title: DScan - a high-performance digital scanning system for entomological collections.
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.
authors.affiliation: Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balke
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lafogler