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Medical DICOM radiology scans, genomic FASTA sequence alignments, 3D molecular PDB models, LiDAR point clouds, and statistical data.

Popular Medical & Science Extensions

.DCMMedical & Science

DCM File Format

Complete guide to .DCM (DICOM) medical imaging files used in CT scans, MRI, ultrasound, and X-rays. Learn how to view DICOM files safely with HIPAA compliance.

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.DICOMMedical & Science

DICOM File Format

Full name extension for .DCM DICOM medical scan archives.

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.FITMedical & Science

FIT File Format

Guide to .FIT Flexible Image Transport System astronomical observation data and Garmin GPS activity logs.

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.FITSMedical & Science

FITS File Format

NASA astronomical camera raw data format storing telescope scientific observations.

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.GEOTIFFMedical & Science

GEOTIFF File Format

Geographic .GEOTIFF extension storing spatial reference tags, projection data, and satellite imagery.

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.NIIMedical & Science

NII File Format

NII (Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative) is a file format widely used in neuroscience and brain imaging research to store 3D and 4D functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data.

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.FASTAMedical & Science

FASTA File Format

FASTA (often .fa or .fasta) is a text-based format for representing nucleotide or amino acid sequences, where nucleic acids or proteins are represented using single-letter codes.

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.FAMedical & Science

FA File Format

FA is the common shorthand extension for FASTA sequence files used in bioinformatics pipelines, sequence alignment tools, and gene annotation databases.

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.BAMMedical & Science

BAM File Format

BAM is the compressed binary representation of Sequence Alignment Map (SAM) files, storing aligned high-throughput next-generation sequencing (NGS) reads against a reference genome.

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.SAMMedical & Science

SAM File Format

SAM (Sequence Alignment Map) is a tab-delimited text format for storing biological sequences aligned to a reference sequence, created for high-throughput DNA sequencers.

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.PDBMedical & Science

PDB File Format

PDB (Protein Data Bank) format holds 3D atomic coordinates of biological macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, complex enzymes) solved via X-ray crystallography or Cryo-EM.

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.MATMedical & Science

MAT File Format

MAT is the proprietary binary or HDF5-based data container used by MathWorks MATLAB to store variables, numeric arrays, multidimensional matrices, structs, and cell arrays.

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.HDF5Medical & Science

HDF5 File Format

HDF5 (Hierarchical Data Format 5) is a high-performance data model and file format designed by the HDF Group to store and manage massive, complex multidimensional scientific datasets.

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.H5Medical & Science

H5 File Format

H5 is the standard shorthand extension for HDF5 containers, widely adopted in Machine Learning frameworks (TensorFlow, Keras) to store deep neural network model weights.

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.NETCDFMedical & Science

NETCDF File Format

NetCDF (Network Common Data Form) is a set of software libraries and self-describing array-oriented data formats for climate science, meteorology, and oceanography.

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.NCMedical & Science

NC File Format

NC is the ubiquitous file extension shorthand for NetCDF containers, storing spatial temporal multidimensional climate grids.

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.LASMedical & Science

LAS File Format

LAS is an open binary specification created by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) for interchange of 3D LiDAR point cloud data.

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.LAZMedical & Science

LAZ File Format

LAZ is the lossless compressed format for LAS LiDAR data files developed by Martin Isenburg (LASzip), reducing file sizes by up to 85% without precision loss.

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.PCDMedical & Science

PCD File Format

PCD is the native 3D point cloud file format used by the Point Cloud Library (PCL) open-source framework for 3D spatial perception and robotics autonomous driving sensors.

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.SAVMedical & Science

SAV File Format

SAV is the binary database file format created by IBM SPSS Statistics, containing structured research survey responses, numeric variables, value labels, and dictionary metadata.

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.PORMedical & Science

POR File Format

POR is an ASCII portable dataset format generated by IBM SPSS to enable survey data interchange across heterogeneous mainframes and operating systems.

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.RDATAMedical & Science

RDATA File Format

RDATA (or .RData) is the binary data persistence format used by R statistical language, capable of saving entire multi-object R environment workspaces.

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.RDSMedical & Science

RDS File Format

RDS is a binary format created by the R programming language to serialize and compress a single R data structure (data frame, matrix, linear model) to disk.

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.SAS7BDATMedical & Science

SAS7BDAT File Format

SAS7BDAT is the primary binary dataset container generated by SAS (Statistical Analysis System) enterprise software for pharmaceutical, clinical trial, and financial analytics.

