Import file types

CustusX can import the following data types from file.

Image / volume data:

Input datatype	Allowed variants	Description
DICOM	8, 16, or 32 bit (signed or unsigned)	http://dicom.nema.org/standard.html
.mhd	VTK mhd reader (with some CX additions)	https://itk.org/Wiki/ITK/MetaIO/Documentation
.png	VTK png reader	2D pictures

Polydata / Surface models :

Input datatype	Allowed variants	Description
.stl	VTK stl reader
.vtk	VTK vtk format	www.vtk.org/VTK/img/file-formats.pdf
.vtp	VTK vtp format	www.vtk.org/VTK/img/file-formats.pdf