# pyramidal image format for volumes

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**Created:** [June 5, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/pyramidal-image-format-for-volumes/3146 "2020-06-05T02:37:29Z")\
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The ITK Python wrapping supports [Xarray DataArray images in 5.1.0](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itk-5-1-release-candidate-2-available-for-testing/2803), which can be converted to / from Zarr stores, which are chunked, compressed, and well suited for multi-dimensional, hierarchical data.

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