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A small television tube originally developed for closed-circuit television. It is about 1 inch in diameter and 5 inches long. Its controls are relatively simple and can be operated by unskilled...

infrared vidicon

A vidicon that has a photoconductive surface that can be excited by infrared radiation.

intensified vidicon

A standard direct-readout vidicon tube linked by fiber optics to an intensifier for increased sensitivity.

camera

A light-tight box that receives light from an object or scene and focuses it to form an image on a light-sensitive material or a detector. The camera generally contains a lens of variable aperture...

beam divider -> beamsplitter

A beamsplitter is an optical device for dividing a beam into two or more separate beams. A simple beamsplitter may be a very thin sheet of glass inserted in the beam at an angle to divert a portion...

beamsplitter

digital optical processing

The scanning of photographs or transparencies of images, either by a vidicon camera or flying spot scanner, for the conversion of the images to digital form for storage on magnetic tape.

image isocon

A television camera tube that preceded the development of the vidicon tube and incorporated a method to separate reflected and scattered portions of the return beam so that only the scattered...

isocon -> image isocon

A television camera tube that preceded the development of the vidicon tube and incorporated a method to separate reflected and scattered portions of the return beam so that only the scattered...

Plumbicon

Philips trade name for a lead oxide low-light-level vidicon tube.

RBV

return beam vidicon

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