Re: Multi image FITS file

Posted by Leonard Sitongia on Apr 18, 2008; 11:18pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Re-Multi-image-FITS-file-tp3696394.html

There was a posting last year about this.

> *From:* Soo Hoo Tom K CTR AFRL/DESM <[log in to unmask]
> <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A2%3Dind0704%26L%3DIMAGEJ%26P%3DR6240%26I%3D-3>>
> *Subject:* Multi image FITS file
>
> Does ImageJ support or is there a plugin available that opens a
> multiple image FITS file, like SAOImage DS9's open 'FITS Multiple
> Extension Data Cube' capability?
>
I'm interested in implementing a plugin to handle this.  Tom McGlynn's
FITS I/O library can handle this type of data cube, so I'm looking at
using it.

The obvious approach is to create an Image Sequence from the data cube.  
Is that reasonable?  Is it consistent with how other plugins handle data
cubes (are there any)?  What about multiple headers?  My FITS data cubes
have one header extension for each image extension.

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