Importing and Exporting

Mathematica 5 continues to enhance the capabilities of Import and Export to cover the widest range of data formats and work with large datasets. SVG, PNG, and DICOM are among the graphics, web and matrix formats added, bringing the total number to over 40.

Example: DICOM

The upper image of a knee joint was imported directly from an MRI scanner using the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard, and displayed with Mathematica. The lower image shows the output after edge-detection analysis performed by Mathematica in a single step.

Example: PNG

The upper image was imported from the web using the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format. This bitmap format has become increasingly popular. The lower image shows the result of color separation performed in Mathematica using a simple one-line routine.

Example: Sparse Arrays

Mathematica 5 supports import and export of files in many standard sparse array formats such as Matrix Market and Harwell-Boeing. Using the function MatrixPlot, the structure of nonzero elements of an imported matrix are shown.

Example: XHTML with CSS

This screenshot shows a Mathematica notebook exported as an XHTML file and displayed in a web browser. Note that the look and feel of the original notebook are preserved.

Documentation from the Reference Guide Import Export