(Leica Microsystems: Wetzlar, Germany) -- Leica Microsystems and Besançon, France-based Digital Surf announced the signature of an agreement whereby Leica Map surface imaging and metrology software based upon Digital Surf’s Mountains Technology will be used with the Leica Application Suite (LAS) for Leica industrial microscopes. The new Leica Map software is used to visualize and quantify features of measured surfaces, characterize surface texture and geometry, and generate visual surface metrology reports with full traceability. It is available on three levels with optional modules for advanced applications.

Entry-level Leica Map Start software is used in conjunction with Leica LAS Montage. LAS Montage acquires a series of image planes at known spacing covering the in-focus region of a specimen with a Leica microscope. From this stack a depth map and an extended focus image are derived and analyzed by Leica Map. In Leica Map Start, surface topography can be viewed at any zoom level and any angle in real time. Color and intensity image overlays facilitate the location of surface features, including defects.

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