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3.0.0beta1 - Released

        * ctsim: Added accelerator (hotkeys) to windows

        * ctsim: Online help added as well as HTML help
        
        * ctsim: Added icons to Frames on Windows versions

        * pjinfo: Fixed bug when doing --dump and not specifing --endview

        * 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 
   First Microsoft Windows GUI version
   Modifications for Microsoft Visual C++ compilation.
   Improved pjinfo to output binary headers and view data, useful
        when manually compiling phantoms that vary during projection
        process. Thanks to Ian Kay for idea and code submission.
   Improved sorting to find median in ImageFile::statistics
   Fixed core-dump bug in Array2dFile::labelsCopy() function (Ian Kay) 
   Changed reconstruction dialog to fix onto smaller screens
   Fixed display of plotting in Projection views
   Improved animation displays for Projections and Reconstructions
   Changed code to explicitly use std:: namespace rather than 
        "namespace using std" statements
   Fixed reconstruction scaling bug introduced in 2.0.6
   Renamed if2img to ifexport, if-1 to if1, if-2 to if2
        
2.0.6 - 12/03/00
   Fixed minor compilation problem with procsignal.h
   Updated README file
   Fixed bug when simulating projections and Trace == CONSOLE
   Fixed scaling bug when performing redundant rotations around object
        
2.0.5 - 12/01/00
   Improved compilation on RedHat 7
   Changed some of ANSI C header files to C++ header files
   Removed README.RedHat7
        
2.0.4 - 11/25/00
   Added documentation for --geometry setting
   Added README.RedHat7 document
         
2.0.3 - 11/20/00
   Fixed bug in generation of binary PGM files
   Fixed MPI compilation bug in phm2pj.cpp
   Inverted y-axis output for pj2if (bug alert from Ian Kay)
        
2.0.2 - 11/8/00
   Additions to man pages (Ian Kay)
   Fix problem with reading of ASCII phantom files (Ian Kay)

2.0.1 - 10/1/00
   Fixed syntax error in fftw configuration
   Slight modifications to support gcc v2.9.6
        
2.0.0 - 9/7/00
   Version 2.0.0 released!
   ctsim: Added Window menu to Main frame
   ctsim: Disabled not support reconstruction method
   Fixed obscure bug in sys_error
   Fixed compilation in mingw environment not present
   Fixed compilation in non-graphical environments      
        
2.0.0-b12 - 9/4/00
   ctsim: Added animation of reconstruction
   ctsim: Added saving of dialog parameters for Projection & Reconstruction
   ctsim: Added progress dialog for rasterization of phantom
   ctsim: used setpriority to set lower priority
   ctsim: fixed pReconstruct not being deleted causing scaling problem
   ctsim: fixed projection animation dialog buttons

2.0.0-b11 - 9/1/00
   ctsim: Added projection graph to animation of projection collection  
   ctsim: Added single stepping to projection collection animation
   ctsim: improved File/Properties display for projection files
   ctsim: Added progress dialog for reconstructions
   ctsim: Added file labels for projection and reconstruction images
   ctsim: Made File/Properties bring up modal dialogs
   Added reconstruction for Equilinear and Equiangular geometries
   Changed theta to be -PI/2 to make compliant with Kak-Slaney formulas
   Separated reconstruction into Reconstructor class
   Fixed center of detector adjustment for even number of detectors
   Added --enable-static to generate statically linked programs
        
2.0.0-b10 - 8/25/00
   ctsim: Added animation of projection collection processs
   ctsim: Added Auto Scaling for image windows
   ctsim: Change menus from "windowing" to "display scaling"
   Added FieldOfView and FocalLength ratio parameters to projection collection
   Added FocalLength & FieldOfView fields to projection data files
   Added Projection collection for Equilinear and Equiangular geometries
   Changed name of Rowland Phantom to correct name of Shepp-Logan
   Fixed bug in backprojection selection
        
