| Format | Extensions | Data space | Software | Wiki | Compression | header |
| Analyze | img/hdr | real | SPM | | N | show_hdr A.hdr |
| NIFTI-1 | nii or img/hdr | real | SPM,FSL | | N | show_hdr A.nii |
| DICOM | dcm | real | | | Y/N | |
| vmr | vmr | real | BrainVoyager | | N | |
| v16 | v16 | real | BrainVoyager | | N | |
| fmr | fmr/stc | real | BrainVoyager | | N | text editor(A.fmr) |
| fid | fid | k | VNMRJ | Fid | N | fid_head A.fid |
| fdf | fdf | real | VNMRJ | | N | fdf_head A.fdf |
| sdt | sdt/spr | real | STIMULATE | STIMULATE | N | text editor(A.spr) |
| edt | edt/epr | k | | | N | text editor(A.epr) |
| BRIK | BRIK/HEAD | real | AFNI | | N | text editor(A.HEAD) |
| mgh | mgh | real | FreeSurfer | | N | |
| mgz | mgz | real | FreeSurfer | | Y | |
| MINC | mnc | real | MINC Tool Kit | | N | ncdump -h A.mnc |
| ISMRMRD | | | | | | |
- The information isn't so exact. For example, some of the formats can handle k-space data additionally.