MODULE NAME : read_rle_image

INPUTS	    : image  2D 4-vector byte

PARAMETERS  : filename

MODULE DESCRIPTION :
     This module reads an image in the rle format into an AVS Network.

FILE TYPE DESCRIPTION :
     rle image files are generated by the tools of Utah's  Raster
     Toolkit.   See the Utah documentation set for details on how
     to use these tools.

FILE RECOGNITION
     Utah rle files are only recognized by the following filename
     suffix: .rle

NOTE :
   This module requires that libim.a and libsdsc.a be installed in
   the /usr/lib directory for compilation with the given Makefiles.
   Both of these libraries can be obtained through anonymous ftp to
   sdsc.edu.  For more information, send email to info@sdsc.edu.

CREDITS
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MODULE AUTHOR:	Terry Myerson
		International AVS Center
		North Carolina Supercomputing Center
		avs@ncsc.org

This module is entirely based upon the San Diego Supercomputing Center's
Image Tool library.