The Image Cytometry Standard Format Project

Unlike Flow Cytometry, which has employed the FCS data format standard permitting portability of data to multiple platforms, Image Cytometry has not yet enjoyed the benefits of a standard data format. ISAC has formed a task force to develop a data format standard for image cytometry platforms. Please see Image Cytometry Experiment Format (ICE Format) on the ISAC website at https://isac-net.org/page/Data-Standards.

De Novo Software has worked as part of the task force to establish a comprehensive Image Cytometry Experiment data format (ICE Format). The goal of this proposed format is to provide guidelines and standards for saving image cytometry data and analysis results in a common format to be used by multiple platforms.

FCS Express software can natively import ICE format data. While we have enabled a number of image formats through direct collaborations, De Novo Software welcomes vendors who wish to simplify data export and import for Image Cytometry analysis in FCS Express can do so by adding ICE format as a saving or export option for their data.

See the full ICE Format Documentation regarding the proposal on the ISAC website at: https://isac-net.org/page/Data-Standards