DICOM Import Component for QuickTime: Relase notes

Version 1.0.3
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1. Expanded image data variant support to include the following cases:
    8-Bit, Run length encoded, RGB Color 
    16-Bit, Run length encoded, Grayscale
    24-Bit, Run length encoded, RGB Color 
    24-Bit, JPEG Lossy, RGB Color

2. Implemented more robust handling of files containg erroneous image descriptions.

3. Fixed grayscale inversion problem which occured with certain files.

Version 1.0.2
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1. Fixed error in validation of non-DICOM files. 
    DICOM Import erroneously reported to its calling application that it
    could handle file formats which it actually could not.

Version 1.0.1
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1. Files with both '.dcm' and '.dcom' suffixes are now recognized as DICOM files.

2. DICOM Import now works with files having non-standard filetypes (i.e. other than 'DICM') and suffixes (i.e. other than '.dcm' or '.dcom'). This implies that on Windows and Macintosh systems one may use drag-n-drop and/or the 'All Files' (or equivalent) option of an application's 'Open' dialog to access DICOM files no matter what their extension is.

3. The opening of DICOM files via URLs has been implemented. An application that offers this capability is Apple Computer's QuickTime Player. A sample URL to test this functionality is <http://www.escape.gr/test/MR-MONO2-12-angio-an1.dcm>.

4. The QuickTime plug-in of Web browsers can be made to recognize and use DICOM Import. This means that one can now embed DICOM files in Web pages and that these files will be viewable in place by anyone who has installed QuickTime v.4, the QuickTime plug-in and DICOM Import v.1.0.1.  To find more info on this technique and an example page featuring an embedded DICOM image, visit  <http://www.escape.gr/dicom/dicom_embed.html>.