.. index:: Hamamatsu VMS
.. index:: .vms

Hamamatsu VMS
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Extensions: .vms

Developer: `Hamamatsu <http://www.hamamatsu.com>`_


**Support**


BSD-licensed: |no|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 

Reader: HamamatsuVMSReader (:bfreader:`Source Code <HamamatsuVMSReader.java>`, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields </metadata/HamamatsuVMSReader>`)


Freely Available Software:

- `OpenSlide <https://openslide.org>`_


We currently have:

* a few example datasets 
* `public sample images <https://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/images/Hamamatsu-VMS/>`__ 
* `developer documentation from the OpenSlide project <https://openslide.org/Hamamatsu%20format/>`_

We would like to have:

* an official specification document 
* more example datasets

**Ratings**


Pixels: |Good|

Metadata: |Good|

Openness: |Fair|

Presence: |Fair|

Utility: |Fair|



