From: frog <frog>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 17:56:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject:       * Eventually, python/gdcmPython was renamed to gdcmPython. This
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  * Eventually, python/gdcmPython was renamed to gdcmPython. This
        was done in a last ditch attempt to get setup.py _really_
        operationnal. The python/gdcmPython layaout add the advantage
        of hidding away the python related distutils specific files
        (MANIFEST.in, setup.py, distutils*.py...) from the main directory.
        Alas, the src directory was out of scope (i.e. it's relative
        position to setup.py was ../src) which made things impossible to
        handle (see previous version of python/setup.py). Crossing fingers...
---

diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index b1a0530f..ed19bc64 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ configure
 libtool
 ltmain.sh
 aclocal.m4
+*.pyc
+build
+dist
+MANIFEST
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 794a35e9..efd55ecf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2003-03-03 Eric Boix <Eric.Boix@creatis.insa-lyon.fr>
+      * Eventually, python/gdcmPython was renamed to gdcmPython. This
+        was done in a last ditch attempt to get setup.py _really_
+        operationnal. The python/gdcmPython layaout add the advantage
+        of hidding away the python related distutils specific files
+        (MANIFEST.in, setup.py, distutils*.py...) from the main directory.
+        Alas, the src directory was out of scope (i.e. it's relative
+        position to setup.py was ../src) which made things impossible to
+        handle (see previous version of python/setup.py). Crossing fingers...
+
 2003-02-20 Eric Boix <Eric.Boix@creatis.insa-lyon.fr>
       * python/setup.py now works on Un*x. (harder than I thougth)
       * python/distutilsSwigCPlusPlus.py can now have include files
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d995412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include distutilsSwigCPlusPlus.py
+recursive-include src *.h
+recursive-include Dicts *.dic
+recursive-include Data *.*
diff --git a/distutilsSwigCPlusPlus.py b/distutilsSwigCPlusPlus.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..733e039d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distutilsSwigCPlusPlus.py
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
+from distutils.core import Extension
+from types import ListType
+import os
+
+class mybuild_ext(build_ext):
+	"""
+	This distutils command is meant to be used with MyExtension extension, which
+	defines a swig_include attribute.
+	"""
+	build_ext.user_options.append(('swig-include=','S',
+											 "list of directories for swig to search in" +
+											 "for header files"))
+											 
+	def initialize_options (self):
+		build_ext.initialize_options(self)
+		self.swig_include = None
+		
+	def finalize_options (self):
+		build_ext.finalize_options(self)
+		if self.swig_include!=None:
+			self.swig_include=self.swig_include.split(":")
+	
+	def build_extension(self, ext):
+		# command-line arguments prevail over extension arguments
+		# but if no command-line argument is defined, extension argument is
+		# taken into account
+		if self.swig_include==None:self.swig_include=ext.swig_include
+		if self.swig_cpp==None:self.swig_cpp=ext.swig_cpp
+				
+		build_ext.build_extension(self,ext)
+	
+	def swig_sources (self, sources):
+
+		"""Walk the list of source files in 'sources', looking for SWIG
+		interface (.i) files.  Run SWIG on all that are found, and
+		return a modified 'sources' list with SWIG source files replaced
+		by the generated C (or C++) files.
+		"""
+
+		new_sources = []
+		swig_sources = []
+		swig_targets = {}
+
+		# XXX this drops generated C/C++ files into the source tree, which
+		# is fine for developers who want to distribute the generated
+		# source -- but there should be an option to put SWIG output in
+		# the temp dir.
+
+		## Modified lines (compared to buil_exts.wig_sources original method)
+		if self.swig_cpp:
+			target_ext = '_wrap.cpp'
+		else:
+			target_ext = '_wrap.c'
+		## End of modification
+
+		for source in sources:
+			(base, ext) = os.path.splitext(source)
+			if ext == ".i":             # SWIG interface file
+				new_sources.append(base + target_ext)
+				swig_sources.append(source)
+				swig_targets[source] = new_sources[-1]
+			elif ext == ".h":
+				continue
+			else:
+				new_sources.append(source)
+
+		if not swig_sources:
+			return new_sources
+
+		swig = self.find_swig()
+		
+		## Modified lines (compared to buil_exts.wig_sources original method)
+		swig_cmd = [swig, "-python"]
+		if self.swig_cpp:
+			swig_cmd.append("-c++")
+
+		if self.swig_include:
+			for pth in self.swig_include:
+				swig_cmd.append("-I%s"%pth)
+		## End of modification
+
+		for source in swig_sources:
+			target = swig_targets[source]
+			self.announce("swigging %s to %s" % (source, target))
+			self.spawn(swig_cmd + ["-o", target, source])
+			print swig_cmd + ["-o", target, source]
+			## Modified lines (compared to buil_exts.wig_sources original method)
+	      # When swig generated some shadow classes, place them under
+	      # self.build_lib (the build directory for Python source).
