<UL>
<LI> Decoders
<UL>
- <LI> gdcm doesn't read yet JPEG-LS and JPEG2000 encoded files.
- <LI> gdcm doesn't read yet MPEG encoded files.
+ <LI> gdcm doesn't read yet <TT>JPEG-LS</TT> encoded files.
+ <UL>
+ We said '<TT>JPEG-LS</TT>', not Lossless Jpeg ...<br>
+ [<TT>JPEG-LS</TT> is the basis for new lossless/near-lossless compression
+ standard for continuous-tone images intended for <TT>JPEG2000</TT>.
+ The standard is based on the LOCO-I algorithm
+ (LOw COmplexity LOssless COmpression for Images)
+ developed at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories]
+ </UL>
+ <LI> gdcm doesn't read yet all <TT>JPEG2000</TT> encoded files.
+ <UL>
+ But we are working on it (a lot of troubles with Jasper).
+ Update: as of Oct 10 2005, we are currently investigating another library:
+ openjpeg. The problem still exist for this library but one of the author
+ is currently working on it:
+ http://www.openjpeg.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18
+ </UL>
+ <LI> gdcm doesn't read yet <TT>MPEG2</TT> encoded files.
+
</UL>
-<LI>Reader
+ <LI>Reader
<UL>
<LI> Allow user to tell <TT>gdcm::Document</TT> constructor he just wants
to load a given list of <TT>DocEntries</TT>
(to save CPU time and RAM space)
- <LI> Allow 'frame by frame' reading (should be helpfull for huge multiframe
-images)
+ <LI> Allow 'frame by frame' reading (should be helpfull for huge
+ multiframe images)
+ <LI> Allow subvolume selection / frames selection before reading.
<LI> Expose Read/Decompression mechanisms to allow user getting
information from <tt>DICOMDIR</TT> <br> -or from his own Data Base-
and reading his images without parsing
<LI> Full <TT>Icon Image</TT> management (Read and Write)
<LI> Full <TT>Overlays</TT> management (Read and Write) <br>
both for '<TT>ACR-NEMA</TT> style' (using groups <TT>0x6000</TT>
- and nexts) and '<TT>DICOM V3</TT> style' (using Sequences)
+ and next) and '<TT>DICOM V3</TT> style' (using Sequences)
</UL>
<LI> <TT>DICOMDIR</TT>
<UL>
entries)to the default entry list, before
making a <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> from a root directory
<LI> Allow user to add an entry of his owns (for instance an <TT>Icon</TT>
- to each image, or to each Serie.
+ to each image, or to each Serie).
</UL>
<LI> SerieHelper
<UL>
<LI> 16-bits-LUT full Management
<LI> User friendly management of <TT>Rescale Slope</TT> and
<TT>Rescale Intercept</TT>
- <LI> Allow parsing the <TT>Shadow groups</TT> against a user supplied
- private <TT>Dicom Dictionary</TT> (pfff!...)
+ <LI> Allow manual adjunction / automatic recognition (pfff!...)
+ of the private <TT>Dicom Dictionary</TT>
+ to be used to parse <TT>Shadow groups</TT> against.
+ <LI> User friendly way of anonymizing image when Patient's name is
+ carved in the Pixels :-(
</UL>
</UL>
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<H2>
<A CLASS="anchor" NAME="NewsCurrentVersion">
- <B>Current Version</B></A>
+ <B>Current Version (CVS)</B></A>
<B></B></A>
</H2>
<UL>
+ <LI> <A HREF="News.html#missing">Missing Features</a>
<LI>State of the art
<UL>
<LI>
<a href="uml-gdcm.pdf">gdcm UML Class Diagram</a> current version.
+ <LI> <a href= "Doc1.2/html.user/index.html">User Documentation</a>
+ <LI> <a href= "Doc1.2/html.developper/index.html">Developper
+ Documentation</a>
+ <LI> New Features
+ <UL>
+ <LI> Stupid difference between <TT>gdcm::ValEntry</TT>
+ and <TT>gdcm::BinEntry</TT> removed. <br>
+ Only <TT>gdcm::DataEntry</TT> exist, now.
+ Should have been considered as a 'Bug Fix'.<br>
+ Actually, it's an API breaking modification ...