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.DTAMedical & Science

DTA File Format

DTA is the native binary data format used by Stata statistical software for microeconometric research, public health epidemiology, and social policy modeling.

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Top Software for Medical & Science

MathWorks MATLAB

MathWorks, Inc. • $860 / year or Student License

Numeric computing environment and programming language for engineers and scientists.

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Posit RStudio Desktop

Posit, PBC (RStudio) • Free Open Source Desktop

Premier Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for R statistical computing and data science.

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Horos Medical Viewer

Horos Project / Purview • Free Open Source

Free open-source medical image viewer for macOS designed for viewing CT, MRI, and DICOM medical scans.

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3D Slicer

Slicer Community / NIH • Free Open Source

Open-source software platform for medical image informatics, image processing, and 3D visualization.

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PyMOL Molecular Graphics

Schrödinger, Inc. • Free Open Source Core / Educational

User-sponsored molecular visualization system for rendered 3D chemical structures and protein crystal ribbons.

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QGIS GIS Platform

QGIS Association • Free Open Source

Free open source Geographic Information System (GIS) for viewing, editing, and analyzing spatial data.

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Google Earth Pro

Google LLC • Free Desktop App

3D virtual globe program for exploring global satellite imagery, terrain, 3D buildings, and GIS KML files.

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IBM SPSS Statistics

IBM Corporation • $99 / month

Statistical software suite used for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, and business intelligence.

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Wolfram Mathematica

Wolfram Research • $385 / year

Computation system for neural networks, machine learning, symbolic math, and geometry.

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NI LabVIEW

Emerson / National Instruments • $528 / year

System engineering software for applications that require test, measurement, and control.

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KiCad EDA Suite

KiCad Services Corporation • Free Open Source

Free open source printed circuit board (PCB) design and schematic capture tool.

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OsiriX MD Radiology Station

Pixmeo SARL • $699 / year

FDA cleared DICOM medical image viewer for Mac workstations.

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MicroDicom DICOM Viewer

Simeon Stoykov • Free Desktop App

Free DICOM viewer software for Windows PCs to view MRI, CT, and X-ray medical images.

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RadiAnt DICOM Viewer

Medixant • $48 / year

Lightning-fast medical image PACS viewer for Windows supporting multiplanar reconstructions.

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Altium Designer PCB

Altium LLC • $3,850 / year

PCB design and electronics CAD software for circuit schematics and 3D layout.

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EasyEDA Circuit Designer

JLCPCB / EasyEDA • Free Web App

Free web-based EDA tool suite for schematic capture, SPICE simulation and PCB layout.

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Blue Marble Global Mapper

Blue Marble Geographics • $599 one-time

Comprehensive GIS mapping software for spatial data conversion, 3D terrain and LiDAR processing.

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GRASS GIS System

GRASS Development Team • Free Open Source

Free open source Geographic Information System for geospatial data management and analysis.

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SAGA GIS Platform

SAGA User Group Association • Free Open Source

System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses with intuitive API and spatial algorithms.

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Scilab Numerical Computation

Scilab Enterprises / Dassault • Free Open Source

Free open source numerical computation software for engineering and science.

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OriginLab OriginPro

OriginLab Corporation • $850 / year

Data analysis and graphing software for scientists and engineers.

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GraphPad Prism

Dotmatics / GraphPad • $170 / year

Scientific graphing and biostatistics curve fitting software.

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Stata Statistical Software

StataCorp LLC • $495 / year

Data science software for statistics, graphics, and data management.

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SAS Analytics Platform

SAS Institute Inc. • Enterprise Software

Advanced analytics, business intelligence, and data management software.

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Minitab Statistical Software

Minitab, LLC • $1,610 / year

Data analysis and process improvement software for Six Sigma quality control.

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Lumivero NVivo

Lumivero • $1,249 one-time

Qualitative data analysis software for analyzing text, audio, and video research.

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NI Multisim Circuit Design

National Instruments • $628 / year

SPICE simulation and circuit design software for electronic engineering.

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Analog Devices LTspice

Analog Devices • 100% Free Software

Free high-performance SPICE simulation software and schematic capture.

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Labcenter Proteus Design

Labcenter Electronics • $495 one-time

PCB design and microcontroller simulation software suite.

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Fritzing Electronics

Friends-of-Fritzing e.V. • Free Open Source / €8

Open source hardware initiative that makes electronics accessible to designers.

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Preguntas frecuentes

Respuestas claras a las preguntas más habituales.

Use free medical DICOM viewers like Horos (macOS) or MicroDicom Viewer (Windows).

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