[ome-users] scanning probe microscopy formats in loci bio-formats

[Daniel James White]

Hi Steve,

it looks like you have spent much time and effort making file readers  
for image SXM
to read many scanning microscopy file formats:

<snip>
Image SXM is a version of the public domain image analysis software  
NIH Image that has been extended to handle the loading, display and  
analysis of scanning microscope images. Image SXM supports SAM, SCM,  
SEM, SFM, SLM, SNOM, SPM and STM images from the following systems:

Asylum Research MFP-3D
Burleigh InstrumentsDigital Instruments NanoScope IIDigital  
Instruments NanoScope III/IVDME RasterscopeDME Surface Data FileGatan  
DigitalMicrographJEOL JSMJEOL WinSemJEOL WinSPMJPK InstrumentsKlocke  
Nanotechnik AtomikroLeica TCSLEO SEM
Molecular Imaging PicoScanNanoMagnetics Instruments SPMSIFNanonics  
ImagingNanonisNanosurf easyScan
Nanotec Electronica WSxMNoran Instruments VantageNT-MDTOmicron  
VakuumphysikOmicron SCALAOmicron MatrixOxford Instruments  
TOPSystemPark Scientific Instruments HFS-LIFPark Scientific  
Instruments HDF
Philips SEMQuesant InstrumentsRHK Technology SPM-32RHK Technology XPM  
ProSeiko Instruments (SIINT) SPISPECS STM  
AarhusThermoMicroscopesTopoMetrix SPMLabUnisokuVacuum Generators SAMWA  
TechnologyWA Technology TOPSystemZeiss LSM
In addition, the following non-SXM file formats are also supported:
AVIBio-RadBMP
FITSHamamatsu Image SeqNikon NEF
Omicron SPA-LEEDPDSFPDSS
Pentax PEFPhilips APDSBIG CCD
SM-CameraSPECTarga TGA

</snip>

THe LOCI team are developing a java library called bio-formats that  
aims to read as many image file types as possible, for use in projects  
like
imageJ (and thus Fiji), Open Microscroscopy Environment (OME), and  
BioImageXD:

http://www.bioimagexd.net 	BioImageXD
http://pacific.mpi-cbg.de		FIJI -  is just ImageJ (Batteries Included)
http://www.openmicroscopy.org  OME

OME and loci are now looking to expand their data model into electron  
microscopy,
and scanning probe microscopy....

I'm sure they could learn a great deal from you r experience.

I just wondered if you might be interested....

cheers

Dan



Dr. Daniel James White BSc. (Hons.) PhD
Senior Microscopist / Image Visualisation, Processing and Analysis
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