What is the difference between .dcm and .ras?
- Extension
- .dcm
- .ras
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- NEMA
- Sun
- Description
- A DCM file is an image file saved in the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) image format. It stores a medical image, such as a CT scan or ultrasound. DCM files may also include patient information to pair the image with the patient.
- Originally used on the Sun Microsystems computers, RAS is a raster image format that displays bitmap images. It is popularly used for specific types of research projects and it can be developed in Unix OS as well. It supports 1 and 32-bits per pixel and used RLE compression codec.
- MIME Type
- application/dicom
- image/x-cmu-raster
- Sample
- sample.dcm
- Wikipedia
- .dcm on Wikipedia
- .ras on Wikipedia