.. index:: IPLab
.. index:: .ipl

IPLab
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Extensions: .ipl

Developer: Scanalytics

Owner: was `BD Biosystems <http://www.bdbiosciences.com/>`_, now `BioVision Technologies <https://www.biovis.com/iplab.htm>`_

**Support**


BSD-licensed: |no|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 

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


Freely Available Software:

- `IPLab Reader plugin for ImageJ <https://imagej.net/ij/plugins/iplab-reader.html>`_


We currently have:

* an IPLab specification document (v3.6.5, from 2004 December 1, in PDF) 
* several IPLab datasets

We would like to have:

* more IPLab datasets (preferably with 32-bit integer or floating point data)

**Ratings**


Pixels: |Outstanding|

Metadata: |Very good|

Openness: |Very good|

Presence: |Fair|

Utility: |Fair|

**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 IPLab include: 

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

.. seealso:: 
  `IPLab software review <https://www.biovis.com/iplab.htm>`_
