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Bitplane ImarisΒΆ

Extensions: .ims

Owner: Bitplane

Support

BSD-licensed: No

Export: No

Officially Supported Versions: 2.7, 3.0, 5.5

Supported Metadata Fields: Bitplane Imaris

We currently have:

  • an Imaris (RAW) specification document (from no later than 1997 November 11, in HTML)
  • an Imaris 5.5 (HDF) specification document
  • Bitplane’s bfFileReaderImaris3N code (from no later than 2005, in C++)
  • several older Imaris (RAW) datasets
  • one Imaris 3 (TIFF) dataset
  • several Imaris 5.5 (HDF) datasets

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: 3 - Good

Presence: 2 - Fair

Utility: 2 - Fair

Additional Information

Source Code: ImarisHDFReader.java, ImarisTiffReader.java, ImarisReader.java

Notes:

  • 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)