+			import string
+			swig_shadow = string.split(os.path.basename(source), ".")[0]
+			swig_shadow = swig_shadow + '.py'
+			infile      = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(source), swig_shadow)
+			if os.path.isfile(infile):
+				outfile = [self.build_lib, self.distribution.get_name()]
+				outfile.append(swig_shadow)
+				outfile = apply(os.path.join, outfile)
+				self.copy_file(infile, outfile, preserve_mode=0)
+			## End of modification
+	
+		return new_sources
+
+class MyExtension(Extension):
+	"""
+	This class extends basic distutils Extension class, adding two keyword 
+	arguments :
+		* swig_cpp, which triggers -c++ mode when swigging
+		* swig_include, which specifies -I flag when swigging
+	This class is meant to be build with mybuild_ext distutils command.
+	"""
+	def __init__(self,swig_include=None,swig_cpp=None,**args):
+		Extension.__init__(self,**args)
+		
+		assert ((swig_include==None or type(swig_include) is ListType),
+				  "swig_include must be a list of strings")
+				  
+		self.swig_include = swig_include or []
+		self.swig_cpp = swig_cpp
+
+"""
+Example of use of these classes in distutils setup method :
+
+from Transfert.tcDistUtils import mybuild_ext,MyExtension
+setup(name="xxx",
+		version="X.Y",
+		description="blah blah blah",
+		author="John Doe",
+		author_email="i.hate@spam.com",
+		url="http://www.fakeurl.com",
+		packages=["yyy"],		
+		cmdclass={'build_ext':mybuild_ext}, # redirects default build_ext
+		ext_modules=[MyExtension(name="src/xxx, # instance of our Extension class
+										 sources=["src/xxx.cpp",
+									  				 "src/xxx.i"],
+										 include_dirs=["/usr/include/python2.1",
+										 					"/usr/include/vtk"],
+										 libraries=["vtkGraphics"],
+										 swig_cpp=1, # C++ support
+										 swig_include=["src"] # SWIG include dirs
+										)
+						]
+		)
+		
+and then run "python setup.py build"...
+"""
diff --git a/gdcmPython/.cvsignore b/gdcmPython/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b797954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdcmPython/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+gdcm.py
+*.pyc
+gdcm_wrap.cpp
+gdcm_wrap.cxx
+gdcm_wrap.doc
diff --git a/gdcmPython/Makefile b/gdcmPython/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cde6e854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdcmPython/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+.SECONDARY:
+
+SWIG = swig
+SWIGFLAGS= -python -c++
+
+TARGET=_gdcm.so
+
+GDCMDIR=../src
+GDCMLIB=$(GDCMDIR)/.libs/libgdcm.a
+GDCMINCLUDES=-I$(GDCMDIR)
+
+PYTHON=python
+PYTHON_PREFIX  =`$(PYTHON) -c "import sys; print sys.exec_prefix"`
+PYTHON_VERSION =`$(PYTHON) -c "import sys; print sys.version[:3]"`
+PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I$(PYTHON_PREFIX)/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)"
+
+CXXFLAGS=$(GDCMINCLUDES)
+CPPFLAGS=-g -Wall -Wunused-variable
+LDFLAGS=-g
+
+%_wrap.o : %_wrap.cxx
+	$(CXX) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(PYTHON_INCLUDES) $< -o $@
+%_wrap.cxx : %.i
+	$(SWIG) $(SWIGFLAGS) $(PYTHON_INCLUDES) $(GDCMINCLUDES) -o $@ $<
+%.o : %.cxx
+	$(CXX) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+
+all: gdcm_wrap.o $(GDCMLIB)
+	g++ -shared $^ -o $(TARGET) $(LDFLAGS)
+
+test:
+	$(PYTHON) -c"import _gdcm"
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *_wrap* *.so *.o *.pyc gdcm.py
+
+$(GDCMLIB): FORCE
+	cd $(GDCMDIR); make
+
+FORCE:
+
+#.SECONDARY: dcm_wrap.cxx
diff --git a/gdcmPython/__init__.py b/gdcmPython/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f454cdb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdcmPython/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import os, sys
+
+### Setup the path to the dictionaries. WARNING: this needs to be done
+#   BEFORE importation of the shadow classse generated by swig as found
+#   in gdcm, since the dynamic library loads the standard dictionary
+#   when dynamically loaded.
+#   We consider we succefully found the dictionaries path when we encounter
+#   the standard dictionary i.e. the file dicomV3.dic.
+
+try:
+	### First consider the environnement variable.
+	os.environ["GDCM_DICT_PATH"]
+	if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(os.environ["GDCM_DICT_PATH"],
+	                                   "dicomV3.dic")):
+		raise KeyError
+except KeyError:
+	# When environnement variable is unavailable assume the package was
+	# properly installed i.e. the layout is such that the directory containing
+	# the dictionaries is BELOW (the root is at the top) the current file.
