imager
Visual recording apparatus
An imager is a device that captures or produces images—typically in technical or scientific contexts.
Satellite imagers photograph Earth's surface; medical imagers create pictures of internal organs; thermal imagers detect heat signatures.
The word emphasizes the device's function rather than the technology behind it: The spacecraft's imager revealed surface details never seen before.
Input-detecting device
- CCDLight-sensitive imaging chip
- CMOSSemiconductor logic architecture
- scannerDevice that reads data
- photodiodeLight-to-current semiconductor
pixel · resolution · megapixel · shutter · aperture · lens · digital · analog
Image capturing device
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- shutterHinged window covering
- sensorInput-detecting device
- exposureState of being unprotected
aperture · ISO · focus · megapixel · frame · snapshot · composition · contrast
Magnetic body imaging
- CTTomographic imaging method
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- X-rayPenetrating diagnostic beam
- PETNuclear medicine imaging
scan · diagnostic · radiology · sonogram · mammography · fluoroscopy · tomography · radiologist
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
supernova · quasar · redshift · constellation · celestial · starfield · comet · asteroid
Forming mental or graphical images
- imaginingForming mental pictures
- envisioningForming mental pictures
- picturingForming mental images
- daydreamingIdle mental wandering
perception · cognition · foresight · insight · contemplation · intuition · memory · recall
sensor
Input-detecting device
photodiode · pixel · resolution · megapixel · shutter · aperture · lens · digital · analog · bit-depth
camera
Image capturing device
exposure · aperture · ISO · focus · megapixel · frame · snapshot · composition · contrast · saturation
MRI
Magnetic body imaging
- CTTomographic imaging method
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- X-rayPenetrating diagnostic beam
PET · scan · diagnostic · radiology · sonogram · mammography · fluoroscopy · tomography · radiologist · pathology
telescope
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
nebula · supernova · quasar · redshift · constellation · celestial · starfield · comet · asteroid · exoplanet
visualization
Forming mental or graphical images
- imaginingForming mental pictures
- envisioningForming mental pictures
- picturingForming mental images
daydreaming · perception · cognition · foresight · insight · contemplation · intuition · memory · recall · projection
- barcodesbarcode, barcode scanner, barcode reader, UPC, QR code
- mirror imageReversed visual duplicate
- imagine thatExclamation of mild surprise
- imaginary friendsFictional companions children create
- graven imagesCarved objects of worship
- mental imageInternal visual representation
- image recognitionIdentifying contents of photos
image, imagine, imagination, imagined, imaginary, images, imaginative, imaginable, imagery