[Insight-developers] Is there a definitive list of File type suffixes?

Mark Foskey mark_foskey@unc.edu
Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:09:48 -0500


OK, I'll put on my dunce cap for the day.  A mis-remembered verbal 
explanation from Stephen led me to misread each subsequent relevant 
message on the subject.

Stephen R. Aylward wrote:
> Hi
> 
> mha = all (header and data)
> 
> mhd = header only
> 
> Reality is that the internal tags have the ultimate say on where the 
> data is, but the above is how I designed things...
> 
> Stephen
> 
> 
> Mark Foskey wrote:
> 
>> No, you were right, the "a" in "mha" means "apart".  I thought Jim was
>> joking about that, and even sent him a response that was meant to be 
>> lighthearted but was probably only confusing.  (Sorry, Jim.)
>>
>> Luis Ibanez wrote:
>>  >
>>  > Hmmm,
>>  >
>>  > I probably got the (mha, mhd) order wrong....
>>  >
>>  > Also I think DICOM is selected with the extension ".dcm".
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Luis
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > ----------------------------------------
>>  >
>>  > Miller, James V (Research) wrote:
>>  >
>>  >> I thought mha was "all" (header and data) in one file :)
>>  >>
>>  >> DICOM is not triggered by extension but if we do a DICOM
>>  >> write it will be.
>>  >>
>>  >> Eventually, we'll have jpg, jpeg, (and probably tif, tiff)
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >>> -----Original Message-----
>>  >>> From: Luis Ibanez [mailto:luis.ibanez@kitware.com]
>>  >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:18 AM
>>  >>> To: Kent Williams
>>  >>> Cc: Insight Developers List
>>  >>> Subject: Re: [Insight-developers] Is there a definitive list of File
>>  >>> type suffixes?
>>  >>>
>>  >>>
>>  >>> Hi Kent,
>>  >>>
>>  >>> That's good point,
>>  >>>
>>  >>> We don't have a centralized list of file extensions.
>>  >>> They are buried now in the code of each ImageIO.
>>  >>>
>>  >>> Let's try to reconstruct the list here:
>>  >>>
>>  >>> 1) .mhd  = MetaImage single file
>>  >>> 2) .mha  = MetaImage (header + raw) 2 files
>>  >>> 3) .vtk  = VTK format
>>  >>> 4) .gipl = GIPL
>>  >>> 5) .raw  = RAW format (I suggest we deprecate this one...)
>>  >>> 6)  ???  = VOL
>>  >>> 7)  ???  = Analyze
>>  >>> 8) .png  = PNG format
>>  >>> 9) .pgm  = PGM format (to be converted in an ImageIO class)
>>  >>>
>>  >>> 10)   other ?
>>  >>>
>>  >>>
>>  >>> Please if someone can help to fill in the blanks,
>>  >>> that will be great.
>>  >>>
>>  >>>
>>  >>>    Luis
>>  >>>
>>  >>>
>>  >>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>  >>> Kent Williams wrote:
>>  >>>
>>  >>>> I'm getting ready to add a new image file format for Octree
>>  >>>
>>  >>> encoded images.
>>  >>>
>>  >>>> We're still working out what the internal file format
>>  >>>
>>  >>> organization, but I had
>>  >>>
>>  >>>> a simple question:  So as to not confuse ImageIO, we need
>>  >>>
>>  >>> to choose a file
>>  >>>
>>  >>>> extension distinct from all the others supported.  Is there
>>  >>>
>>  >>> a list somewhere
>>  >>>
>>  >>>> of all the filetype extensions?
>>  >>>>
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