.. index:: Nikon NIS-Elements ND2
.. index:: .nd2

Nikon NIS-Elements ND2
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Extensions: .nd2

Developer: `Nikon USA <https://www.nikonusa.com/en/index.page>`_


**Support**


BSD-licensed: |no|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 

Reader: ND2Reader (:bfreader:`Source Code <ND2Reader.java>`, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields </metadata/ND2Reader>`)


Freely Available Software:

- `NIS-Elements Viewer from Nikon <https://www.nikoninstruments.com/Products/Software/NIS-Elements-Advanced-Research/NIS-Elements-Viewer>`_


We currently have:

* many ND2 datasets
* `public sample images <https://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/images/ND2/>`__

We would like to have:

* an official specification document

**Ratings**


Pixels: |Very good|

Metadata: |Good|

Openness: |Fair|

Presence: |Very good|

Utility: |Very good|

**Additional Information**


Additional options are available for reading or writing this format type, see
:doc:`options` for information.

There are two distinct versions of ND2: an old version, which uses 
JPEG-2000 compression, and a new version which is either uncompressed or 
Zip-compressed.  We are not aware of the version number or release date 
for either format. 

Bio-Formats uses the `JAI Image I/O Tools <https://github.com/jai-imageio/jai-imageio-core>`_ 
library to read ND2 files compressed with JPEG-2000.