FITS, the Flexible Image Transport System, is the standard astron data format endorsed by NASA and the IAU. It is a raster format designed to store scientific data sets, which consist of multi-dimensional arrays and 2-dimensional tables. The FITS format was developed by NASA and is supported by XnView and fv Desktop Manager.
Support for the 16-bit grayscale is available in Medical Imaging toolkits and must be unlocked using L_SUPPORT_MEDICAL.
The default extensions used by this format are: FIT, FTS and FITS.
The file format supports multipage files. LEADTOOLS can load the FITS multipage files.
File constants associated with this file format are:
Constant | Read Support | Write Support | Description |
---|---|---|---|
FILE_FIT | 8 BPP (unsigned binary integer - gray) | 8 BPP (unsigned binary integer - gray) | [295] Flexible Image Transport System. |
16 BPP (twos complement signed integers - gray) | 16 BPP (twos complement signed integers - gray) | ||
32 BPP (twos complement signed integers - color) | 32 BPP (twos complement signed integers - color) |
Required DLLs and Libraries
Win32, x64.
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