Extracting one particular slice from 3D tiff stack

[Andy732]

Does anyone know how I might go about opening a 3D tiff stack as a single tiff?  The easiest way, which doesn't seem to exist, would be something like:

image_plus = new Opener().openImage(tiff_file_name, stack_number);

where I can pass in a 3D tiff stack and the particular slice I want and receive that slice as a (single layer) tiff in return.  Is there any way to avoid parsing the binary file to extract the slice I want?  Thanks for any help!