Changes from Version 15 to Version 16

Version 16 of this C++ Class Library has changed from version 15 as follows:

Feature Updates

• LEADTOOLS Medical now supports all IODs and TAGS in 2008 base standard of DICOM 3.

  • LEADTOOLS version 16 now supports UNICODE and ANSI versions of the C++ Class Library dlls. For information on the required dll name and import library, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

• LEADTOOLS DICOM version 16 adds support for reading and writing DICOM data sets with 1-bit image data.

• LEADTOOLS DICOM version 16 supports for creating/working with DICOM encapsulated documents.

• LEADTOOLS DICOM version 16 supports for multi-frame functional groups.

• LEADTOOLS DICOM version 16 enhanced DICOM communications.

• DICOM IOD tables and context mapping tables are now loaded on demand instead of at startup. Tables can optionally be not loaded at all, or loaded partially.

• When creating DICOMDIR with icon image or image preview for multi-frame DICOM, you can use representative Frame Number (0028, 6010) tag for the image frame.

• Additional high level interfaces were added to simplify the handling and creation of Enhanced MR and CT with Shared Functional Groups and Per-Frame Functional Groups.

• Also, additional high level interfaces were added to handle the following:

  • 1-bit Bitmap support

    -   PDF encapsulated DICOM 
    -   CDA encapsulated DICOM 
    -   Raw Data encapsulation 

New Functions

LDicomNet

LDicomNet::GetDefaultSocketOptions

LDicomNet::GetSocketOptions

LDicomNet::SetSocketOptions

LDicomDS

LDicomDS::CreatePrivateCreatorDataElement

LDicomDS::FindFirstPrivateCreatorDataElement

LDicomDS::FindFirstPrivateElement

LDicomDS::FindNextPrivateCreatorDataElement

LDicomDS::FindNextPrivateElement

LDicomDS::GetEncapsulatedDocument

LDicomDS::GetNextUnusedPrivateTag

LDicomDS::SetEncapsulatedDocument

New Flags

Multi-Frame Functional Groups

DICOM_SETIMAGE_MFG_OVERWRITE_SHARED

DICOM_SETIMAGE_MFG_VOI_LUT_PER_FRAME

DICOM_SETIMAGE_MFG_VOI_LUT_SHARED

DICOM_SETIMAGE_MFG_MODALITY_LUT_PER_FRAME

DICOM_SETIMAGE_MFG_MODALITY_LUT_SHARED

Mandatory modules and elements

DS_ADD_MANDATORY_ELEMENTS_ONLY

DS_ADD_MANDATORY_MODULES_ONLY

Changed Functions

LDicomDS::GetWindowCount takes 1 new parameters.

LDicomDS::GetWindow takes 1 new parameters.

LDicomDS::SetWindow takes 1 new parameters.

LDicomDS::DeleteWindow takes 1 new parameters.

LDicomDS::SetModalityLUT takes 1 new parameters.

LDicomDS::DeleteModalityLUT takes 1 new parameters.

LDicomDS::InsertImage takes new flags.

LDicomDS::InsertImageList takes new flags.

LDicomDS::SetImage takes new flags.

LDicomDS::SetImageList takes new flags.

LDicomDS::DeleteImage takes new flags.

LDicomDS::GetImage reads Modality LUT, VOI LUT from Multi-Frame functional group.

LDicomDS::GetImageList reads Modality LUT, VOI LUT from Multi- Frame functional group.

LDicomDS::FindFirstKey takes many new keys.

LDicomDS::FindLastKey takes many new keys.

LDicomDS::InsertKey takes many new keys.

LDicomDS::GetValueKey takes many new keys.

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