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Bio-Formats tools downloads

Clients Size File Name Checksum
LOCI Tools 10.01 MB loci_tools.jar d99283 (MD5)
Command Line Tools 17.42 KB bftools.zip 09f8d7 (MD5)
MATLAB Toolbox 13.58 KB bfmatlab.zip 0e06be (MD5)
  • loci_tools.jar is complete bundle (for end users) containing everything needed to read images into ImageJ using Bio-Formats. Instructions for installing Bio-Formats in ImageJ are available in the user guide.

  • bftools.zip is a bundle of scripts for using Bio-Formats on the command line.

  • bfmatlab.zip is a bundle of functions for using Bio-Formats from MATLAB.

Bio-Formats API documentation

API Documentation Size File Name MD5 Checksum
API Documentation Download 11.75 MB bio-formats-javadocs.zip ef6528 (MD5)
  • The Bio-Formats API documentation is also available to read on the web here

Bio-Formats components downloads

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