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image tube (image intensifier)
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image tube	has synonym image intensifier
	has definition An electronic camera in which electrons, emitted from a photocathode surface exposed to light, are focused electronically onto a phosphor or photographic plate.
	is a kind of integrating detector
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Kinds of image tube :

• Lallemand camera (2 facts) - A type of image tube (q.v.).
• vidicon (2 facts) - General name for the class of vacuum tube imaging devices which employ a scanning electron beam to read out the image.

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