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  "published": "2026-07-01",
  "publisher": "R. Oldenbourg Verlag",
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  "title": "Automated photogrammetric close-range imaging of small invertebrates using acoustic levitation",
  "title_text": "Automated photogrammetric close-range imaging of small invertebrates using acoustic levitation",
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