </UL>
+ <LI> Improvement of the jpeg sub-library: jpeg
+ compressed Dicom files (lossless and lossy)
+ might be read (check-it out)
+</UL>