.. index:: Leica LCS LEI
.. index:: .lei, .tif

Leica LCS LEI
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Extensions: .lei, .tif

Developer: `Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH <https://www.leica-microsystems.com/>`_

Owner: `Leica Microsystems <https://www.leica-microsystems.com/>`_

**Support**


BSD-licensed: |no|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 

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


Freely Available Software:

- `Leica LCS Lite <ftp://ftp.llt.de/softlib/LCSLite/LCSLite2611537.exe>`_


We currently have:

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



**Ratings**


Pixels: |Outstanding|

Metadata: |Outstanding|

Openness: |Very good|

Presence: |Very good|

Utility: |Very good|

**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 <http://www.bitplane.com/>`_ 
* `SVI Huygens <https://svi.nl/>`_ 
* `Image-Pro Plus <http://www.mediacy.com/>`_
