A 3D strobo-stereoscopic imaging system includes a rotary drive configured to couple to a sample to be imaged by the system, wherein the rotary drive is configured to rotate the sample about a rotational axis when coupled to the rotary drive, a stroboscopic illuminator, a stroboscopic control module coupled to the rotary drive and the stroboscopic illuminator, wherein the stroboscopic control module is configured to repeatedly activate the stroboscopic illuminator at a frequency that is based on a rotational speed of the sample about the rotational axis, a stereoscopic imaging unit including a pair of laterally spaced cameras orientable in the direction of the sample, and an image reconstruction module coupled to the stereoscopic imaging unit and configured to reconstruct a 3D image of the sample from images produced by the pair of cameras of the stereoscopic imaging unit.