Table 2 Free image viewers
  Irfanviewa XnViewb Osirisc ImageJd
Platformse Win32 Win32, Unix, Mac Win32, Mac Win32, Unix, Mac
General support:        
    BMP * * * *
    GIF * * * *
    JPEG * * * *
    JPEG2000 * *    
    PNG * *   *
    PSD * *    
    TIFF * * * *
DICOM support:        
    8-bit * * * *
    10-, 12-, 16-bit     * *
    DICOM Index     *  
Comments Useful general purpose image viewer Useful general purpose image viewer Unstable when handling large numbers of files Functionality extendible via plug-ins

a Irfanview (www.irfanview.com)
b XnView (www.xnview.com)
c Osiris (www.sim.hcuge.ch/osiris/)
d ImageJ (rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/)
e Win32 encompasses all modern Windows® operating systems from Windows 95 onwards. Unix encompasses all modern Unix compatible operating systems including Linux, BSD and Solaris. Mac encompasses all versions of Mac OS X.

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