Imaging natural history museum collections from the bottom up: 3D print technology facilitates imaging of fluid-stored arthropods with flatbed scanners

This article offers a description of a method using 3D printed materials to accommodate specimens for imaging using flatbed scanners. They also describe methods of image processing of the images using custom R scripts.

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URL https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=28416
Task Clusters
  • Digital Data Capture
  • Digital Imaging
Task
  • Image Capture
  • Image Processing
Preparations Things in Spirits in Jars
Discipline
  • Entomology
  • Zoology - Arthropods
Audience Collections Professionals
Language English
Category Journal Article
DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.795.28416
First Author Patina K. Mendez
Other Authors
  1. Sangyeon Lee
  2. Chris E. Venter
Publisher ZooKeys
Volume Number 795
Pagination 49-65
Accessible for Free Yes

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