www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~chris.rorden/dicom.htm

THIS VIEWER [ezDICOM] IS FAIRLY SOPHISTICATED.
THE BASIC eDICOM IS A MUCH SIMPLER VIEWER.

ezDICOM:  DICOM reader
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Freeware
version 1.0 rev1 - Aug 01, 1998 [wolfgang.krug@sdm.de]
Copyright (c) 1998, Wolfgang Krug;
version 1.0 rev2 - Chris Rorden (chris.rorden@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk)
 
version 1.0 rev1 - 1 October 1999 WK
version 1.0 rev2 - 27 October 1999 CR
version 1.0 rev4 - 5 November 1999 CR
version 1.0 rev 5 - 29 November 1999 CR [GE Genesis support]

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CONTENTS
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1. Target platforms
2. Description
3. Installation
4. Read this
5. Known bugs & problems
6. More informations
7. Contact

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1. Target platforms
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Delphi 2.0
Delphi 3.0
Delphi 4.0 ??
Delphi 5.0 ??

2. Description
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This DICOM reader shows how to read and display
DICOM [and GE Genesis] medical images.

Chris Rorden would be very interested to hear of any
improvements you have added to the source.

3. Installation
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Unlike the basic and medium complexity projects, you need 
a shareware component set for this project.

 PixelgraphicLibrary: Shareware, and an excellent value
          -This allows palette swapping, 24-bit color, reading & 
          writing of JPeG, PNG, TIFF, etc.
        [http://www.beyersdorf.com/]
        [http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/]

The Pixelgraphic component allows the reading and writing of JPEG, PNG and TIF images,
quick palette changes, scaled images, and zooming. However, Pixelgraphic is currently
only supported for Delphi versions 2 and 3.


4. Read this
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WARNING! THE CODE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITH NO GUARANTEES OF ANY KIND!
USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK - YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY DAMAGE THIS CODE MAY CAUSE - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

5. Known bugs & problems
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You can only display some of the DICOM images. 
There are many different DICOM dialects.
However, the reader should tell you why it cannot view files.
Current limitations:
 - Does not read encapsulated files
 - The 12-bit and big-endian conversion is largely untested

6. More information
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This software is FREEWARE. 

For more information at DICOM go to:
 www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~chris.rorden/dicom.htm 


7. Contact
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E-mail:     krug@sdm.de
            chris.rorden@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Web: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~chris.rorden/


