Digital Imaging
ZVI – the format for microscopy
The ZVI image format has been developed by Carl Zeiss specifically to meet the requirements of modern microscopy. You can use it to save images including multidimensional, time lapse or Z-stack images. The format groups together your image data with all relevant information in a compact file:
  • Acquisition date
  • Microscope settings
  • Exposure values
  • Size and scale details
  • Contrasting method used
  • Fluorescent dyes used
  • Stage position (x,y)
  • Binning
  • and much more
All information is available at all times and your images can be reproduced under identical conditions even years later.

Your microscope images can be saved as uncompressed raw data or using lossless or JPG compression.

Naturally, you can share these images with your colleagues, as even our free AxioVision LE software recognizes and processes ZVI.

Do you also want to process and analyze your ZVI images using other software programs? We will be happy to provide you with the documentation on the internal ZVI file format to allow you to do so.

Please complete this form if you wish to license the documentation. We will then send you the documentation. The license is free of charge.

The zvi File format contains information on image, document, microscope and camera.
The ZVI image format saves all information relevant for microscopy users.
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