I am happy to announce that Ruby DICOM 0.6 has been released. This version features two significant improvements: Speed and network communication!

The entire library has been rewritten with respect to encoding/decoding, which has greatly simplified the code base. Along with a switch from array to hash in the dictionary, this has resulted in a dramatic increase in the speed of which the library handles DICOM files. Compared to the older versions, this new release is incredibly snappy!

In addition to overall speed improvements, Ruby DICOM has now entered the network dimension. For now, the network features should definately be considered highly experimental, but please play around with it; see what works and what doesn't. You will be able to perform queries, move and send files, as well as set up your own simple storage server (SCP). All in pure Ruby, no external dependencies! Check out the documentation for how to use these new features.