After scanning an array a picture is created and specific software is needed to perform an image analysis. Each microarray platform (or scanner) provides specific methods to convert the image into a data file storing intensity measurements of each spot.
In Babelomics and in general microarray studies, those data files are considered to be the raw data; the starting point of any microarray analysis study.
There are 3 raw data types that can be read and processed using Babelomics.