.. index:: Zeiss LSM (Laser Scanning Microscope) 510/710
.. index:: .lsm, .mdb

Zeiss LSM (Laser Scanning Microscope) 510/710
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Extensions: .lsm, .mdb


Owner: `ZEISS International <https://www.zeiss.com>`_

**Support**


BSD-licensed: |no|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 

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


Freely Available Software:

- `Zeiss LSM Image Browser <https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/service-support/downloads.html>`_ 
- `LSM Toolbox plugin for ImageJ <https://imagej.net/LSM_Toolbox>`_ 
- `LSM Reader plugin for ImageJ <https://imagej.net/ij/plugins/lsm-reader.html>`_ 
- `DIMIN <http://www.dimin.net/>`_


We currently have:

* LSM specification v3.2, from 2003 March 12, in PDF 
* LSM specification v5.5, from 2009 November 23, in PDF 
* LSM specification v6.0, from 2010 September 28, in PDF 
* many LSM datasets



**Ratings**


Pixels: |Outstanding|

Metadata: |Very good|

Openness: |Good|

Presence: |Very good|

Utility: |Good|

**Additional Information**

**Please note that while we have specification documents for this
format, we are not able to distribute them to third parties.**

Bio-Formats uses the `OME MDB Tools Java port <https://github.com/ome/ome-mdbtools>`_. 
This is a fork of the `mdbtools-java <https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools>`_ project. 

Commercial applications that support this format include: 

* `SVI Huygens <https://svi.nl/HomePage>`_ 
* `Bitplane Imaris <http://www.bitplane.com/>`_ 
* `Amira <https://www.fei.com/software/amira-avizo/>`_ 
* `Image-Pro Plus <http://www.mediacy.com/>`_