+	# Note: when importing this __init__ file the pathes are relative to the
+	#       invocation directory. In order to get them relative to the package
+	#       (or more simply to this file) we rely on the __path__ variable.
+	InstallModePath = os.path.join(__path__[0], "Dicts/")
+	if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(InstallModePath, "dicomV3.dic")):
+		os.environ["GDCM_DICT_PATH"] = InstallModePath
+		PreInstallModePath = None
+	else:
+		# When both environnement variable and proper package installation 
+		# strategy fail we eventually consider the pre-installation mode
+		# i.e. when developpers are toying in a CVS tree. In this case
+		# the layout is such that the directory containing the dictionaries is
+		# ABOVE (the root is at the top) the current directory.
+		PreInstallModePath = os.path.join(__path__[0], "..", "Dicts/")
+		if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(PreInstallModePath, "dicomV3.dic")):
+			os.environ["GDCM_DICT_PATH"] = PreInstallModePath
+			InstallModePath = None
+		else:
+			print "Unfound gdcm dictionaries path"
+			sys.exit(1)
+
+### Set up the path to the data images (for the test suite and the demo
+#   examples). As for GDCM_DICT_PATH we offer both proper python package
+#   installation scheme and the pre-install mode (see above).
+if InstallModePath:
+	GDCM_DATA_PATH = os.path.join(__path__[0], "Data")
+else:
+	if PreInstallModePath:
+		GDCM_DATA_PATH = os.path.join(__path__[0], "..","Data")
+	else:
+		print "Unfound data path"
+		sys.exit(1)
+
+### Import the swig generated shadow classes.
+try:
+	import gdcm
+except ImportError,e:
+	print e
+	raise ImportError, "gdcm extension not imported."
+
+### Expose only the necessary stuff
+gdcmHeader = gdcm.gdcmHeader
+gdcmDictSet = gdcm.gdcmDictSet
+gdcmFile = gdcm.gdcmFile
diff --git a/gdcmPython/demo/.cvsignore b/gdcmPython/demo/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d20b648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdcmPython/demo/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.pyc
diff --git a/gdcmPython/demo/explore.py b/gdcmPython/demo/explore.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa92d787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdcmPython/demo/explore.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from gdcmPython import *
+
+### Get filename from command line or default it
+try:
+   FileName = sys.argv[1]
+except IndexError:
+   FileName = os.path.join(GDCM_DATA_PATH, "test.acr")
+
+if not os.path.isfile(FileName):
+   print "Cannot open file ", FileName
+   sys.exit()
+
+toRead = gdcmHeader(FileName)
+toRead.LoadElements()
+ValDict = toRead.GetPubElVal()
+ExploreElements = ["Patient Name", "Patient ID",
+						 "Study Date", "Study Time", "Study ID",
+						 "Study Instance UID",
+						 "Series Number",
+						 "Modality"]
+
+for elem in ExploreElements:
+	print "[%s] = " % elem,
+	try:
+		print "[%s]" % ValDict[elem]
+	except KeyError:
+		print "NOT FOUND"
diff --git a/gdcmPython/demo/printGroupedPublicDict.py b/gdcmPython/demo/printGroupedPublicDict.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..153e173b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdcmPython/demo/printGroupedPublicDict.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from gdcmPython import *
+
+print "##############################################################"
+print "### Display all the possible tags of the current public"
+print "### dictionary"
+print "##############################################################"
+PubList = gdcmDictSet.GetPubDictTagNames()
+for i in range(0, len(PubList)):
+   print "   ", PubList[i]
+
+print "##############################################################"
+print "### Display all the possible tags of the current public"
+print "### dictionary, but grouped by using the Fourth field"
+print "##############################################################"
+PubDict = gdcmDictSet.GetPubDictTagNamesByCategory()
+for fourth in PubDict:
+   print "   ############ Fourth group = ", fourth, " ##############"
+   for key in PubDict[fourth]:
+      print "   ", key
diff --git a/gdcmPython/demo/test.py b/gdcmPython/demo/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..653b4b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdcmPython/demo/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from gdcmPython import *
+
+### Get filename from command line or default it
+try:
+   FileName = sys.argv[1]
+except IndexError:
+   FileName = os.path.join(GDCM_DATA_PATH, "test.acr")
+
+if not os.path.isfile(FileName):
+   print "Cannot open file ", FileName
+   sys.exit()
+
+# On debugging purposes uncomment the next line
+#s = raw_input("Hit any key in this window to exit")
+
+### Build the header element list
+toRead = gdcmHeader(FileName)
+toRead.LoadElements()
+
+print "##############################################################"
+print "### Display all the elements and their respective values"
+print "## found in the ", FileName, " file."