2.0.0-b9 - 8/22/00
   Added RCS Id strings to executable files
   Added RPM Spec file for RPM package creation
   Added loading of ASCII phanthom definitions from files
   Fixed compilation for non-SGP architectures 
   Decomposed SignalFilter class into ProcessSignal and SignalFilter classes
   Added Filter-Generation option to reconstruction to allow direct or 
        inverse_fourier construction of filters
   Added median to statistics and to auto-windowing
        
2.0.0-b8 - 8/1/00
   Added line color support to SGP
   Fixed lineAbs bug
        
2.0.0-b7 - 7/25/00
   Finished support for dmallocxx library
   Fixed bug in SignalFilter::convertFilterMethodNameToID()
   Rewrote SGP & EZPlot to use C++ object-oriented. SGP can now write to 
        G2 windows and well as WXWindows.
   ctsim program: "Create Phantom" now shows phantom object
   Fixed row-plot bug in if-2
   Reworked EZPlot's multiple plot operation
        
2.0.0-b6 - 7/22/00
   ctsim program: improved initial size and scroll area for image 
        and projection files
   ctsim program: added rasterization parameters, projections parameters,
        and reconstruction parameters dialogs
   Moved char[] static definition from header files to c++ files
   Completely reorganized option processing in classes to improve
        expandability and to assist ctsim graphical user interface.
        
2.0.0-b5 - 7/17/00
   ctsim program: Added dialog to set minimum/maximum display levels 
   Started ctsim.tex document file
        
2.0.0-b4 - 7/13/00
   Fixed compiler warnings at -Wall level
   Began work on CTSim program to be graphical front-end of all functions
   Moved current src/*.cpp to tools/*.cpp
   Made CTSim graphical front-end's home to be src/
        
2.0.0-b3 - 7/10/00
   Added highly optimized backprojection method idiff3
   Moved comparative stats to if-2 program from ifinfo
   Fixed image display in if2img using G2 library
   Added column-plot and row-plot options to if-2
   Added autoselection of analytic/calculated spatial responses to SignalFilter
   Added frequency-based preinterpolation to SignalFilter and idiff3
        backprojection method. Currently, this technique is still under
        development and debugging
   Moved graphic file writing to ImageFile class from if2img program

2.0.0-b2 - 7/07/00  
   Cleaned up SignalFilter class
   Added zeropad option to pjrec
   Added zeropad options to html and cgi files
   Added fourier_table and rfttw filter methods
   Added FFTW routines to use real/half-complex transformations
        
2.0.0-b1 - 7/05/00
   Updated trace level processing
   Added trace level to SignalFilter
   Fixed magnitude vs. real output bug in FFT/Fourier filter
        
1.9.9 - 7/04/00
   Fixed const issue with ImageFileArray
   Fixed Array2dFile::labelsCopy()
   Added copy constructor and assignment for Array2dFileLabel class
   Added Timer to if-2.cpp and ifinfo.cpp
   Added beginning of frequency-based (DFT & FFT) filter to SignalFilter
   Added option processing for filter-method for pjrec to choose
        between convolution, dft, & fft filtering
   Fixed format string for EZPlot so axis labels now print
   Added support for FFTW library
        
1.9.8 - 6/27/2000
   Rewrote Array2dFile class to be non-templated
   Rewrote Array2dFile class to make reads and writes atomic. No disk files are kept open.
   Rewrote Array2dFileLabel class to make members private, added access routines
   Removed timedate.cpp in favor of standard C library time/date functions
   Renamed ctrec to pjrec, sample-ctrec.sh to sample-ctsim
   Added signature tag and creation date/time to projection files
        
1.9.7 - 6/25/2000
   Standardized string option processing by classes. All classes use character strings
        to select options rather than numeric constants. Added fail() and failMessage()
        methods to verify that objects are created correctly by character strings.
   Hid C++ assignment and copy constructors in classes that should not have assignment/copy
   Rewrote ImageFile class
   Started support for dmallocxx library, not finished
   Added G.T. Herman image comparision statistics to ifinfo (see imagefile.cpp)
   Updated ifinfo to show comparative statistics
   Added printLabels() to Array2dFile class
   Added printStatistics() to ImageFile class
        
