.. index:: Leica LCS LEI
.. index:: .lei, .tif
Leica LCS LEI
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Extensions: .lei, .tif
Developer: `Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH `_
Owner: `Leica Microsystems `_
**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
**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 `_