+print "##############################################################"
+ValDict = toRead.GetPubElVal()
+for key in ValDict.keys():
+	print "[%s] = [%s]" %(key, ValDict[key])
diff --git a/gdcmPython/demo/testAll.py b/gdcmPython/demo/testAll.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e46fda06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdcmPython/demo/testAll.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+from gdcmPython import *
+
+# Test each file of the Data directory
+
+AllFiles = [
+	"CR-MONO1-10-chest.dcm",
+	"CT-MONO2-16-brain.dcm",
+	"CT-MONO2-16-ort.dcm",
+	"CT-MONO2-16-ankle.dcm",
+	"CT-MONO2-8-abdo.dcm",
+	"CT-MONO2-12-lomb-an2.acr2",
+	"CT-MONO2-16-chest.dcm",
+	"MR-MONO2-12-angio-an1.acr1",
+	"MR-MONO2-12-an2.acr2",
+	"MR-MONO2-16-head.dcm",
+	"MR-MONO2-12-shoulder.dcm",
+	"OT-PAL-8-face.dcm",
+	"OT-MONO2-8-a7.dcm",
+	"US-RGB-8-esopecho.dcm",
+	"US-RGB-8-epicard.dcm",
+	"MR-MONO2-8-16x-heart.dcm",
+	"NM-MONO2-16-13x-heart.dcm",
+	"US-MONO2-8-8x-execho.dcm",
+	"US-PAL-8-10x-echo.dcm",
+	"XA-MONO2-8-12x-catheter.dcm",
+	]
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	for file in AllFiles:
+		fileName = os.path.join(GDCM_DATA_PATH, file)
+		print "############## file :", fileName
+		toRead = gdcmHeader(fileName)
+		toRead.LoadElements()
+		ValDict = toRead.GetPubElVal()
+		for key in ValDict.keys():
+			print "   [%s] = [%s]" %(key, ValDict[key])
diff --git a/gdcmPython/gdcm.i b/gdcmPython/gdcm.i
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e00374c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdcmPython/gdcm.i
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+%module gdcm
+%{
+#include "gdcm.h"
+
+// Utility functions on strings for removing leading and trailing spaces
+void EatLeadingAndTrailingSpaces(string & s) {
+	while ( s.length() && (s[0] == ' ') )
+		s.erase(0,1);
+	while ( s.length() && (s[s.length()-1] == ' ') )
+		s.erase(s.length()-1, 1);
+}
+%}
+typedef  unsigned short guint16;
+typedef  unsigned int guint32;
+
+%typemap(out) list<string> * {
+	PyObject* NewItem = (PyObject*)0;
+	PyObject* NewList = PyList_New(0); // The result of this typemap
+	for (list<string>::iterator NewString = ($1)->begin();
+	     NewString != ($1)->end(); ++NewString) {
+		NewItem = PyString_FromString(NewString->c_str());
+		PyList_Append( NewList, NewItem);
+	}
+	$result = NewList;
+}
+
+// Convert a c++ hash table in a python native dictionary
+%typemap(out) map<string, list<string> > * {
+	PyObject* NewDict = PyDict_New(); // The result of this typemap
+	PyObject* NewKey = (PyObject*)0;
+	PyObject* NewVal = (PyObject*)0;
+
+	for (map<string, list<string> >::iterator tag = ($1)->begin();
+	     tag != ($1)->end(); ++tag) {
+      string first = tag->first;
+      // Do not publish entries whose keys is made of spaces
+      if (first.length() == 0)
+         continue;
+		NewKey = PyString_FromString(first.c_str());
+		PyObject* NewList = PyList_New(0);
+		for (list<string>::iterator Item = tag->second.begin();
+		     Item != tag->second.end(); ++Item) {
+			NewVal = PyString_FromString(Item->c_str());
+			PyList_Append( NewList, NewVal);
+		}
+		PyDict_SetItem( NewDict, NewKey, NewList);
+	}
+	$result = NewDict;
+}
+
+// Convert a c++ hash table in a python native dictionary
+%typemap(out) TagElValueHT & {
+	PyObject* NewDict = PyDict_New(); // The result of this typemap
+	string RawName;                   // Element name as gotten from gdcm
+	PyObject* NewKey = (PyObject*)0;  // Associated name as python object
+	string RawValue;                  // Element value as gotten from gdcm
+	PyObject* NewVal = (PyObject*)0;  // Associated value as python object
+
+	for (TagElValueHT::iterator tag = $1->begin(); tag != $1->end(); ++tag) {
+
+		// The element name shall be the key:
+		RawName = tag->second->GetName();
+		// gdcm unrecognized (including not loaded because their size exceeds
+		// the user specified treshold) elements are exported with their
+		// TagKey as key.