1.9.6 - 6/22/2000
   Moved conversion filter name/id to Filter class
   Moved conversion backprojection name/id to Backproj class
   Added MPI broadcasting of strings
        
1.9.5 - 6/21/2000
   Merged proj_reconstr into class Projections
   Used auto_ptr in Projections::reconstruct to make sure destructor is always called
   Code cleanup in projections.cpp
   Moved conversion of phantom names/id to Phantom class
        
1.9.4 - 6/20/2000
   Converted projection files to C++ library with frnetorderstream
   Converted image files to C++ library with frnetorderstream
   Converted filter and convolution to object-oriented code
   Changed default image file to float from double -- Changable in imagefile.h
   Optimized image file writing on little-endian architectures
   Updated README and INSTALL
        
1.9.3 - 6/19/2000
   Reorganized source files
   MPI bug fixed to phm2pj.cpp
        
1.9.2 - 6/18/2000
   Reorganized include files
   Fixed const pointers in strfuncs
        
1.9.1 - 6/16/2000
   Renamed directories, moved source files, combined source files
   to change from 6 libraries to 3 libraries (libctsim, libctsupport,
   and libctgraphics)
        
1.9.0 - 6/15/2000
   Skip versions to make version 2.0 the first fully C++ version
   Renamed Raysums to Projections throughout files
   Renamed Detector to Scanner
   Converted Scanner and Projecions to full object-oriented
        
0.6.1 - 6/12/2000
   Converted Phantom and PhantomElements to Object-Oriented
   Converted Detector to Object-Oriented
        
0.6.0-b3 - 6/10/2000
   Improved Integer backprojection method
        Fixed nearest neighbor to be truly nearest neighbor
        Made linear interpolation more integer arithmetic -> speed improvement
   Finished converting all C files to C++
   Converted all use of malloc/free to C++ new/delete
   Began object-oriented conversion of Phantom and Projection structures
        
0.6.0-b2 - 6/8/2000
   Converted MPI data structures to C++ object
   Made ImageFile directly inherit from Array2dFile
        
0.6.0-b1 - 6/6/2000
   First C++ conversions
   Portable IF (image file) format implemented with objects (SDF removed)
        - Now all data files are cross-platform compatible
   Converted from MPI to MPI++
   Converted backprojection to object-oriented
   Removed MTX from libkmath as no longer need -- replaced with C++ matrices             
        
0.5.4 - 6/4/2000
   Simpilifed endian handling
        
0.5.4-b3 - 6/1/2000
   Added support for 64-bit (IA64) CPU
   Removed broken B-spline interpolation
   Added support for cygwin platform under Windows 2000
   Added support for 16-bit PNG graphics
        
0.5.4-b2 - 5/16/2000
   Added compile-time configuration of endian order

0.5.4-b1 - 5/14/2000
   Modified the raysum file format to be platform independent
        
0.5.3 - 5/11/2000
   Added Microsoft VC compatibility
   Cleaned up compilation warnings in libgraph
        
0.5.2-b5 - 5/7/2000
   Continued conversion to ANSI C       
   Removed old CRT routines
        
0.5.2-b4 - 5/4/2000
   Renamed pictures to phantoms, objects to phantom elements
   Continued code cleanup
        
0.5.2-b3 - 4/30/200
    More code cleanup with reorganizing libraries
    Added --log and --exp to sdf-1
    Allowed negative numbers for window levels in CGI interface

0.5.2-b2 - 4/30/200
    Continued code cleanup
        
0.5.2-b1 - 4/29/2000
    Fixed a few MPI bugs
    Better documented, coded raysum in-memory on on-disk options
        
0.5.1 - 4/28/2000
    Cleaned out library that wasn't being used by CTSim  
    Modified ctsim.cgi to read in configuration file ctsim.conf

0.5.0 - 4/27/2000 
    First open source distribution for GNU/Linux
        
6/1999 
  Converted to GNU/Linux
  added MPI support via LAM library
        
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