Small Code Footprint DICOM Image Loader Completed 

Recent work involving medical images have motivated the implementation of a robust DICOM image reader. This work has now been completed resulting in one of the most complete open-source Java implementations of the DICOM specification. The implementation is capable of loading 8-bit grayscale, 8-bit color, 16-bit grayscale, and 24-bit color DICOM images where the image data may be uncompressed, run-length encoded, jpeg-lossless compressed, or jpeg-lossy compressed. Also of interest is the implementation of the spatial (sequential) lossless encoding mode (SOF3) of the ISO/IEC also known as JPEGL. Note that this IS NOT an implementation of JPEG-LS. It is an implementation of the original lossless JPEG coding scheme as specified in the ORIGINAL JPEG Internal Standards Organization (ISO) spec :

• ISO/IS-10918-1 (JPEG Part 1)
• ISO/IS-10918-2 (JPEG Part 2)

Whereas JPEG-LS is ISO spec ISO/IS-14495-1 (JPEG-LS Part 1).

I can find no easy-to-use, small-footprint, open-source Java implementation capable of decoding these streams at full resolution. Some nice things about the implementation is that it requires just a few new classes to run (approximately 6).

Laboratory Acquires new Vivid 910 Non-Contact Digitizer 

 Recently the visionlab has been able to acquire a new piece of lab equipment : a Vivid 910 3D digitizer manufactured by Konica Minolta. This should be a great tool for research and education. Interested readers may read on to know more about this equipment.....

• Speed - scans in less than one second (Fast Mode)
• Precision - over 300,000 points with range resolution to 0.0016" (Fine Mode)
• Simplicity - point and shoot simplicity for consistently excellent results
• Flexibility - only Konica Minolta offers interchangeable lenses for variable scanning volumes