+		if (RawName == "Unknown")
+			RawName = tag->second->GetKey();
+		NewKey = PyString_FromString(RawName.c_str());
+
+		// Element values are striped from leading/trailing spaces
+		RawValue = tag->second->GetValue();
+		EatLeadingAndTrailingSpaces(RawValue);
+		NewVal = PyString_FromString(RawValue.c_str());
+
+		PyDict_SetItem( NewDict, NewKey, NewVal);
+    }
+	$result = NewDict;
+}
+
+%include gdcm.h
diff --git a/gdcmPython/testSuite.py b/gdcmPython/testSuite.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e053d655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdcmPython/testSuite.py
@@ -0,0 +1,505 @@
+import unittest
+import os
+from gdcmPython import *
+
+class gdcmTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+	# The files whose name starts with a modality (e.g. CR-MONO1-10-chest.dcm)
+	# come from Sebastien Barre's Dicom2 highly recommendable site
+	# http://www.barre.nom.fr/medical/samples/index.html
+	BarreFiles = [
+		####################################
+		# CR modality examples:
+		####################################
+		["CR-MONO1-10-chest.dcm",
+			[ ["Modality", "CR"],
+			  #"Transfer Syntax UID" is absent.
+			  ["Rows", "440"],
+			  ["Columns", "440"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "10"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "9"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "FUJI PHOTO FILM CO. LTD."],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "9000"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:776 Length:387200"] ] ],
+		####################################
+		# CT modality examples:
+		####################################
+		["CT-MONO2-16-brain.dcm",
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.1"],  # Explicit VR, LE
+			  ["Modality", "CT"],
+			  ["Rows", "512"],
+			  ["Columns", "512"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "16"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "15"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "1"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "Picker International, Inc."],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "PQ5000"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1680 Length:524288"] ] ],
+		["CT-MONO2-16-ort.dcm",
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2"],  # Implicit VR, LE
+			  ["Modality", "CT"],
+			  ["Rows", "512"],
+			  ["Columns", "512"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "16"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "15"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "1"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "HiSpeed CT/i"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1674 Length:524288"] ] ],
+		["CT-MONO2-16-ankle.dcm",
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2"],  # Implicit, little
+			  ["Modality", "CT"],
+			  ["Rows", "512"],
+			  ["Columns", "512"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "16"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "15"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "1"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "GENESIS_ZEUS"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1148 Length:524288"] ] ],
+		["CT-MONO2-8-abdo.dcm",
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2"],  # Implicit, little
+			  ["Modality", "CT"],
+			  ["Rows", "512"],
+			  ["Columns", "512"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "8"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "8"],
+			  ["High Bit", "7"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "FUJI"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:796 Length:262144"] ] ],
+		["CT-MONO2-12-lomb-an2.acr2",
+			[ ["Modality", "CT"],
+			  #"Transfer Syntax UID" and "Photometric Interpretation" are absent.
+			  ["Rows", "512"],
+			  ["Columns", "512"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "12"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "11"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "SIEMENS"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1230 Length:524288"] ] ],
+		["CT-MONO2-16-chest.dcm",
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70"], # jpeg...
+			  ["Modality", "CT"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "400"],
+			  ["Columns", "512"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "16"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "15"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "1"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1638 Length:143498"] ] ],
+		####################################
+		### MR modality examples:
+		####################################
+		["MR-MONO2-12-angio-an1.acr1",
+			[ ["Recognition Code", "ACR-NEMA 1.0"],
+			  ["Modality", "MR"],
+			  #"Transfer Syntax UID" and "Photometric Interpretation" are absent.
+			  ["Rows", "256"],
+			  ["Columns", "256"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "12"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "12"],
+			  ["High Bit", "11"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "Philips"],
+			  # Note: 256*256*12/8 = 98304
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:650 Length:98304"] ] ],
+		["MR-MONO2-12-an2.acr2",
+			[ ["Modality", "MR"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "256"],
+			  ["Columns", "256"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "12"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "11"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "SIEMENS"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "MAGNETOM VISION"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1866 Length:131072"] ] ],
+		["MR-MONO2-16-head.dcm",
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2"], # Imp VR, LE
+			  ["Modality", "MR"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "256"],
+			  ["Columns", "256"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "16"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "15"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "1"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "GENESIS_SIGNA"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1804 Length:131072"] ] ],
+		# MR-MONO2-12-shoulder example is present in the Jpeg section.
+		# MR-MONO2-16-knee is not present in the test suite since it is too
+		#    closely related to MR-MONO2-16-head.dcm to be of interest.
+		####################################
+		# OT modality examples:
+		####################################
+		# OT-MONO2-8-hip is not present in the test suite since it is too
+		#    closely related to OT-MONO2-8-a7 to be of interest.
+		["OT-PAL-8-face.dcm",
+			# Interest: has a color palette
+			[#"Transfer Syntax UID", and "Manufacturer" are absent.
+			  ["Modality", "OT"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "PALETTE COLOR"],
+			  ["Rows", "480"],
+			  ["Columns", "640"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "8"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "8"],
+			  ["High Bit", "7"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1654 Length:307200"] ] ],
+		# OT-MONO2-8-colon is not present in the test suite since it is too
+		#    closely related to OT-MONO2-8-a7 to be of interest.
