- Extension
- .acr
- .g4
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Fax
- Developer
- Philips
- Computer Fax Systems (CFS)
- Description
- ACR is a file type associated with the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard, which is used for storing, viewing, printing, and sharing medical images (such as x-rays, CT scans, and ultrasound images). ACR files are primarily used for storing medical images.
- Group 4 (G4) used for black and white lossless compression to maintain high-quality images, commonly used in TIFF format compression by fax machines. A picture is seen as black dots and lines on a blank page; the fewer the dots and lines are, the lesser the file size.
- MIME Type
- application/dicom
- image/g4fax