+ <LI> SerieHelper : <br>
+ Add some methods, to split a 'SingleSerieUID' Fileset into
+ 'Extra Coherent' FileSets. <br>
+ They return a std::map of 'Filesets' (actually : std::vector
+ of gdcm::File*)<br>
+ The key is the 'Orientation', the 'Position'
+ or the value of a user choosen 'Tag' <br>
+ - XCoherentFileSetmap SplitOnOrientation(FileList *fileSet); <br>
+ - XCoherentFileSetmap SplitOnPosition(FileList *fileSet); <br>
+ - XCoherentFileSetmap SplitOnTagValue(FileList *fileSet,
+ uint16_t group, uint16_t element); <br>
+ These methods must be called by user, depending on what he wants
+ to do, at application time.- *he* only knows what his Series
+ contain !-
+ <LI>
+ <LI>
+ </UL>
+
+ <LI> API breaking modifications (since previous version)
+ <UL>
+ <LI> Stupid difference between <TT>gdcm::ValEntry</TT>
+ and <TT>gdcm::BinEntry</TT> removed. <br>
+ Only <TT>gdcm::DataEntry</TT> exist, now. <br>
+ <LI>
+ <LI>
+ </UL>
+
+ <LI> Bug fixes
+ <UL>
+ <LI> Implicit VR - Big Endian (G.E Private) Transfert Syntax 16 Bits
+ images are now read correctly.
+ <LI> File::GetZOrigin() returns accurate result in any case.
+ <LI>
+ <LI>
+ </UL>
+
+ <LI> Known Bugs
+ <UL>
+ <LI> Use of <TT>Implicit Value Representation</TT> writting mode may
+ causes troubles, when there are some <TT>SQ</TT> belonging to a
+ <TT>Shadow Group</TT>. <br>
+ Better you use <TT>Explicit Value Representation</TT> writting mode ...
+ <LI> Troubles on 'Big endian' processors (i.e. Apple/Motorola, SunSparc
+ ...) when writting 16 Bits images.
+ <LI> Troubles on 64-bits processors.
+ <LI>
<LI>
</UL>
+
+ <br><br>
+ </UL>
+
+
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+<H2>
+ <A CLASS="anchor" NAME="NewsVersion1_1">
+ <B>Version 1.1 (September 14 2005)</B></A>
+</H2>
+ <LI>State of the art
+ <UL>
+ <LI>
+ <a href="Doc1.0/uml-gdcmV1.0.pdf">gdcm 1.1 UML Class Diagram</a> version.
+ <LI> <a href= "Doc1.0/html.user/index.html">User Documentation</a>
+ <LI> <a href= "Doc1.0/html.developper/index.html">Developper
+ Documentation</a>
<LI> New Features
<UL>
- <LI>Both <TT>vtkgdcmViewer</TT> and <TT>vtkgdcmViewer2</TT>
- are available to allow easy displaying of single/multiframe
- GreyLevel/RGB/PaletteColor images
+ <LI> Add the methods
+ <TT>gdcm::Dict:AddDict(std::string fullPathPrivateDictionaryFileName)</TT>
+ <br>and<br>
+ <TT>gdcm::Dict::RemoveDict(std::string fullPathPrivateDictionaryFileName)</TT>
+ <br>
+ to allow user to choose the 'Private Dictionary' he wants to work with.
+ <br>
+ One can dream about a better API;<br>
+ This one allow right now anybody to see very easyly if the use
+ of a given private dicom dictionary is of any help or not.
+ <br><br>
+ <LI>
+ <TT>PrintFile</TT> has now a new command line argument manager option :<br>
+ <TT>dict=fullPathNamePrivateDictionaryFile</TT><br>
+ to allow user to see with no extra coding what differences
+ makes the use or not of a private Dicom Dictionary.<br>
+ e.g. : use it as follow <br>
+ <TT>PrintFile filein=myGEdicomFile.dcm
+ dict=/user/userName/gdcm/Dicts/GEMS-Advance.dic</TT>
+ <br><br>
+ <LI>
+ (Not a great one ...)
+ Stupid method names : <br><TT>DicomDir::WriteDicomDir()</TT>
+ and <TT>DicomDir::AnonymizeDicomDir()</TT> <br>replaced by : <br>
+ <TT>DicomDir::Write()</TT>
+ and <TT>DicomDir::Anonymize()</TT>
+ <br><br>
+ <LI><TT>
+ void Document::AddForceLoadElement(uint16_t group, uint16_t elem);
+ </TT><br>
+ allows user to tell <TT>gdcm::Document</TT> Loader he wants
+ to force the loading of a given set of <TT>DocEntries</TT>,
+ even if their length exceeds the current
+ <TT>MAX_SIZE_LOAD_ELEMENT_VALUE</TT>.
