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> Do anyone happen to know any computer journals or textbooks which
> talks about different image file formats?
> I am working on a project to display c_scan and p_scan images using
> SGI Explorer.  The images files are already in PV_WAVE (Precision 
> Visuals), MAT_LAB, Analyze (Biomedical Imaging Resource) formats.
> I think thay are raster images and TIFF images.  Are there any ways
> to convert these images files to RGB format? (existing tools or any
> programming)


There is also a module on the ftp site which can import various
foreign images formats. Quoted from the documentation of
ImportImage :

       "Currently ImportImage knows about the following formats....

          Format    Description
          -------   ----------------------------------------------
          gif       CompuServe Graphics Image Format File
          hdf       Hierarchical Data Format File
          icon      Sun Icon and Cursor file
          iff       Sun TAAC Image File Format
          mpnt      Apple Macintosh MacPaint file
          pbm       Portable Bit Map file
          pcx       ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush file
          pgm       Portable Grayscale Map file
          pic       PIXAR PICture file
          pict      Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT file
          pix       Alias PIXel image file
          pnm       Portable aNy Map file
          ppm       Portable Pixel Map file
          ras       Sun RASterfile
          rgb       Silicon Graphics RGB image file
          rla       Wavefront raster image file
          rle       Utah Runlength-encoded image file
          rpbm      Raw Portable Bit Map file
          rpgm      Raw Portable Grayscale Map file
          rpnm      Raw Portable aNy Map file
          rppm      Raw Portable Pixel Map file
          synu      Synu image file
          tiff      Tagged Image File
          x         Stardent AVS X image file
          xbm       X11 Bit Map file
          xwd       X Window Dump image file"


Cheers,
-- Robert van Liere