Examples of common uses include 3D representations of brain scans, or Red Green Blue and Luminescence (RGBL) channels in astrophotography. FIT is more useful to scientists than JPG or BMP formats as it allows for data sets to be stored which consist of multi-dimensional arrays.
Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) data is an agreed file format for the storage of scientific imaging and is fully endorsed by both NASA and the IAU.