+ <br><br>
+ <LI>
+ Many users expect from <TT>vtkGdcmReader</TT> it 'orders' the images
+ (that's the job of <TT>gdcm::SerieHelper</TT> ...)<br>
+ When user <b>knows</b> the files with same Serie UID
+ have same sizes, same 'pixel' type, same color convention, ...
+ the right way to proceed is as follow :
+ <pre>
+ gdcm::SerieHelper *sh= new gdcm::SerieHelper();
+ // if user wants *not* to load some parts of the file headers
+ sh->SetLoadMode(loadMode);
+
+ // if user wants *not* to load some files
+ sh->AddRestriction(group, element, value, operator);
+ sh->AddRestriction( ...
+ sh->SetDirectory(directoryWithImages);
+
+ // if user *knows* how to order his files
+ sh->SetUserLessThanFunction(userSuppliedComparisonFunction);
+ // or/and
+ // if user wants to sort reverse order
+ sh->SetSortOrderToReverse();
+
+ // here, we suppose only the first 'Single SerieUID' Fileset is of interest
+ // Just iterate using sh->NextSingleSerieUIDFileSet()
+ // if you want to get all of them
+ gdcm::FileList *l = sh->GetFirstSingleSerieUIDFileSet();
+
+ // if user is doesn't trust too much the files with same Serie UID
+ if ( !sh->IsCoherent(l) )
+ return; // not same sizes, or not same 'pixel type' -> stop
+
+ sh->OrderFileList(l); // sort the list
+
+ vtkGdcmReader *reader = vtkGdcmReader::New();
+ // if user wants to modify pixel order (Mirror, TopDown, ...)
+ // he has to supply the function that does the job
+ // (a *very* simple example is given in vtkgdcmSerieViewer.cxx)
+ reader->SetUserFunction (userSuppliedFunction);
+
+ // to pass a 'Single SerieUID' Fileset as produced by gdcm::SerieHelper
+ reader->SetCoherentFileList(l);
+ reader->Update();
+ </pre>
+ You can see a full example in <TT>vtk/vtkgdcmSerieViewer.cxx</TT><br>
+ e.g.<br>
+
+ <TT>vtkgdcmSerieViewer dirname=Dentist mirror</TT><br>
+ <TT>vtkgdcmSerieViewer dirname=Dentist reverse</TT><br>
+ <TT>vtkgdcmSerieViewer dirname=Dentist reverse topdown</TT><br>
+ </pre>
+ <br>
+
+ <LI> <TT>vtkGdcmReader::SetUserFunction (userSuppliedFunction)</TT><br>
+ with :<br>
+ <TT>void userSuppliedFunction(uint8_t *imageData, File *f);</TT><br>
+ allows user to reorganize the pixels of each image just after reading
+ it (to mirror, or topdown the image, for instance)<br>
+ Note : <TT>uint8_t *</TT> doesn't mean it works only on 8 Bits images.
+ <br> It's for prototyping. Feel free to cast it.
+ <br><br>
+ <LI> <TT>
+ SerieHelper::SetUserLessThanFunction(userSuppliedComparisonFunction)
+ </TT><br> with : <br>
+ <TT>bool userSuppliedComparisonFunction(File *, File *);</TT><br>
+ allows user -when he knows more about his files than gdcm does-
+ to give his own comparison function.
+ <LI> <TT>SerieHelper::SetSortOrderToReverse</TT> allows user to ask
+ to sort the Files reverse order.
+ <LI> <TT>SerieHelper::AddRestriction</TT> has now a new constructor<br>
+ <TT>AddRestriction(group, element, value, operator);</TT><br>
+ allows user to exclude some files from the sorting, according to
+ any comparison operator <br>
+ (<TT>GDCM_EQUAL</TT>, <TT>GDCM_DIFFERENT</TT>,
+ <TT>GDCM_GREATER</TT>, <TT>GDCM_GREATEROREQUAL</TT>,
+ <TT>GDCM_LESS</TT>, <TT>GDCM_LESSOREQUAL</TT>), not only on the
+ equality.
+ <br><br>
+ <LI> <TT>AnonymizeNoLoad</TT> used with <TT>dirin=inputDirectoryName</TT>
+ anonymizes all the files within the given Directory.
