.. index:: MetaMorph Stack (STK)
.. index:: .stk, .nd

MetaMorph Stack (STK)
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Extensions: .stk, .nd


Owner: `Molecular Devices <https://www.moleculardevices.com/>`_

**Support**


BSD-licensed: |no|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 

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




We currently have:

* an STK specification document (from 2006 November 21, in DOC) 
* an older STK specification document (from 2005 March 25, in DOC) 
* an ND specification document (from 2002 January 24, in PDF) 
* a large number of datasets 
* `public sample images <https://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/images/Metamorph/>`__



**Ratings**


Pixels: |Very good|

Metadata: |Very good|

Openness: |Very 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.**

Commercial applications that support STK include: 

* `Bitplane Imaris <http://www.bitplane.com/>`_ 
* `SVI Huygens <https://svi.nl/>`_ 
* `DIMIN <http://dimin.net/>`_ 

.. seealso:: 
  `Metamorph imaging system overview <https://www.moleculardevices.com/systems/metamorph-research-imaging/metamorph-microscopy-automation-and-image-analysis-software>`_
