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<LI> Decoders
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- <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 JPEG-LS encoded files.
+ <UL>
+ We said 'JPEG-LS', not Lossless Jpeg ...<br>
+ [JPEG-LS is the basis for new lossless/near-lossless compression
+ standard for continuous-tone images intended for JPEG2000.
+ 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 JPEG2000 encoded files.
+ <UL>
+ But we are working on it.
+ </UL>
+ <LI> gdcm doesn't read yet MPEG2 encoded files.
+ <UL>
+ But we are working on it.
+ </UL>
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<LI>Reader
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<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
<TT>Shadow groups</TT> (if any)
<LI> Allow user to tell the Writer which compression mode he wants<br>
(Right now, no one is available)
+ <LI> Allow user to tell the Writer he wants to split a
+ <TT>Multiframe</TT> image into a serie of
+ <TT>Single frame</TT> images.
+ <LI> Allow user to tell the Writer he wants to agregate a
+ Serie of <TT>Single frame</TT> images into a
+ <TT>Multiframe</TT> image.
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<LI>Reader / Writer
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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).
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<LI> SerieHelper
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<LI> Known bugs
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- <LI>
+ <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 ...
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- <LI> Sample Data
- <UL>
- Get a <a href="gdcmData.tar.gz">gzipped tarball</a> of sample data
- (warning : 185 Megabytes ...)
- </UL>
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