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+The FIB-SEM .dat format is a completely custom file format for the Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope system developed at Janelia. Documentation can be found in two repositories:
+https://github.com/janelia-cellmap/fibsem-tools/
+https://github.com/clbarnes/jeiss-specs