TimeStamps

[ant-trullo]

Use Case

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Hi all, aicsimageio is a very powerful tool, but when I load .czi time series I cannot read the time interval between 2 consecutive time frames. With the package czifile (by Christoph Gohlke) I can calculate the difference between two consecutive time stamps.
I tried to read metadata, but did not work. I really woul like to be able to read this info using aicsimageio. In attach a file

Solution

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Whatever works is fine to me, maybe a new attribute with the value I am searching for, like you do for pixel size.

Alternatives

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What I have been using up to now is a piece of code that uses the czifile package:
with czifile.CziFile(str(fnames[0])) as czi: # read the time step
for attachment in czi.attachments():
if attachment.attachment_entry.name == 'TimeStamps':
timestamps = attachment.data()
break
else:
raise ValueError('TimeStamps not found')
time_step_value = np.round(timestamps[1] - timestamps[0], 2) # time step value

Thanks a lot