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electron image tube, image tube, image converter
1. A tool which projects an optical image generated by electromagnetic radiation from a photosensitive surface onto a fluorescent screen.
2. An electron tube which reproduces on its fluorescent screen an image of the optical image or other irradiation pattern arriving at or striking its photosensitive surface.
3. A cathode-ray tube that has a photoemissive mosaic upon which an optical image is projected, and an electron gun to scan the mosaic and to convert the optical image into a corresponding electrical current.
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image tube (s) (noun), image tubes (pl)
A photoelectronic instrument for enhancing or sharpening faint astronomical images: An image tube is a form of electron tube in which an image is focused onto an input photocathode.

The resulting emitted electrons are accelerated within the evacuated tube by a very high voltage.

Image intensifiers are used in many instruments; such as, cameras, spectrographs, and acquisition and guidance systems.

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