IDL === `IDL `_ (Interactive Data Language) is a popular data visualization and analysis platform used for interactive processing of large amounts of data including images. IDL possesses the ability to interact with Java applications via its IDL-Java bridge. Karsten Rodenacker has written a script that uses Bio-Formats to read in image files to IDL. Installation ------------ Download the `ij_read_bio_formats.pro `_ script from Karsten Rodenacker's `IDL goodies (?) `_ web site. See the comments at the top of the script for installation instructions and caveats. Upgrading --------- To use a newer version of Bio-Formats, overwrite the requisite JAR files with the `newer version `_ and restart IDL.