# File format for general-purpose medical image computing

**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/file-format-for-general-purpose-medical-image-computing/4067
**Category:** Engineering
**Created:** [April 23, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/file-format-for-general-purpose-medical-image-computing/4067 "2021-04-23T16:55:48Z")
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### Author: ![pieper](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/pieper/32/22_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.itk.org/u/pieper)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/file-format-for-general-purpose-medical-image-computing/4067/2 "2021-04-23T17:44:55Z")

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Yes, I share your frustration with the overuse of nifti in fields where it does not belong.

Promoting nrrd is a practical short term thing, but it might be better to build on a more modern base. Perhaps defining a set of medical imaging conventions on zarr.

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