Entwistle A
The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, 91, Riding House Street, London W1W 7BS, United Kingdom.
Biotech Histochem. 2003 Apr;78(2):77-89. doi: 10.1080/10520290310001593810.
Failing to open computer files that describe image data is not the most frustrating experience that the user of a computer can suffer, but it is high on list of possible aggravations. To ameliorate this, the structure of uncompressed image data files is described here. The various ways in which information that describes a picture can be recorded are related, and a primary distinction between raster or bitmap based and vector or object based image data files is drawn. Bitmap based image data files are the more useful of the two formats for recording complicated images such as digital light micrographs, whereas object based files are better for recording illustrations and cartoons. Computer software for opening a very large variety of different formats of digital image data is recommended, and if these fail, ways are described for opening bitmap based digital image data files whose format is unknown.
无法打开描述图像数据的计算机文件，并非计算机用户可能遭遇的最令人沮丧的经历，但它在可能令人恼火的事情清单上排名靠前。为改善这一情况，此处将描述未压缩图像数据文件的结构。描述图片的信息的各种记录方式相互关联，并对基于光栅或位图以及基于矢量或对象的图像数据文件进行了主要区分。对于记录复杂图像（如数字光学显微镜图像）而言，基于位图的图像数据文件是两种格式中更有用的，而基于对象的文件则更适合记录插图和卡通。推荐使用能够打开非常多种不同格式数字图像数据的计算机软件，如果这些软件无法打开，还将介绍打开格式未知的基于位图的数字图像数据文件的方法。
