Release 3.4 (#572)

* Release note

Signed-off-by: M Q <mingmelvinq@nvidia.com>

* Bump version: 3.3.0 → 3.4.0

Signed-off-by: M Q <mingmelvinq@nvidia.com>

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Signed-off-by: M Q <mingmelvinq@nvidia.com>

Author: MMelQin

.bumpversion.cfg

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.3.0
+current_version = 3.4.0
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)((?P<release>a|b|rc)(?P<build>\d+))?
 serialize = 
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}{release}{build}

docs/source/release_notes/index.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 ```{toctree}
 :maxdepth: 1
 
+v3.4.0
 v3.3.0
 v3.2.0
 v3.1.0

docs/source/release_notes/v3.4.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Version 3.4.0 (December 2025)
+
+## What's new in 3.4.0
+
+- Tested with the latest MONAI v1.5.1 and Holoscan v3.9 CUDA 12 version, [holoscan-cu12](https://pypi.org/project/holoscan-cu12).
+- Added a new compressed DICOM image decoder for PyDicom, which is based on nvImageCodec for GPU-accelerated image frame decoding. This decoder is dynamically registered at runtime with PyDicom as the first choice for the supported transfer syntaxes.
+  - It is worth noting that the invocation of the decoder is fully controlled by the PyDicom decode runner. A single frame is decoded at each invocation, even for multi-frame images. For this reason, batch decoding is not feasible, and the GPU acceleration benefit is offset by the overhead of moving pixels from system to GPU memory.
+  - A custom decode runner can be used instead, in combination with PyDicom metadata parsing, to utilize this new decoder with batch decoding to improve performance. 
+
+
+Please also see the <a href="https://github.com/Project-MONAI/monai-deploy-app-sdk/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed">closed issues on Github</a> and the <a href="https://github.com/Project-MONAI/monai-deploy-app-sdk/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed">closed pull requests on Github</a>.
+
+## Additional information
+Please visit [GETTING STARTED](/getting_started/index) guide and follow the tutorials.
+
+You can learn more about SDK usage through [DEVELOPING WITH SDK](/developing_with_sdk/index).
+
+Please let us know how you like it and what could be improved by [submitting an issue](https://github.com/Project-MONAI/monai-deploy-app-sdk/issues/new/choose) or [asking questions](https://github.com/Project-MONAI/monai-deploy-app-sdk/discussions).