A high-throughput multispectral imaging system for museum specimens

Affiliations

Wei-Ping Chan: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Richard Rabideau Childers: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Sorcha Ashe: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Cheng-Chia Tsai: Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
Caroline Elson: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Kirsten J. Keleher: Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University
Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Crystal A. Maier: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Andrei Sourakov: McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Lawrence F. Gall: Computer Systems Office & Division of Entomology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
Gary D. Bernard: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington
Edward R. Soucy: Center for Brain Science, Harvard University
Nanfang Yu: Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
Naomi E. Pierce: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

Abstract

An accessible approach to multispectral imaging analysis of museum butterfly specimens is presented using consumer technology.