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 * Voreen - The Volume Rendering Engine                                            *
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#ifndef VRN_PHILIPSUSVOLUMEREADER_H
#define VRN_PHILIPSUSVOLUMEREADER_H

#include "voreen/core/io/volumereader.h"

namespace voreen {

/**
 * Reader for Philips Sonos 7500 <tt>.dcm</tt> files. This reader is implemented based
 * on the example reader specified in the document 'Reading Philips 3D DICOM Files from
 * Sonos 7500 D.0'.
 */
class PhilipsUSVolumeReader : public VolumeReader {
public:
    PhilipsUSVolumeReader(ProgressBar* progress = 0);
    virtual VolumeReader* create(ProgressBar* progress = 0) const;

    virtual std::string getClassName() const   { return "PhilipsUSVolumeReader"; }
    virtual std::string getFormatDescription() const { return "Philips Sonos 7500 format"; }

    virtual VolumeCollection* read(const std::string& url)
        throw (tgt::FileException, std::bad_alloc);

    virtual VolumeCollection* readSlices(const std::string& url, size_t firstSlice=0, size_t lastSlice=0)
        throw (tgt::FileException, std::bad_alloc);

private:
    static const std::string loggerCat_;
};

} // namespace voreen

#endif // VRN_PHILIPSUSVOLUMEREADER_H
