Leica LAS AF LIF (Leica Image File Format)

Extensions: .lif

Developer: Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH

Owner: Leica

Support

BSD-licensed:

Export:

Officially Supported Versions: 1.0, 2.0

Reader: LIFReader (Source Code, Supported Metadata Fields)

Freely Available Software:

• Leica LAS AF Lite (links at bottom of page)

We currently have:

• a LIF specification document (version 2, from no later than 2007 July 26, in PDF)
• a LIF specification document (version 1, from no later than 206 April 3, in PDF)
• numerous LIF datasets

We would like to have:

Ratings

Pixels:

Metadata:

Openness:

Presence:

Utility:

Additional Information

Please note that while we have specification documents for this format, we are not able to distribute them to third parties.

LAS stands for “Leica Application Suite”. AF stands for “Advanced Fluorescence”.

Commercial applications that support LIF include:

• Bitplane Imaris
• SVI Huygens
• Amira