1 Version 3.5 New Features
3 * Multithreading for running length processes in background. Also
4 takes advantage of multiple-CPU's in SMP systems for speed improvements
5 with parallel processing.
7 * Import PNG, PPM, and PGM images
9 * DICOM file import/export
11 * Can read and reconstruct SIEMENS AR.STAR DICOM raw data files
13 * Scattergram of T-Theta sampling.
15 * Added startup-tips to help new users learn features.
17 * Added ability to place detector at any arbitray position
21 Version 3.0 New Features
23 * Greatly improved dialog boxes
25 * Online and print manuals with context-sensitive help!
27 * 3-d rotating views of image files
29 * Creation of arbitrary filter images
31 * Cubic interpolation for reconstructions
33 * All features of command line tools are now in graphical ctsim program!
35 * Complex-valued image files now supported, lots of image math
36 functions added including Fourier transformations
38 * Visual and statistical image comparision functions
40 * Plotting of row and column data of single and comparison images
44 * Conversion of projections to polar images
46 * Improved animation graphics
48 * New Microsoft Windows compatible self-installer with explorer extensions
53 Version 2.5 of CTSim has been released!
55 New Features of CTSim version 2.5:
57 - Now compiles with Microsoft Visual C++.
59 - First Microsoft Windows graphical user interface
61 - Bug fixes and modest documentation and program improvements over version 2.0
65 New Features of CTSim version 2.0:
67 - Entire code-base cleaned up, re-written, and converted from C to C++.
69 - Graphical user interface now included! Animation of projection and
70 reconstruction processes. Displays projection and image files. Uses
71 platform-independent wxWindows library so can run on UNIX and
72 Microsoft Windows platforms.
74 - Integrated G2 library for graphical display from command line tools
77 - Added frequency-based filtering. Can provide significant speed-up
78 in reconstructions compared to convolution-based filtering.
80 - Added highly-optimized backprojection method (idiff3)
82 - New command-line tools added for image statistics and comparisons with
83 both text and graphical outputs.