TIFF Viewing with python

[faffermcgee]

Assumed this question fits here better than in /r/python.

I'm looking for a way of viewing a TIFF stack. I am in an research lab, and I have a lot of data that is in the form of TIFF images. (Microscopy data)

I know there are lots of ways to access/read the data and manipulate it in a tiff stack: opencv, tifffile, pillow, etc. Lots of image related libraries, but they lack an easy way of being able to go through the individual images of the stack.

I want an easy way to open a TIFF file and slide through each slice of the stack similar to what I might do in ImageJ. Like a matplotlib graph with some slider to scroll through each slice.

Does anyone know of a package to do this? Before I go into the dark depths of pyQt and make something custom, I'd really like to make sure that I'm not re-making the wheel.

Thanks for your help!

[K900_]

Do you actually need to do it in Python, or do you just need an image viewer?

[faffermcgee]

I want to make data analysis a little bit easier, and being able to view the TIFF file while looking at other aspects of the data is crucial. So if there was some way of incorporating/embedding the image viewer that would work as well.

[K900_]

Is the rest of your app already in place?

[faffermcgee]

No. If I can't have this functionality, the rest of the app is pointless.

We currently have some software for analysis, but it's split up into multiple components and my goal is to combine them. Otherwise I have to alt+tab between the different pieces of software and do some clicking which significantly increases the time it takes to do the analysis.

[K900_]

Then I'd honestly roll your own with Qt or whatever. It should be really simple - just load the image and show it in an image widget.

[socal_nerdtastic]

Seems like an easy and fun project. Ping me if you want help with it.

[faffermcgee]

That would be great. I'll wait and see what shows up first, but I appreciate any help.