MBF Bioscience file formats supported

File extension Format Comments .asc Model data Text version of the .dat modeling data file. Export movies in this format for inclusion in MS .avi Movie Powerpoint presentations. .bmp Microsoft's default 2D image format (MS Paint, etc.).

Binary format containing the modeling data for .dat Model data Neurolucida (dendrites, axons, somas, markers, spines) and for Stereo Investigator (probes, markers). Container format for medical imaging that can contain .dcm., img, .pic Dicom Analyze Bio-Rad multiple images in various image formats. .fpx FlashPix

HDF5 consists of a for storing HDF5 data, a data model for logically organizing and accessing HDF5 .hdf5, .h5 HDF5 data from an application, and libraries, language interfaces, and tools for working with this format.

.ics, .ids Nikon .im MCID Supported by MBF Bioscience Densita. Very good quality/compression tradeoff.Supports many .jp2 JPEG 2000 channels at high bit depth. 2D - suitable for photo compression but generates .jpg, ., .jpf, .mjc JPEG artifacts for line compression. Multiple JP2 planes in a single file. MBF uses an extended (but standard) version of this format to .jpx JPEG 2000 contain multiple virtual image planes and channels in a single image file. Proprietary format for Leica microscopy imaging .lif Leica systems. .lsm Laser Scanning Microscopes (LSM) Image stack format used by Zeiss microscope systems. .nd2 Nikon .ndpi,.vms,.vmu Nanozoomer .nrx Model data Written by Neurolucida; read by Neurolucida Explorer. Use to export data to be used in other third-party .obj Wavefront object application for 3D rendering (such as Blender) Single binary file format that is a container for TIFF files .oib Olympus Image Binary and associated lens information for an acquired image stack. Multi-file format that includes an .oif directory .oif Original Imaging Format containing images, lookup tables, regions of interest and scaling information. Rarely used. Was the native file format for PC . PCX - Personal Computer Exchange Paintbrush.

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File extension Format Comments .pff Pyramidal file format Used by Zoomify viewer. Very simple image format with raw pixel data as a very .pgm, .pbm, .ppm Portable Image File small header. Suitable for exporting images to be used on the web. .png Portable Network Graphics Was created as a replacement for GIF format to avoid GIF's proprietary format's issues. 32-bit image format.RGBA stands for red,green,blue, .rgba, .rgb, .bw, .sgi RGBA alpha channels. XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional .svg SVG graphics . .svs SVS Aperio-specific format for virtual slides. Rarely used. Raster file format matching NTSC and PAL .tga Targa video formats. Image capture data IS embedded in the tags, using .tif, .tiff Fluoview standard TIFF format. Preserves image data in non-compressed format. .tif, .tiff TIFF Limited to supporting files up to 4GB. Virtual Reality Markup Language - use to export data for .vrml VRML 3D display in web pages. XML (extensible markup language) version of the .dat modeling data file. This format contain some extensions .xml Model data for 3D mesh modeling not stored in the .asc and .dat file versions. File containing lens scaling and channel information .xmp XMP Sidecar associated with a virtual slide, single image or image stack. Image format used by the Zeiss AxioVision for image .zvi Zeiss Vision Image (ZVI) stacks.

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