+ <br>
+ User may also choose extra elements he wants to rub out: <br>
+ <TT>rubout=listOfElementsToRubOut</TT><br>
+ with <tt>listOfElementsToRubOut : group1-elem1,group2-elem2,
+ ...</TT> (in hexa, no space within the list )
+ <br><br>
+ <LI> <TT>gdcm::SerieHelper()</TT> has a new method
+ <TT>void AddGdcmFile(File *header)</TT>, that allows aware user to
+ create a '<TT>FileList</TT>' (actually a
+ <TT>std::vector< File* > </TT>).<br>
+ The <TT>FileList</TT> created this way will be the
+ 'first one' in the <TT>gdcm::FileHelper()</TT> (retrieve it with
+ <TT>FileList *GetFirstCoherentFileList()</TT> ).<br>
+ It may be sorted using <TT>OrderFileList</TT>.<br>
+ No 'coherence check' will be performed on this <TT>FileList</TT>
+ before sorting.<br>
+ It may be passed to a <TT>vtkGdcmReader</TT>
+ (to avoid parsing twice the files)
+ <br><br>
+ <LI> <TT>vtkGdcmReader</TT> can now get the result of
+ <TT>gdcm::SerieHelper</TT> (to avoid parsing twice the files)<br>
+ Proceed as follow :<br>
+ <pre>
+ gdcmSerieHelper *sh = new gdcmSerieHelper();
+ sh->SetDirectory(myImageDirectory, true);
+ gdcmFileList *l = s->GetFirstCoherentFileList();
+ s->OrderFileList(l);
+
+ vtkGdcmReader *gr = new vtkGdcmReader();
+ gr->SetCoherentFileList(l);
+ gr->Update();
+ </pre>
+ This works with a directory that contains only one '<TT>Serie</TT>'
+ (same <TT>Serie UID</TT> for all the images).<br>
+ If it contains more than one <TT>Serie</TT>, you'll have to loop
+ on the Series, using <TT>GetNextCoherentFileList()</TT>;<br>
+ It will be up to the user to delete the <TT>gdcm::File</TT>.
+ <br><br>
+ See <TT>vtkgdcmSerieViewer</TT> for an example.
+ <br><br>
+ <LI> Both <TT>vtkgdcmViewer</TT> and <TT>vtkgdcmViewer2</TT>
+ are available to allow easy displaying of single/multiframe
+ GreyLevel/RGB/PaletteColor images<br><br>
<LI> <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> anonymiser (<TT>Load</TT> and <TT>Noload</TT> mode)
+ <br><br>
+ <LI> Because the <TT>gdcm::DicomDir::Load()</TT> method may be used
+ either for loading an already made <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> file or for
+ parsing all the dicom files with a given root directory we
+ syntaxically separated the operations: <br>
+ For loading an already made <TT>DICOMDIR</TT> file, use : <br>
+ <pre>
+ gdcm::DicomDir *d = new gdcm::DicomDir();
+ d->SetFileName(fileName);
+ d->Load( );
+ </pre>
+
+ For parsing all the dicom files within a given root directory, use :<br>
+ <pre>
+ gdcm::DicomDir *d = new gdcm::DicomDir();
+ d->SetDirectoryName(dirName);
+ d->Load( )
+ </pre>
+
+ <b>Don't</b> use any longer old deprecated style: <br>
+ <TT>
+ gdcm::DicomDir *d = new gdcm::DicomDir();<br>
+ d->SetParseDir(true); // </TT>or <TT>d->SetParseDir(false);<br>
+ d->Load( fileName );<br>
+ </TT>
+ <br>
<LI> User is now allowed to tell <TT>gdcm::Document</TT> constructor
- he doesn't want to deal with <TT>SeqEntry</TT>
- (every time it's possible) <br> and/or he doesn't
- want to deal with <TT>Shadow groups</TT> (every time it's
- possible)<br>
- use : <br><TT>
- gdcm::File *f = new gdcm::File();<br>
- f->SetLoadMode(NO_SEQ | NO_SHADOW);<br>
- f->Load(fileName);<br>
- </TT>
- instead of : <br>
+ he doesn't want to deal with <TT>SeqEntry</TT>
+ (every time it's possible, i.e for 'true length' Sequences) <br>
+ and/or he doesn't want to deal with <TT>Shadow groups</TT>
+ (every time it's possible i.e. when element <TT>0x0000</TT>
+ exists for this Group) <br>
