About SlideScope
SlideScope is an independent software company with one product: a focused desktop viewer that opens the microscopy and whole-slide files researchers actually receive — CZI, ND2, SVS, DICOM, TIFF/OME-TIFF, and eight scanner formats — on Windows and macOS.
Who builds it
SlideScope is founded and built by Yair Nevet, a software engineer. The Windows releases are Authenticode code signed under that same name and timestamped through SSL.com — the identity behind the product is the identity that signs the binaries you install. Support requests sent from inside the app are answered by the people who build the product, with email replies within 24 hours.
Why it exists
Microscopy files arrive in vendor formats that each expect their own software: ZEN for CZI, NIS-Elements for ND2, ImageScope for SVS — several of them Windows-only or tied to acquisition licenses. Excellent open-source platforms such as QuPath, Fiji/ImageJ, and napari cover analysis, but day-to-day review of mixed formats still meant juggling tools. SlideScope exists to make the everyday part — open the file, look at it properly, measure, annotate, share — one consistent experience on both operating systems.
What it deliberately is not
SlideScope is not a PACS, a LIMS, an acquisition system, or a batch-analysis pipeline, and it is not positioned as a validated clinical diagnostic platform. Labs that need scripted quantification keep QuPath, CellProfiler, or Fiji alongside it — SlideScope exports measurements and regions as CSV and GeoJSON those tools read directly.
Where to verify
- SlideScope on bio.tools, the ELIXIR bioinformatics tools registry
- SlideScope on LinkedIn
- Product demos on YouTube
- How SlideScope handles files, privacy, and data
- Release notes — every version, dated
Contact
Support: support@slidescope.science · Sales: sales@slidescope.science