May 18, 2007 | Digital Pathology, Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory News
Pathologists using digital imaging will soon encounter the “BigTIFF” file format. This new technology allows for TIFF files of any size. Previously, TIFF files were limited to 4 gigabytes. This development comes through work done by Aperio Technologies. Earlier this month, Aperio announced that it had enhanced the libtiff library, an open-source cross-platform library which enables applications software to read and write images stored as TIFF files, to support BigTIFF files. Aperio donated...