diff --git a/src/04-modality-specific-files/10-microscopy.md b/src/04-modality-specific-files/10-microscopy.md index c1cf0c6262..2bdd796715 100644 --- a/src/04-modality-specific-files/10-microscopy.md +++ b/src/04-modality-specific-files/10-microscopy.md @@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ by the [Open Microscopy Environment](https://www.openmicroscopy.org/) for whole- the [OME-TIFF file specifications](https://docs.openmicroscopy.org/ome-model/6.1.2/ome-tiff/file-structure.html). The OME-TIFF file allows for multi-page TIFF files to store multiple image planes and supports multi-resolution pyramidal tiled images. An OME-XML data block is also embedded inside the -file’s header. +file’s header. Further, OME-ZARR (sometimes refered to as OME-NGFF or NGFF) has been developed to provide improved +access and storage for large data via chunked and compressed N-dimensional arrays. The BIDS standard accepts microscopy data in a number of file formats to accommodate datasets stored in 2D image formats and whole-slide imaging formats, to accommodate lossless and lossy @@ -54,9 +55,9 @@ Microscopy raw data MUST be stored in one of the following formats: (`.ome.tif` for standard TIFF files or `.ome.btf` for [BigTIFF](https://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/bigtiff.html) files) -- [NGFF/OME-ZARR](https://ngff.openmicroscopy.org/latest/) (`.ome.zarr` directories) +- [OME-ZARR/NGFF](https://ngff.openmicroscopy.org/latest/) (`.ome.zarr` directories) -If different from PNG, TIFF, OME-TIFF, or NGFF, the original unprocessed data in the native format MAY be +If different from PNG, TIFF, OME-TIFF, or OME-ZARR, the original unprocessed data in the native format MAY be stored in the [`/sourcedata` directory](../02-common-principles.md#source-vs-raw-vs-derived-data). ### Modality suffixes