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-dcmtk (3.6.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
-
- Version 3.6.0 of the OFFIS DCMTK (DICOM ToolKit) software is now available for
- public release. This release includes the following main changes over the
- previous version 3.5.4:
-
- - DCMTK 3.6.0 now also builds correctly with GNU gcc 4.1 (and higher), Visual
- Studio 2008 and 2010.
-
- - Tested with latest versions of the following operating systems/environments:
-
- - Linux on x86 and x86_64
- - FreeBSD on x86 and x86_64
- - MacOS X on x86_64
- - Windows on x86 and x86_64
- - Cygwin and MinGW/MSys on x86
-
- For a complete list of tested systems and compilers, see the INSTALL file.
-
- - The CMake build system can now also be used with other operating systems than
- Windows. However, GNU autoconf is still supported and should be preferred on
- systems where the CMake project files fail.
-
- - New module oflog introduces a unified DCMTK-wide approach for logging based
- on the log4cplus library. Direct output to console, file, syslog and event
- log. All DCMTK command line tools now have the same set of logging options.
-
- - New module dcmjpls adds support for JPEG-LS compressed DICOM images based on
- the CharLS library. The tools dcmcjpls and dcmdjpls allow for compressing
- and decompressing DICOM images with JPEG-LS from the command line.
-
- - New tool img2dcm allows for converting JPEG and BMP images to various DICOM
- image IODs, e.g. old and new Secondary Capture, Visible Light Photographic.
- The underlying C++ class library can also be used separately.
-
- - New tool dcm2pdf allows for extracting PDF files from DICOM Encapsulated PDF
- Storage SOP instances.
-
- - New tool dcml2pnm allows for converting JPEG-LS compressed DICOM images to
- standard image formats like TIFF or BMP.
-
- - The tools dcmdump and storescu have new options for searching directories
- recursively for DICOM files.
-
- - The tool dcmdump now also has a colored output of the textual dump. So far,
- this option is available on non-Windows systems only (uses ANSI escape code).
-
- - The tool dcmodify now also supports reading the value of insert and modify
- statements from a file. This is especially useful for large element values.
-
- - The tool dsr2html now also supports the output in HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.1
- format. There are also new options that affect the rendering result.
-
- - The tool dump2dcm now also supports compressed pixel data. In addition,
- the memory requirements for very large data elements have been reduced.
-
- - The tool xml2dcm can now also read binary data (e.g. pixel data) from a
- separate file. The corresponding feature is not yet available in dcm2xml.
-
- - The tool storescp now has a new option that allows for accepting all
- supported transfer syntaxes on a single association.
-
- - The tool wlmscpfs now supports multi-process mode both on Posix and Windows
- platforms where a new child process is created for each incoming association.
-
- - Refactored code of the tool findscu into a C++ class. This facilitates
- re-use of the findscu code in other applications.
-
- - Added further "switches" to the dcmdata module which allow one to better cope
- with incorrectly encoded DICOM files or datasets. These switches are also
- available as new options to the tools dcmdump and dcmconv.
-
- - The dcmdata module now also gives access to partial attribute values without
- loading the complete attribute value into memory, if kept in file.
-
- - The write methods in dcmdata now handle large raw data elements without
- loading everything into memory. This allows very large images to be sent
- over a network connection or to be copied without ever being fully in memory.
-
- - The dcmdata module now has a common interface for the frame-wise access to
- compressed and uncompressed pixel data without ever loading the complete
- object into main memory.
-
- - The dcmimgle/dcmimage module makes use of the new partial access to pixel
- data for processing large multi-frame images in a stepwise manner.
-
- - The dcmimgle/dcmimage module and related tools now also support a new
- bilinear and a bicubic scaling algorithm for image magnification.
- Furthermore, the sigmoid VOI LUT function has been implemented.
-
- - Added support for Colon CAD SR, Spectacle Prescription Report, Macular Grid
- Thickness and Volume Report as well as Implantation Plan SR documents to the
- dcmsr module.
-
- - Incorporated fixes to dcmsr module which were introduced by various
- correction proposals. Added support for the new optional Preliminary Flag.
-
- - DICOMDIR tools and classes now support all new SOP classes and directory
- record types. Also added a new operating mode that allows for updating
- existing entries in a DICOMDIR.
-
- - Introduced general path syntax for accessing nested elements from command
- line tools like findscu or dcmodify.
-
- - Added methods for checking the value representation (VR) and value
- multiplicity (VM) of data elements for conformance with the DICOM standard.
-
- - Network tools now support transmission and receipt of JPEG-LS and MPEG2
- transfer syntaxes.
-
- - Added support for the extended negotiation of user identity to the dcmnet
- module. The first tool that makes use of this new feature is storescu.
-
- - Introduced new experimental SCU and SCP classes that act as a C++ wrapper to
- the still C-based dcmnet module.
-
- - Added new class OFFile that provides a simple encapsulation layer for file
- based stream I/O and, in particular, provides large file support (LFS) if
- available on the underlying operating system/platform through a single API.
-
- - Out of the box compilation with OpenSSL 1.0.0 is now supported.
-
- - Revised installation directory scheme in order to be more compliant with the
- Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) and derived file system standards.
-
- - Added data dictionary including private ASTM tags from DICONDE (Digital
- Imaging and Communication in Nondestructive Evaluation) standard.
-
- - The DICOM data dictionary as well as the list of SOP classes and transfer
- syntaxes have been re-worked based on the latest edition of the DICOM
- standard plus all additionally approved supplements and correction proposals
- (as of 2010-11-30). Please note that there have been minor name changes!
-
- - Many bug fixes and minor improvements as usual - see the more than 12,000
- lines long CHANGES.360 file for more details.
-
- -- Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com> Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:14:53 +0100
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