+		["OT-MONO2-8-a7.dcm",
+			[#"Transfer Syntax UID" is absent.
+			  ["Modality", "OT"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "512"],
+			  ["Columns", "512"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "8"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "8"],
+			  ["High Bit", "7"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "Philips Medical Systems"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:438 Length:262144"] ] ],
+		####################################
+		# US (Ultra Sound) modality examples:
+		####################################
+		["US-RGB-8-esopecho.dcm",
+			# Interest: RGB image
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.1"],  # Exp VR, LE
+			  ["Modality", "US"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "RGB"],
+			  ["Rows", "120"],
+			  ["Columns", "256"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "8"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "8"],
+			  ["High Bit", "7"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "Acme Products"],
+			# FIXME: 92160 / (120*256) = 3 bytes per pixel NOT 1. Maybe
+			# it has something to do with [Samples Per Pixel] = [3] ???
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:904 Length:92160"] ] ],
+		["US-RGB-8-epicard.dcm",
+			# Interest: Big endian transfert syntax
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.2"],  # Big endian
+			  ["Modality", "US"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "RGB"],
+			  ["Rows", "480"],
+			  ["Columns", "640"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "8"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "8"],
+			  ["High Bit", "7"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "G.E. Medical Systems"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "LOGIQ 700"],
+			# FIXME: 921600/(480*640) = 3 bytes per pixel NOT 1. Maybe
+			# it has something to do with [Samples Per Pixel] = [3] ???
+			  ["Implementation Version Name", "OFFIS-DCMTK-311"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1012 Length:921600"] ] ],
+	]
+
+	MultiFrameFiles = [
+	# The number of images is contained in the "Number of Frames" element
+		["MR-MONO2-8-16x-heart.dcm",
+			# Interest: multi-frame
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.1"], # ExpVR, LE
+			  ["Number of Frames", "16"],
+			  ["Modality", "MR"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "256"],
+			  ["Columns", "256"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "8"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "8"],
+			  ["High Bit", "7"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "Philips"],
+			  # Note: 256*256*16=1048576 (16 is the number of Frames) 
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:920 Length:1048576"] ] ],
+		["NM-MONO2-16-13x-heart.dcm",
+			# Interest: NM modality, multi-frame
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.1"], # ExpVR, LE
+			  ["Number of Frames", "13"],
+			  ["Modality", "NM"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "64"],
+			  ["Columns", "64"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "16"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "15"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "ACME Products"],
+			  # Note: 64*64*13*2=106496
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1234 Length:106496"] ] ],
+		["US-MONO2-8-8x-execho.dcm",
+			# Interest: multi-frame
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.1"], # ExpVR, LE
+			  ["Number of Frames", "8"],
+			  ["Modality", "US"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "120"],
+			  ["Columns", "128"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "8"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "8"],
+			  ["High Bit", "7"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "Acme Products"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:976 Length:122880"] ] ],
+		["US-PAL-8-10x-echo.dcm",
+			# Interest: RLE (Run Length Encoded) compression, multiframe
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.5"], # RLE
+			  ["Number of Frames", "10"],
+			  ["Modality", "US"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "PALETTE COLOR"],
+			  ["Rows", "430"],
+			  ["Columns", "600"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "8"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "8"],
+			  ["High Bit", "7"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "ACME Products"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:2428 Length:481182"] ] ],
+		["XA-MONO2-8-12x-catheter.dcm",
+			# Interest: XA modality, multi-frame
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70"], # jpeg
+			  ["Number of Frames", "12"],  # 12 images
+			  ["Modality", "XA"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "512"],
+			  ["Columns", "512"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "8"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "8"],
+			  ["High Bit", "7"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "Acme Products"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1006 Length:920072"] ] ],
+	]
+
+	GdcmFiles = [
+		["gdcm-MR-SIEMENS-16.acr1",
+			# Interest: good old Acr-Nema Version 1, see also Oddities below
+			[ ["Recognition Code", "ACR-NEMA 1.0"],
+			  ["Modality", "MR"],
+			  ["Rows", "256"],
+			  ["Columns", "256"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "12"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "11"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "SIEMENS"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "GBS III"],
+			# FIXME: this image looks padded at the end. The length of the file
+			# is 140288. Notice that, 256*256*2 + 1024 = 131072 + 1024 = 132096
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:8192 Length:132096"],
+			  # Oddities: "Study ID" and "Series Number" are empty
+			  ["Study ID", ""],
+			  ["Series Number", ""] ] ],
+			  # Oddities: "Study" and "Serie Instance UID" are not present
+		["gdcm-MR-SIEMENS-16.acr2",
+			# Interest: Acr-Nema Version 2
+			[ ["Recognition Code", "ACR-NEMA 2.0"],
+			  ["Modality", "MR"],
+			  ["Rows", "512"],
+			  ["Columns", "512"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "12"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "11"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "SIEMENS"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "MAGNETOM VISION"],
+			  ["Study Instance UID",
+			   "1.3.12.2.1107.5.2.4.7630.20000918174641000"],
+			  ["Study ID", "1"],
+			  ["Series Instance UID",
+			   "1.3.12.2.1107.5.2.4.7630.20000918175714000007"],
+			  ["Series Number", "7"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:6052 Length:524288"] ] ],
+		["gdcm-US-ALOKA-16.dcm",
+			# Interest: - possesses 3 LUTS: a Green (checked), a Red and BLue.
