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Andor Bio-Imaging Division (ABD) TIFF

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3i SlideBookΒΆ

Extensions: .sld

Developer: Intelligent Imaging Innovations

Owner: Intelligent Imaging Innovations

Support

BSD-licensed: No

Export: No

Officially Supported Versions: 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0

Readers:

We currently have:

  • Numerous SlideBook datasets

We would like to have:

  • A SlideBook specification document
  • More SlideBook datasets (preferably acquired with the most recent SlideBook software)

Ratings

Pixels: 4 - Very Good

Metadata: 2 - Fair

Openness: 2 - Fair

Presence: 4 - Very Good

Utility: 2 - Fair

Additional Information

We strongly encourage users to export their .sld files to OME-TIFF using the SlideBook software. Bio-Formats is not likely to support the full range of metadata that is included in .sld files, and so exporting to OME-TIFF from SlideBook is the best way to ensure that all metadata is preserved. Free software from 3I can export the files to OME-TIFF post-acquisition, see https://www.slidebook.com/reader.php.

As of Bioformats 5.1.2 the native binary file SlideBook6Reader.dll of the proper architecture (x32 or x64) must be in the java binary path for this reader to work. This file is available from 3i Support and is currently only available for Windows systems.