Sashimi – Low Cost Imaging System

CEREGE – Automate de tri de foraminiferes – Technopôle de l’environnement Arbois-Méditerranée – Aix-en-Provence – © François Moura / MAMP

“SASHIMI (System for Automated Scanning and High-resolution Imaging of MIcrofossils) is a low-cost device designed to capture 2D images of microfossils and particles. It is equipped with a Basler camera mounted on a motorized XY stage. This system enables Z-stack imaging of particles, with a resolution of ~5 µm.

Video of the SASHIMI setup. ©CEREGE – A. Gramoullé & S. Chaabane.