+			#           - announced as implicit VR, but really explicit VR.
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2"],  # Implicit VR, LE
+			  ["Modality", "US"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "PALETTE COLOR"],
+			  ["Segmented Green Palette Color LUT Data",
+			   "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:89576 Length:113784"],
+			  ["Rows", "480"],
+			  ["Columns", "640"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "16"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "15"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "ALOKA CO., LTD."],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "SSD-4000"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:258740 Length:614400"] ] ],
+		["gdcm-MR-PHILIPS-16.dcm",
+			# Interest: - possesses a sequence
+			#           - dicom file, with a recognition code of ACR-NEMA1
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2"],  # Implicit VR, LE
+			  ["Recognition Code", "ACR-NEMA 1.0"],
+			  ["Modality", "MR"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "256"],
+			  ["Columns", "256"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "8"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "7"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "Philips Medical Systems"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "Gyroscan Intera"],
+			  ["Sequence Variant", "OTHER"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:6584 Length:131072"] ] ],
+		["gdcm-MR-PHILIPS-16-NonRectPix.dcm",
+			# Interest: - pixels are non rectangular
+			#           - private elements are in explicit VR (which is normal)
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.1"],  # Explicit VR, LE
+			  ["Modality", "MR"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "64"],
+			  ["Columns", "160"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "12"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "11"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "Philips Medical Systems"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "Gyroscan Intera"],
+			  ["Pixel Spacing", "0.487416\\0.194966"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:5010 Length:20480"] ] ],
+		["gdcm-CR-DCMTK-16-NonSamplePerPix.dcm",
+			# Interest: - Misses the "Samples Per Pixel" element which prevents
+		   #             e-film from reading it.
+			#           - Misses the Manufacturer related info
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.1"],  # Explicit VR, LE
+			  ["Modality", "CR"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "750"],
+			  ["Columns", "750"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "8"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "8"],
+			  ["High Bit", "7"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Implementation Version Name", "OFFIS_DCMTK_341"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:740 Length:562500"] ] ],
+	]
+
+	GdcmJpegFiles = [
+		["gdcm-JPEG-Extended.dcm",
+			# Interest: Jpeg compression [Extended (2,4)]
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.51"],
+			  ["Modality", "CT"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "512"],
+			  ["Columns", "512"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "12"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "11"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "SIEMENS"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "Volume Zoom"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:2946 Length:192218"] ] ],
+		["MR-MONO2-12-shoulder.dcm",
+			# Interest: Jpeg compression [Lossless, non-hierar. (14)]
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.57"],
+			  ["Modality", "MR"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "1024"],
+			  ["Columns", "1024"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "12"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "11"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "Philips Medical Systems"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "Gyroscan NT"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:1580 Length:718948"] ] ],
+		["gdcm-JPEG-LossLess3a.dcm",
+			# Interest: - Jpeg compression [Lossless, hierar., first-order
+			#             pred. 14, Select. Val. 1]
+			#           - contains a sequence [circa (0008,2112)]
+			#           - contains additional data after the pixels ???
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70"],
+			  ["Modality", "CT"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "512"],
+			  ["Columns", "512"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "12"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "11"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "SIEMENS"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "Volume Zoom"] ] ],
+			# FIXME: the pixel data looks like corrupted. As stated by "od -A d -c"
+			#   0002528     à 177 020 \0  O  B \0 \0   ÿ  ÿ   ÿ   ÿ  þ  ÿ \0  à
+			#   0002544    \0  \0  \0 \0  þ  ÿ \0  à 202  ? 003  \0  ÿ  Ø  ÿ  Ã
+			# which we interpret as follows:
+			#   - 2528: (à 177, 020 \0) = (0x7fe0, 0x0010) i.e. Pixel Data tag,
+			#   - 2532: OB i.e. encapsulated encoded Pixel Data,
+			#   - 2534: Two bytes reserved,
+			#   - 2536: ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ = 0xffffffff i.e. data element length is undefined.
+			#   - 2540: (þ ÿ, \0 à) = (0xfffe, 0xe000) i.e. basic offset table
+			#           item tag
+			#   - 2544: \0 \0 \0 \0 i.e. offset table as length zero, i.e. no
+			#           item value for offset table.
