.. index:: Zeiss Axio CSM
.. index:: .lms

Zeiss Axio CSM
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Extensions: .lms

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

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

**Support**


BSD-licensed: |no|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 

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




We currently have:

* one example dataset



**Ratings**


Pixels: |Good|

Metadata: |Poor|

Openness: |Poor|

Presence: |Poor|

Utility: |Fair|

**Additional Information**


This should not be confused with the more common Zeiss LSM format, 
which has a similar extension.  As far as we know, the Axio CSM 700 system is 
the only one which saves files in the .lms format.
