[MINC-users] new version of dicom perl library

[Jonathan Harlap]

For those on both minc-users and bic-users, my apologies for 
cross-posting...

Another new version of my branch of DICOMperl is now available, which 
improves handling of sequences (dicom value representation SQ, which 
previously was not supported but caused the library to die with an 
error message).  Now any dicom sequences will not be read, and their 
values will be set to 'skipped' - but parsing the rest of the dicom 
file will continue unhindered.

I have heard very few users request sequence support, so I do not 
expect that I will be putting in the time to properly read sequences 
anytime soon...  If there is a groundswell of users who need the data 
in their sequences, I may reconsider, so please do let me know if you 
need it.

This impacts on the functionality of dicom3_to_minc and get_dicom_info, 
both of which have not changed - they merely inherit the improvement by 
using the new library, as will any other software written to use my 
branch of DICOMperl.

The updated version of the library is available from my web site at
http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/~jharlap/dicom/

BIC users can run dicom3_to_minc and get_dicom_info directly from my 
public bin directory (they no longer need to set the environment 
variable PERL5LIB) by simply running:
~jharlap/public/bin/dicom3_to_minc -help
or ~jharlap/public/bin/get_dicom_info -help

Cheers,
Jon