+May 8, 2000 Version 3.5.2
+ * configure: improved CTN (DICOM) installation search
+ * src/ctsim.cpp: Fixed initial image size with import command
+
+
+May 5, 2000 Version 3.5.1
+
+ New Features:
+
+ * ctsim: Added tips to be displayed at startup and via the help menu.
+ * ctsim: Added center-detector concept. Allow for detector array
+ to be any arbitrary distance from center of scanner. As a result,
+ projection files are not incompatible with previous version of
+ CTSim.
+ * ctsim: Added threaded tasks and background manager for
+ background processing as well as taking advantage of multiple-CPU's
+ on SMP systems. (Microsoft Windows only)
+ * ctsim: Added plot t-theta sampling to projection file menu.
+ * ctsim: Added Reconstruction with Rebinning for faster
+ divergent beam reconstructions.
+ * ctsim: Added import and export of DICOM image files.
+ * ctsim: Added PPM, PGM, and PNG file import to imagefile.
+ * ctsim: Added FFT/IFFT of columns of image files.
+ * ctsim: Added clipboard cut/copy/paste for image files.
+ * ctsim: Added region of interest to reconstructions.
+ * ctsim: Added Convert Rectangular Image to Projection files
+ * ctsim: Added "Verbose Logging", "Startup Tips", and
+ "Background processes" options to Preferences dialog.
+ * ctsim: Added plotting of projection file histograms.
+ * plotfile: Added scattergram plot functions
+ * ctsim: Added accelerator key for File-Properties
+ * ctsim: Improved wireframe 3-d display to remove hidden
+ surfaces.
+ * backprojectors.cpp: Added setting of axis extent and increment
+ to reconstructions.
+ * projections.cpp: Can read and reconstruct SIEMENS AR.STAR DICOM
+ projection data files.
+
+ Bug Fixes:
+
+ * views.cpp: reduced calls to progress bar update, significant speedup
+ * views.cpp,ctsim.cpp: Fixed bug with window frames sometimes
+ not being displayed on Unix platforms.
+ * views.cpp: Added out-of-memory checks to display for huge
+ image and projection files.
+ * filter.cpp: Fixed Hanning parameter to be 0.5 rather than 0.54
+ * imagefile.cpp: Fixed scaling factor in fftRows
+ * imagefile.cpp: Fixed bug when performing magnitude() on real-valued
+ image.
+ * sgp.cpp: Fixed bug in drawCircle.
+ * distribution: fixed problem with documentation files not
+ being included with the distribution (Reported by Ian Kay).
+ * sgp.cpp/ezplot.cpp: Improved plotting with markers.
+ * fixed ctsimtext shell when giving no parameters to function-name
+ * phm2if, phm2pj: Updated help messages for renamed phantoms
+
+3.0.3 - Released 2/20/01
+
+ * ctsim: Fixed core dump on Linux with OpenGL
+
+ * ctsim: Fixed context-sensitive help on Linux
+
+ * ctsim: Fixed About box on Linux
+
+3.0.2 - Released 2/20/01
+
+ * scanner.cpp: Fixed bug when number of detectors was even.
+
+ * ctsim: Improved error handling when trying to convert
+ divergent projections into polar form.
+
+3.0.1 - Released 2/19/01
+
+ * ctsim: Fixed dialog box for reconstruction so that
+ rotation angle setting will stay fixed in-between use
+ of the dialog box.
+
+ * syserror: Fixed display bug for trace messages
+
+ * ctsim: MSVC optimization bug work-around, compiler
+ options changed.
+
+3.0.0 - Released 2/19/01
+
+ * ctsim: Massive update/fix to online help and print manual.
+
+ * ctsim: Added context-sensitive help to dialog boxes
+
+ * ctsim: Reformated all dialog boxes, much nicer now.
+
+ * ctsim: Improved accelerator key handling
+
+ * global: Added Hanning filter.
+
+ * global: Improved default parameters to that all defaults give
+ sensible output.
+
+3.0.0beta1 - Released 2/11/01
+
+ * ctsim: Added most-recently-used files to File menu with
+ registry storage between executions.
+
+ * ctsim: Hides arcane features unless enabled by Preferences dialog
+
+ * ctsim: Added MDI interface for Windows version and made it default for Windows.
+
+ * ctsim: Added 3-D wireframe view of images (uses OpenGL)
+
+ * ctsim: Added graphical About box
+
+ * ctsim: Escape key now removes cursor lines from image file view
+
+ * ctsim: Added Revert to ImageFile menu
+
+ * ctsim: Added accelerator (hotkeys) to frames
+
+ * ctsim: Online help added!
+
+ * backprojector: Added cubic interpolation
+
+ * ctsim: Added icons to Frames on X-Window and MS Windows versions
+
+ * ctsim: Fixed tick-label placement for plots on projection and
+ reconstruction dialogs.
