DScan – a high-performance digital scanning system for entomological collections

By

Schmidt, Stefan
Balke, Michael
Lafogler, Stefan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

209

Pages

183-191

Subjects

CNC technology , Entomology , insect collection , insect drawer

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.209.3115

 

Abstract

Here we describe a high-performance imaging system for creating high-resolution images of whole insect drawers. All components of the system are industrial standard and can be adapted to meet the specific needs of entomological collections. A controlling unit allows the setting of imaging area (drawer size), step distance between individual images, number of images, image resolution, and shooting sequence order through a set of parameters. The system is highly configurable and can be used with a wide range of different optical hardware and image processing software.