A number of new features have been added to the Framework. Here are a few of the notable ones:
| • | Multiframe image support. The object model has been modified to include support for multiframe DICOM images. The loading of multiframe images is very efficient. Instead of loading the pixel data for all frames up front, which is slow and wasteful, per frame pixel data can be loaded into memory as needed. This allows even very large multiframes to be loaded quickly. Note that while Enhanced CT and MR images will load and display, support for parsing the per frame tags has not yet been added. |
| • | New graphics primitives. Some new graphics primitives have been added, including ellipses and arcs. |
| • | OpenStudyHelper. Opening a study programmatically has been made vastly easier with the introduction of the OpenStudyHelper class, which encapsulates a lot of the detail developers previously had to implement themselves. |
| • | DrawToBitmap. A handy DrawToBitmap method has been added to IPresentationImage that will render to a .NET Bitmap of a size that you specify, instead of the screen. This method can be used for applications such as thumbnails or an image clipboard (which, in fact, is what we use it for.) |