+
+ * timer.h: Add use of _ftime when compiling on MSVC
+
+ * global: Projection files are not compatible with previous version
+ due to new scanner definitions.
+
+ * global: deleted concept of field-of-view and added
+ view ratio and scan ratio concepts.
+
+ * ctsim: Fixed crash on shutdown bug
+
+ * pjinfo: Fixed bug when doing --dump and not specifing --endview
+
+ * phm2pj: Fixed MPI bug with broadcasting of variables
+
+ * ctsimtext-lam: Changes for first version to compile under lam
+
+
+3.0.0alpha5 - Released 1/12/00
+
+ * ctsim: Added EZPlotDialog, used by debugging plots in
+ procsignal.cpp
+
+ * ctsimtext: Fixed bugs for MSVC and with empty input lines. Fixed
+ bug in parsing command-line parameters.
+
+ * views.cpp: Fixed bug in copying of labels from images to
+ plotfiles
+
+ * syserror.cpp: fixed reporting for fatal errors
+
+ * projections.cpp: fixed MSVC failure with std:: namespace
+
+ * procsignal.cpp: fixed bug in equiangular reconstructions
+ for frequency/inverse-fourier filtering
+
+3.0.0alpha4 - Released 1/09/01
+
+ * ctsim: Added reset to full-intensity scale menu item
+
+ * ctsim: Add conversion of projections to polar plot [Thanks to
+ Ian Kay for reference and math hints in polar bilinear scaling]
+
+ * ctsim: improve bilinear scaling of image size [Thanks to Ian Kay
+ for math tips]
+
+ * ctsim: imagefile labels are now copied to plotfiles
+
+ * ctsim: Added more analyze menuitems
+
+ * ctsimtext: First version. All command-line tools are now accessed
+ through this master shell. Has both command-line and interactive
+ interface
+
+ * ctsim: Fixed initialization of min/max bug for PlotFiles
+
+ * ezplot: Cleaned up y-tick label placement
+
+ * sgp: Added better support for projection/reconstruction animation
+
+3.0.0alpha3 - Released 1/02/01
+
+ * ctsim: Added plotting of histograms
+
+ * imagefile.cpp: fixed bug in generation of 16-bit PNG images
+
+ * ezplot.cpp: adjusted xtick label displays for better placement
+
+3.0alpha2 - Released 1/02/01
+
+ * ctsim: All functions of command-line tools are now in graphical ctsim
+
+ * ctsim: added generation of filter images
+
+ * ctsim: Added 2-image math functions (mul, add, div, sub)
+
+ * ctsim: Added export of imagefiles to graphic file formats
+
+ * ctsim: Added support for scaling imagefiles in new sizes
+
+ * ctsim: Added ability to save standard phantom definitions as
+ text files suitable for reading.
+
+ * ctsim: Add labels for image transformations and display of labels
+ when performing properties of images.
+
+ * processsignal.cpp: Fixed "off by one" bug in
+ shuffleNaturalToFourierOrder when n is even. Moved functions to
+ fourier.cpp
+
+ * imagefile.cpp: Added FFTW library to imagefile processing. Converted
+ image math functions to complex-valued math.
+
+ * phantom.cpp: Added ability to save phantom files as ASCII text.
+
+3.0alpha1 - Released 12/29/00
+
+ * Added PlotFile class to system, used by if2 and ctsim for row
+ and column plots and comparison plots
+
+ * ctsim: Added image comparison statistics and image subtraction
+
+ * ctsim: Added plotting of rows & columns with y-axis scaling
+
+ * ctsim: Added row and column plot comparisons between two image
+ files.
+
+ * ctsim: Added "Process" menu to image file display with math
+ functions. Added 2-dimensional inverse Fourier to math
+ functions. Added support for complex (real/imaginary) images.
+
+ * mathfuncs.cpp: Reworked statistics algorithm to share between
+ imagefile and plotfile classes.
+
+ * imagefile.cpp: Fixed scaling bug when rasterizing Phantom with
+ nsamples > 2. Added generic mage math functions, moved from
+ if1.cpp and if2.cpp to imagefile.cpp. Added support complex
+ images.
+
+ * array2dfile.cpp: Added code to support complex (real/imaginary)
+ images.
+
+ * if1: Updated to handle error conditions, such as sqrt of a
+ negative number. Converted to use new ImageFile math functions.
+
+ * if2: Updated to output plot files and use new ImageFile class
+ math functions
+
+ * if1: Updated to use new ImageFile class math functions
+
+ * ezplot: Reworked to better store colors/linestyles/symbols with
+ individual curves. Improved display of labels and ticks. Updated
+ to use POL class member variable. Updated to more C++ conventions.
+
+ * pol: converted to C++ class. Extracted HashTable to separate
+ class.
+
+ * sgp: Added linestyle settings
+
+2.5.0 - 12/18/00