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</H2>
<UL>
- <LI> Final check of the jpeg sub-library: all 'classical' jpeg
+ <LI>State of the art
+ <UL>
+ <LI> Final check of the jpeg sub-library: all 'classical' jpeg
compressed Dicom files can be read<br>
- All the previously gdcm-breaker images are now readable<br>
- gdcm doesn't read yet JPEG-LS and JPEG2000 encoded files.
- <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 gdcm::Document is now specialized in gdcm::DicomDir and gdcm::File
- <LI> A huge number of memory leaks removed
- <LI> Improvement of write process
+ <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 :
- 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::ValEntry (whose value is std::string representable
- i.e. character values, or integers),
- - gdcm::BinEntry (whose value is not std::string representable
- i.e. color palettes, overlays, icons , ...)
+ - 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, hierachically, with :
+
+- 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>