IMD file conversion
I'm trying to convert some IMD files to text files (and then on to FCS) using the CyTOF software. The size of the text files after conversion however are huge, along with the subsequent FCS files. Far too big to be of use.
As an example one IMD file is 468, 014 KB and when I convert to text using the software the resulting file is 800,124 KB (The conversion done originally by the software directly after acquisition resulted in a text file of 1,288 KB).
Couple of questions - Does this sound correct or am I doing something wrong and why the drastic difference in the size of the text file when the software converts automatically at the end of acquisition (1,288 KB) to the size of file resulting when I manually convert using the CyTOF software (800,124 KB).
Thanks!
David.