Bitplane Imaris

Extensions: .ims

Owner: Bitplane

Support

BSD-licensed: No

Export: No

Officially Supported Versions: 2.7, 3.0, 5.5

Readers:

We currently have:

We would like to have:

  • an Imaris 3 (TIFF) specification document

  • more Imaris 3 (TIFF) datasets

Ratings

Pixels: 4 - Very Good

Metadata: 4 - Very Good

Openness: 4 - Very Good

Presence: 2 - Fair

Utility: 2 - Fair

Additional Information

  • There are three distinct Imaris formats:
    1. the old binary format (introduced in Imaris version 2.7)

    2. Imaris 3, a TIFF variant (introduced in Imaris version 3.0)

    3. Imaris 5.5, an HDF variant (introduced in Imaris version 5.5)