.. index:: Leica LCS LEI .. index:: .lei, .tif Leica LCS LEI =============================================================================== Extensions: .lei, .tif Developer: `Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH `_ Owner: `Leica `_ **Support** BSD-licensed: |no| Export: |no| Officially Supported Versions: Reader: LeicaReader (:bfreader:`Source Code `, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields `) Freely Available Software: - `Leica LCS Lite `_ We currently have: * an LEI specification document (beta 2.000, from no later than 2004 February 17, in PDF) * many LEI datasets We would like to have: **Ratings** Pixels: |Outstanding| Metadata: |Outstanding| Openness: |Very good| Presence: |Very good| Utility: |Very good| **Additional Information** **Please note that while we have specification documents for this format, we are not able to distribute them to third parties.** LCS stands for "Leica Confocal Software". LEI presumably stands for "Leica Experimental Information". Commercial applications that support LEI include: * `Bitplane Imaris `_ * `SVI Huygens `_ * `Image-Pro Plus `_