LOADIMAGES Procedure
PROC LOADIMAGES Features
One of the main features of the LOADIMAGES procedure is that it supports loading images and associated metadata from a variety of sources, including these:
photographic image files
biomedical image files, including those in Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) format
ZIP files that contain photographic images
a directory that contains image files or ZIP files
a directory that contains one or more series of photographic or biomedical images
a directory tree that contains any number of the preceding items in this list
URLs
lists that contain combinations of the preceding items in this list
Table 1 presents the image formats that PROC LOADIMAGES supports.
Table 1: Image Formats Supported by PROC LOADIMAGES
| Format Description | File Extensions |
|---|---|
| Windows bitmap | .bmp, .dib |
| Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) | .jpeg, .jpg, .jpe |
| Portable Network Graphics (PNG) | .png |
| Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) | .tiff, .tif |
| ZIP files of photos | .zip |
| Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard | .dcm |
| Nearly raw raster data (NRRD) | .nrrd, .nhdr |
| Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative (NIfTI) | .nii |
| Analyze | .img |
| MetaImage | .mha, .mhd |
| WebP | .webp |
| Portable image format | .pbm, .pgm, .ppm |
| JPEG 2 | .jp2 |
| High Dynamic Range Image | .hdr |
| Pictor Bitmap file | .pic |