List of Known Properties

Properties generated by OpenSlide

openslide.background-color
The background color of the slide, given as an RGB hex triplet. This property is not always present.
openslide.bounds-height
The height of the rectangle bounding the non-empty region of the slide. This property is not always present.
openslide.bounds-width
The width of the rectangle bounding the non-empty region of the slide. This property is not always present.
openslide.bounds-x
The X coordinate of the rectangle bounding the non-empty region of the slide. This property is not always present.
openslide.bounds-y
The Y coordinate of the rectangle bounding the non-empty region of the slide. This property is not always present.
openslide.comment
A free-form text comment.
openslide.icc-size
The size of the slide’s ICC profile, if any.
openslide.mpp-x
Microns per pixel in the X dimension of level 0. May not be present or accurate.
openslide.mpp-y
Microns per pixel in the Y dimension of level 0. May not be present or accurate.
openslide.objective-power
Magnification power of the objective. Often inaccurate; sometimes missing.
openslide.quickhash-1
A non-cryptographic hash of a subset of the slide data. It can be used to uniquely identify a particular virtual slide, but cannot be used to detect file corruption or modification.
openslide.vendor
The name of the vendor backend.

Properties for TIFF-based formats

tiff.Artist
The contents of the TIFF Artist tag.
tiff.Copyright
The contents of the TIFF Copyright tag.
tiff.DateTime
The contents of the TIFF DateTime tag.
tiff.DocumentName
The contents of the TIFF DocumentName tag.
tiff.HostComputer
The contents of the TIFF HostComputer tag.
tiff.ImageDescription
The contents of the TIFF ImageDescripton tag.
tiff.Make
The contents of the TIFF Make tag.
tiff.Model
The contents of the TIFF Model tag.
tiff.ResolutionUnit
The contents of the TIFF ResolutionUnit tag.
tiff.Software
The contents of the TIFF Software tag.
tiff.XPosition
The contents of the TIFF XPosition tag.
tiff.XResolution
The contents of the TIFF XResolution tag.
tiff.YPosition
The contents of the TIFF YPosition tag.
tiff.YResolution
The contents of the TIFF YResolution tag.

Vendor-specific properties

A list of vendor-specific properties can be found on the pages for each vendor format.