Search the CONFOCAL archive at
http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal

I'm not sure about importing to Matlab, but there's an ImageJ plugin
that will import the LSM image and meta-data. You may be able to get the
relevent header information from the source code to develop a Matlab
routine.

The source code is available here:
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/plugins/lsm-reader.html

Alternatively, as I understand it, people have successfully interfaced
ImageJ with Matlab. From the ImageJ archives:
http://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0307&L=imagej&P=R2416&I=-3

Good luck.

Tony



Wiegraebe, Winfried wrote:
> Search the CONFOCAL archive at
> http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>
> Dear colleagues:
> What is the easiest way to import Zeiss confocal *.lsm images into
> Matlab? Is there an import filter available? I would prefer to read the
> original Zeiss files over exporting them first e.g. into TIFF to keep
> all the information.
>
> Thanks a lot for your help,
> Winfried
>
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