While DICOM is widely used, there are alternative formats for digital histological images:
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format): Known for its high quality and flexibility, but lacking standard metadata support. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): Commonly used due to its smaller file size, but it is a lossy format, which may compromise image quality. BigTIFF: An extension of TIFF for very large images, addressing the file size limitations of standard TIFF.
