Zeiss LSM (Laser Scanning Microscope) 510/710

Extensions: .lsm, .mdb

Owner: ZEISS International

Support

BSD-licensed:

Export:

Officially Supported Versions:

Reader: ZeissLSMReader (Source Code, Supported Metadata Fields)

Freely Available Software:

• Zeiss LSM Image Browser
• LSM Toolbox plugin for ImageJ
• LSM Reader plugin for ImageJ
• DIMIN

We currently have:

• LSM specification v3.2, from 2003 March 12, in PDF
• LSM specification v5.5, from 2009 November 23, in PDF
• LSM specification v6.0, from 2010 September 28, in PDF
• many LSM 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.

Bio-Formats uses the MDB Tools Java port

Commercial applications that support this format include:

• SVI Huygens
• Bitplane Imaris
• Amira
• Image-Pro Plus