This example illustrates the possibility to control the ZEN Blue microscope control software from within a MATLAB script via the COM interface. This allows using the ZEN Python scripts as an integral part of an M-File. The ZEN OAD (Open Application Development) API can be imported into MATLAB and allows automating the complete workflow including the image acquisition from MATLAB.

• ZEN is used as an image acquisition machine
• the experiment is started directly from within MATLAB
• the resulting CZI file is imported via BioFormats
• the image analysis is done in MATLAB

The package is still under development and was mainly tested with CZI files. Currently the 5.1.10 version of bioformats_package.jar and its warpper for Matlab was used to test it.

• The OME people for creating BioFormats.

1. CZI - Image format for microscopes http://www.zeiss.com/czi
2. The OME-TIFF format. http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/file-formats/ome-tiff

• Remark: Please use at your own risk.