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Supported image formats

arivis SIS Converter supports a large number of image formats. Media handlers are extension plug-ins which enable arivis SIS Converter to import and export files in various file formats. For instance, the importers and exporters use these media handlers.

The following media-handlers are available in your arivis SIS Converter:

Amira-Mesh Media Handler

The Amira-Mesh media handler enables the import of Amira-Mesh files, containing uniform lattice data. Amira-Mesh files can contain different types of data, for instance spatial graphs or stacked lattices. This media handler is not able to read these special data types.

The Amira-Mesh media handler allows you to import images of the following file format: Amira-Mesh (*.am)

Aperio Media Handler

The Aperio media handler allows you to import images of the following file format: Aperio (JPEG) (*.svs) , Aperio JPEG2000) (*.svs)

Metamorph Media Handler

The Metamorph media handler is part of the Bio Media Handler Module which enables the import of some common image formats used in biology-related working areas.

The Metamorph media handler allows you to import images of the following file format: Metamorph (*.stk)

The DeltaVision media handler

The DeltaVision media handler enables the import of Applied Precision's DeltaVision image files.

The DeltaVision media handler allows you to import images of the following file format: DeltaVision (*.dv)

Dicom Media Handler

The Dicom media handler enables arivis SIS Converter to read DICOM containers or DICOMDIR files. These files describe the structure of a DICOM dataset (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) that is most commonly used in medical working areas.

The Dicom media handler allows you to import images in the following file formats: Dicom (*.dcm) , DICOMDIR (*.dicomdir)

Hamamatsu Media Handler

The Hamamatsu media handler allows you to import images of the following file format: NDPI (*.ndpi) , Virtual Microscope Specimen (*.vms)

FreeImage Media Handler

The FreeImage media handler enables the import for most of the common image formats.

It allows you to import images of the following file formats:

  • JPEG / JFIF (*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.jif;*.jfif;*.j;*.jpe) TIFF Tagged Image (*.tif;*.tim;*.tiff)
  • Windows Bitmap (*.bmp;*.rle;*.vga;*.rl4;*.rl8;*.sys) Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
  • CompuServe GIF (*.gif;*.giff)
  • JPEG-2000 (*.jp2)
  • High Dynamic Range Image (*.hdr)

ICS Media Handler

The ICS media handler allows you to import images of the following file format: ICS 1.0 (*.ics) , ICS 2.0 (*.ids)

Imaris Media Handler

The Imaris media handler enables the import of the Bitplane Imaris file format (IMS). The Imaris media handler is using the HDF5 Library.

JPEG Media Handler

The JPEG media handler enables an optimized import of JPEG image files.

It allows you to import images of the following file format: JPEG (*.jpg, *.jpeg)

Leica Media Handler

The Leica media handler enables the import of Leica image file formats.

The Leica media handler allows you to import images of the following file formats: Leica Image File Format (*.lif) , Leica LCS (*.lei)

LSM Media Handler

The LSM media handler enables the import of the LSM file formats.

Mirax Media Handler

The Mirax media handler enables the import of the Mirax SlideAC file format. This image format originates from Carl Zeiss Mirax Slide scanner systems and is based on image pyramids.

The Mirax media handler allows you to import images of the following file format: Mirax SlideAC (*.mrxs)

NIfTI Media Handler

The NIfTI media handler enables the import of the NIfTI (Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative) image file formats.

The NIfTI media handler allows you to import images of the following file formats: single-file(combined data and meta- data)(.nii) ,single-file gzip-compressed (.nii.gz) , dual- file(separate data and meta-data, respectively)(.img/.hdr)

Nikon Media Handler

The Nikon media handler enables the import of data created by the Nikon imaging solutions.

The Nikon media handler allows you to import images of the following file format: Nikon ND2 (*.nd2)

Olympus Media Handler

The Olympus media handler enables the import of the Olympus OIB/OIF file formats.

The Olympus media handler allows you to import images of the following file formats: Olympus OIB (*.oib) , Olympus OIF (*.oif)

RAWInfo Media Handler

The RAWInfo media handler enables the import of raw image files by using a control (*.rawinfo) file that contains dimension information.

The Raw media handler allows you to import images of the following file formats: RawInfo (*.rawinfo)

Slide Book Media Handler

The Slide Book media handler enables the import of the Slide Book file format.

The Slide Book media handler allows you to import images in the following file format: Slide Book (*.sld)

Tiff Media Handler

The Tiff media handler enables the import of TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) based image file formats. TIFF is a commonly used format to store images.

The Tiff media handler allows you to import images of the following file formats: TIFF (*.tif, *.tiff) , OME TIFF (*.tif, *.tiff)

VOL Media Handler

The VOL media handler enables the import of VG Studio VOL images.

The VOL media handler allows you to import images of the following file format: VOL (*.vol/*.vgi)

To import a VG Studio VOL dataset both files (.vol & .vgi) are needed!

Zeiss ZVI Media Handler

The Zeiss ZVI media handler enables the import of Zeiss image data.

The Zeiss ZVI media handler allows you to import images of the following file formats: Zeiss ZVI (*.zvi) , Zeiss ZISRAW/CZI (*.czi)

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