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ANNOUNCEMENT
Version 3.5.1 of the OFFIS DCMTK (DICOM ToolKit) software is now available
for public release. This release includes the following main changes
over the previous version (Version 3.5.0):
- The DICOM data dictionary has been re-worked based on the 2001 edition of
the DICOM standard and latest supplements and correction proposals, as
usual.
- A new module dcmjpeg has been added that enables JPEG compression and
decompression of DICOM images. The supported lossy JPEG processes are:
baseline, extended sequential, spectral selection and progressive. The
lossless processes with selection value 1 and arbitrary selection values
are also supported (with bits/pixel up to 16). The JPEG compression /
decompression code is based on an adapted version of the Independent JPEG
Group's JPEG library which is shipped with DCMTK.
- The new utility dcmmkdir extends the existing tool dcmgpdir with the
ability to create DICOMDIRs conforming to the Basic Cardiac X-Ray
Angiography and 1024 X-Ray Angiography application profiles, including
the required icons.
- The new utility dcmj2pnm extends the existing tool dcm2pnm with the
ability to convert JPEG-compressed images and to export JPEG. Both tools
now support BMP and TIFF export (requires libtiff).
- The digital signature module dcmsign has been adapted to the final text
of supplement 41.
- The storescp tool has received a number of additional options which allow
to sort images and to execute user defined commands upon reception.
- The old, Xlib-based database monitor tool "ctndisp" has been phased out
and removed from the toolkit.
- Under the hood: Most of the various condition enumerations and defines in
the various DCMTK modules have been replaced by a unified condition
class. Doc++ documentation for various classes has been added.
- Many bug fixes and minor improvements as usual - See the dcmtk/CHANGES
file for more details.
Many people have contributed to this new release of DCMTK, appearing here
in alphabetical order. Thank you very much for your support!
Andreas Barth <andreas.barth@medical.bruker.de>
Alexander Blum <Alexander.Blum@kewbee.de>
Anders Gustafsson <agustafsson@mds.nordion.com>
Ben <ruthenium@altavista.net>
Gilles Mevel <Gilles.Mevel@etiam.com>
Bernd Kuemmerlen <bkuemmer@mevis.de>
Markus Mertens <markus.mertens@uni-muenster.de>
Merlijn van Minderhout <Merlijn.van.Minderhout@philips.com>
Thomas Moeller <Thomas.Moeller@sms.siemens.com>
OFFIS staff who have worked on this release are:
Marco Eichelberg <eichelberg@offis.de>
Joerg Riesmeier <riesmeier@offis.de>
Thomas Wilkens
The DCMTK software can be downloaded via:
http://dicom.offis.de/dcmtk/
Kuratorium OFFIS e.V., Oldenburg, Germany, 2001-12-21
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