+ or he doesn't want to deal with <TT>SeqEntry</TT> that belong to a
+ <TT>Shadow group</TT> (every time it's possible
+ -'true length' Sequence-)<br>
+ use : <br>
+ <pre>
+ gdcm::File *f = new gdcm::File();
+ f->SetLoadMode(NO_SEQ); | depending on what
+ f->SetLoadMode(NO_SHADOW); | you want *not*
+ f->SetLoadMode(NO_SEQ | NO_SHADOW);| to load from the
+ f->SetLoadMode(NO_SHADOWSEQ); | target file
+ f->SetFileName(fileName);
+ f->Load( );
+ </pre>
+ <b>Don't</b> use any longer old deprecated style: <br>
<TT>
gdcm::File *f = new gdcm::File(fileName);</TT> <br>
- (old style still available)
-
+ <br>
<LI> User is now allowed to tell <TT>gdcm::DicomDir</TT> constructor
- he doesn't want to deal with <TT>SeqEntry</TT>
- (every time it's possible) <br> and/or he doesn't
- want to deal with <TT>Shadow groups</TT> (every time it's
- possible)<br>
- use : <br><TT>
- gdcm::DicomDir *dcmdir = new gdcm::DicomDir( );<br>
- dcmdir->SetParseDir(true);<br>
- dcmdir->SetLoadMode(NO_SEQ | NO_SHADOW);<br>
- dcmdir->Load(dirName);<br>
- </TT>
- instead of : <br>
+ he doesn't want to deal with <TT>SeqEntry</TT>
+ (every time it's possible, i.e for 'true length' Sequences) <br>
+ and/or he doesn't want to deal with <TT>Shadow groups</TT>
+ (every time it's possible i.e. when element <TT>0x0000</TT>
+ exists for this Group) <br>
+ or he doesn't want to deal with <TT>SeqEntry</TT> that belong to a
+ <TT>Shadow group</TT> (every time it's possible
+ -'true length' Sequence-)<br>
+ when he parses all the Dicom files within a given directory.<br>
+ use : <br>
+ <pre>
+ gdcm::DicomDir *f = new gdcm::DicomDir();
+ f->SetLoadMode(NO_SEQ); | depending on what
+ f->SetLoadMode(NO_SHADOW); | you want *not*
+ f->SetLoadMode(NO_SEQ | NO_SHADOW);| to load from the files
+ f->SetLoadMode(NO_SHADOWSEQ); | within the root directory
+ f->SetDirectoryName(rootDirectoryName);
+ f->Load( );
+ </pre>
+ <b>Don't</b> use any longer old deprecated style: <br>
<TT>
gdcm::DicomDir *dcmdir = new gdcm::DicomDir(dirName, true);</TT><br>
- (old style still available)
- <LI>
+ <br>
</UL>
<LI> Bug fixes
<UL>
+ <LI> No more trouble when the 'endianess' switches within Sequences.
+ <LI> No more trouble with 'no length Sequences' belonging to a
+ <TT>Shadow Group</TT> when they are 'Implicit VR'.
<LI> The difference between <TT>MONOCHROME1</TT> (low values = bright,
high values = dark) and <TT>MONOCHROME2</TT> (low values = dark,
high values = bright) is now taken into account.<br>
It's no longer up to the user to change the pixels value
<LI> Writing a 'True Dicom' image after reading an <TT>ACR-NEMA</TT> image
does not request any longer from the user to build up
- 'manually' the Meta Elements group (<TT>Ox0002</TT>)
+ 'manually' the Meta Elements group (<TT>0x0002</TT>)
<LI> Old '24 Bits' <TT>ACR-NEMA</TT> are now correctly re-written
in <TT>DICOM V3</TT> mode.
<LI> Element <TT>0x0000</TT> of <TT>Shadow groups</TT> is always forced to be a
<TT>ValEntry</TT> and its <TT>VR</TT> is forced to <TT>UL</TT>
- <LI>
+ <br><br>
</UL>
<LI> A.P.I. breaking modifications (since previous version : <TT>1.0</TT>)
<UL>
<LI> NEVER more API breaking modifications !!!
-
+ <br><br>
</UL>
<LI> Known bugs
<UL>
- <LI> Use of <TT>Implicit Value Representation</TT> writting mode may
- causes troubles, when there are some <TT>SQ</TT> belonging to a
- <TT>Shadow Group</TT>. <br>
- Better you use <TT>Explicit Value Representation</TT> writting mode ...
+
</UL>
</UL>
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