Escape Information Services is pleased to announce the launch of its beta
campaign for DICOM Import v1.1 which provides programmatic access to all
DICOM non-image data. A developer toolkit (SDK) is available for MacOS
developers.

DICOM Import provides access to the non-image data of DICOM files by
exploiting the QuickTime Atom architecture. Thus developers only need to
use existing QuickTime API calls to gain access to such data.
How to join the beta team
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Developers interested in participating in the beta campaign, please fill
out the special registration form that is available on our home page at
(http://www.escape.gr/dicom/). There, one will also find:
- detailed instructions on the structure of the QuickTime Atoms
used by DICOM Import
- sample code in C of a complete DICOM file parser
- a section on the QuickTime Atom architecture for those who
are unfamiliar with this excellent technology

About DICOM Import
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DICOM Import is a new QuickTime component that works on both Mac and
Windows, and enhances QuickTime-savvy applications with the ability to
import medical images that conform to the DICOM standard. DICOM files are
being produced by all major radiology systems, such as CT and NMR imagers.
DICOM Import currently supports a wide subset of the DICOM standard, such as:

- single and multiple image files
- compressed (lossy & lossless JPEG; RLE) and uncompressed
- indexed and direct, monochrome and RGB, 8 and 16 bit pixel depth

Moreover, the following useful features are available:
- conversion of multi-frame DICOM files to QuickTime movies
- individual access of frames in multi-frame files
(if the calling application supports it)
- URL importing of DICOM files
- embedding of DICOM images in web browsers

Escape Information Services, based in Thessaloniki, Greece, is the maker of
QPix and QMedia, the leading multimedia plug-ins for 4th Dimension, that
provide a wide exposure of QuickTime 3/4 through 4D's programming language,
including the possibility to create and edit movies.
Anthony J. Patrinos, PhD
(http://www.escape.gr/)