# Leica LCS LEI

Extensions: .lei, .tif

Developer: Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH

Owner: Leica Microsystems

Support

BSD-licensed:

Export:

Officially Supported Versions:

Reader: LeicaReader (Source Code, Supported Metadata Fields)

Freely Available Software:

- Leica LCS Lite

We currently have:

- an LEI specification document (beta 2.000, from no later than 2004 February 17, in PDF)

- many LEI datasets

Ratings

Pixels:

Metadata:

Openness:

Presence:

Utility:

Additional Information

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

LCS stands for “Leica Confocal Software”. LEI presumably stands for “Leica Experimental Information”.

Commercial applications that support LEI include:

- Bitplane Imaris

- SVI Huygens

- Image-Pro Plus