1. An apparatus for capturing digitized images of internal structures of specimens, comprising: a lapping platen, wherein the lapping platen is capable of removing one or more layers of a specimen from a surface of the specimen to be imaged when in contact with the surface of the specimen to be imaged; an image capture device capable of providing digitized images of the surface of the specimen to be imaged in an image plane; and a specimen mount, wherein the specimen mount is capable of maintaining the surface of the specimen to be imaged in contact with the lapping platen and in the image plane.