

STANDARDIZED. COMPREHENSIVE. RAPID.
To understand how microplastics break down, move through the oceans and freshwater systems and collect on coastlines, researchers and community monitoring groups must quantify a robust set of particle size parameters.
Saturna is a portable, standardized imaging and illumination device that plugs in to your computer and syncs with Mariana, our web-based data analysis portal, to rapidly characterize and quantify visible microplastic particles.
Use it to collect a robust set of size, color and categorical metrics for visible microplastic samples (>400μm) like those collected from Manta trawls, neuston nets, beach quadrat samples and community studies.

FEATURES
Highly standardized built-in LED lighting system provides consistent and reproducible lighting for your microplastic samples
Compatible with any Windows PC and operated using our Mariana data portal
Provides physical size, color and categorical data for all microplastics imaged
Computer pattern recognition and sizing algorithms calculate 11 discrete size calculations for every particle
Predictive color models calculate repeatable and standardized average color calculations for each particle
Machine learning models automatically classify your particles into common categories such as fragments, pellets, lines, films and foams
Compare your samples over spatial areas using our Mariana data portal for further insight and sample analysis
Applicable for classifying microplastics' physical size, color and categorical characteristics
SMART TECHNOLOGY
The data below is provided for every particle imaged:
Maximum Width (mm)
2D Surface Area (mm2)
Convex Surface Area (mm2)
Perimeter (mm)
Convex Perimeter (mm)
Bounding Box Width (mm)
Bounding Box Height (mm)
Aspect Ratio
Circularity
Convexity
Solidity
Average HSV Color Value
Average LAB Color Value
Average BGR Color Value
AI Color Prediction and Confidence Interval (Using 15 common color keys)
AI Particle Categorical Prediction and Confidence Interval (fragment, pellet, film, line, foam, etc.)


SPECIFICATIONS
Use to collect high quality physical data for visible particles larger than 400μm in size
Integrated 8MP Sony IMX179 CMOS Imaging sensor provides high resolution data
Integrated ~4000k neutral white LED array and light-blocking shroud provide highly standardized microplastics images with consistent lighting for comparative size and color analysis across time, location, and external lighting conditions
Included calibration discs provide highly accurate particle sizing references for physical analysis computer vision algorithms. Use Saturna through our Mariana data portal with any Windows PC
Unlimited sample analyses are included with a low cost yearly subscription to the Mariana data portal
Optional waterproof hard case for easy transport into the field (26cm x 20cm x 12cm)