+			#   - 2548: (þ ÿ, \0 à) = (0xfffe, 0xe000) i.e. item tag of first
+			#           fragment of (encoded) pixel data.
+			#   - 2552: 202 ? 003 \0 = 212866 bytes i.e. length of first fragment
+			#           of (encoded) pixel data.
+			# and so the next item tag should be found at the 2556+212866 th
+			# octet i.e. at address 215422. But, as stated by od, we find:
+			#   0215408   E   u Ö 026   Î   É 7 ¬ Ã ¸ ó ¿ ÿ Ù \f °
+			#   0215424   ¶ 016 P   Ñ 002 016
+			# and (\f °, ¶ 016) is NOT an OB item TAG which is required to be
+			# present (at least there should be a sequence delimiter), refer to
+			# PS 3.5-2001 page 50. 
+		["gdcm-JPEG-LossLess3b.dcm",
+			# Interest: - Jpeg compression [Lossless, hierar., first-order
+			#             pred. 14, Select. Val. 1]
+			#           - encoding is sligthly different from LossLess3a.dcm ???
+			[ ["Transfer Syntax UID", "1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70"],
+			  ["Modality", "CR"],
+			  ["Photometric Interpretation", "MONOCHROME2"],
+			  ["Rows", "2076"],
+			  ["Columns", "1876"],
+			  ["Bits Stored", "15"],
+			  ["Bits Allocated", "16"],
+			  ["High Bit", "14"],
+			  ["Pixel Representation", "0"],
+			  ["Manufacturer", "Philips Medical Systems"],
+			  ["Manufacturer Model Name", "Cassette Holder Type 9840 500 35201"],
+			  ["7fe0|0010", "gdcm::NotLoaded. Address:3144 Length:4795668"] ] ],
+	]
+
+	def _BaseTest(self, FileSet):
+		for entry in FileSet:
+			fileName = os.path.join(GDCM_DATA_PATH, entry[0])
+			toRead = gdcmHeader(fileName)
+			toRead.LoadElements()
+			valDict = toRead.GetPubElVal()
+			for subEntry in entry[1]:
+				element = subEntry[0]
+				value   = subEntry[1]
+				self.assertEqual(valDict[element], value, 
+				                 ("Wrong %s for file %s (got %s, shoud be %s)"
+				                   % (element,fileName, valDict[element], value)) )
+
+	def testBarre(self):
+		gdcmTestCase._BaseTest(self, gdcmTestCase.BarreFiles)
+
+	def testMultiFram(self):
+		gdcmTestCase._BaseTest(self, gdcmTestCase.MultiFrameFiles)
+
+	def testFiles(self):
+		gdcmTestCase._BaseTest(self, gdcmTestCase.GdcmFiles)
+
+	def testJpeg(self):
+		gdcmTestCase._BaseTest(self, gdcmTestCase.GdcmJpegFiles)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	unittest.main()
+
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from distutils.core import setup
+import glob, os, sys, shutil
+from distutilsSwigCPlusPlus import *
+
+ThisModule='gdcmPython'
+gdcmPythonSrcDir=ThisModule
+gdcmSrcDir      ="src"
+gdcmDictsDir    ="Dicts"
+gdcmDataDir     ="Data"
+
+# Due to a disutil oddity on Unices : see
+# http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/distutils-sig/588325
+if(os.name=='posix'):
+	targetDir=os.path.join('lib','python'+sys.version[:3],'site-packages')
+	libraries=["stdc++"]
+else:
+	targetDir=os.path.join('lib','site-packages')
+	libraries=["WSOCK32"]
+
+targetDir=os.path.join(targetDir, ThisModule)
+
+Sources = []
+Sources.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(gdcmSrcDir,"*.cxx")))
+Sources.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(gdcmSrcDir,"*.h")))
+Sources.append(os.path.join(gdcmPythonSrcDir,"gdcm.i"))
+
+setup(name=ThisModule,
+      version="0.1",
+      description="...",
+      author="frog",
+      author_email="frog@creatis.insa-lyon.fr",
+      url="http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/",
+      packages=[ gdcmPythonSrcDir,
+                 gdcmPythonSrcDir + '.demo' ],
+      cmdclass={'build_ext':mybuild_ext}, # redirects default build_ext
+      ext_modules=[MyExtension(
+                   name='_gdcm',
+                   sources=Sources,
+                   include_dirs=[gdcmSrcDir],
+                   libraries=libraries,
+                   swig_cpp=1,
+                   swig_include=[ gdcmSrcDir] ) ],
+      data_files=[(os.path.join(targetDir,"Data"),
+                   glob.glob(os.path.join(gdcmDataDir,"*.*"))),
+                  (os.path.join(targetDir,"Dicts"),
+                   glob.glob(os.path.join(gdcmDictsDir,"*.*"))),
+                ]
+     )