Add API to get alternate focal planes in Hamamatsu and other formats

[agoode]

_Imported from Trac. This issue originally by _agoode* at 2010-04-26T20:31:48Z.*

Hamamatsu VMS can contain files with distinct focal planes. We need another API to support this. We can avoid reading these other planes for now.

[andor-pierdelacabeza]

Would Hamamatsu multiplane images help on this or is just an issue of revamping the API?

[bgilbert]

It's really about revamping the API.

However, it's true that our public dataset doesn't have any multiplane VMS or NDPI slides, and those would be helpful for testing once the API changes have been made. Can you contribute samples?

[jetic83]

We can contribute one NDPI and one MRXS both multi plane images. How should I send it?

[bgilbert]

@jetic83 Thanks for the offer! Please hold onto them for now. We're currently reworking our process for accepting slide samples, and I'll get back to you once that's done.

[Lojka59]

@jetic83 can you send me "MRXS both multi plane images", we will try to parse them and give some feedback in case of success.
We are currently working on same issue.
My e-mail: glojka@gmail.com