imagers
Devices capturing visuals
Imagers are devices or instruments that capture visual representations—cameras, scanners, medical equipment, or satellites that produce images of their subjects.
The term appears most often in technical contexts: thermal imagers, satellite imagers, medical imagers.
An imager can also be a person who creates images, though this sense is rare.
Visual recording devices
- scannersSignal detection devices
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- detectorsDevices that discover presence
- satellitesBodies circling larger ones
MRI · CT · ultrasound · X-ray · thermal · infrared · radar · sonar
Magnetic body imaging
- CTTomographic imaging method
- PETNuclear medicine imaging
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- X-rayPenetrating diagnostic beam
radiography · fluoroscopy · mammography · angiography · tomography · diagnostic · radiology · sonogram
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- HubbleRenowned astronomer's surname
- WebbOccupational English surname
- ChandraSanskrit word for moon
- spectrographWavelength-separating recording instrument
CCD · photometer · coronagraph · interferometer · observatory · satellite · survey · sky
Produces visual output
- compositorOne who arranges type
- shaderGPU rendering microprogram
- GPUVisual processing hardware
- pixelSmallest display unit
bitmap · vector · texture · framebuffer · antialiasing · postprocessing · realtime · CGI
cameras
Visual recording devices
- scannersSignal detection devices
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- detectorsDevices that discover presence
satellites · MRI · CT · ultrasound · X-ray · thermal · infrared · radar · sonar · spectrometers
MRI
Magnetic body imaging
- CTTomographic imaging method
- PETNuclear medicine imaging
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
X-ray · radiography · fluoroscopy · mammography · angiography · tomography · diagnostic · radiology · sonogram · echocardiogram
telescope
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
spectrograph · CCD · photometer · coronagraph · interferometer · observatory · satellite · survey · sky · nebulae
renderer
Produces visual output
- compositorOne who arranges type
- shaderGPU rendering microprogram
- GPUVisual processing hardware
pixel · bitmap · vector · texture · framebuffer · antialiasing · postprocessing · realtime · CGI · 3D
envision
Picture in thought
- conceptualizeForm a mental picture
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- perceiveBecome conscious of
daydream · fantasize · project · foresee · picture · dreamers · visionaries
imagersdisplays
Visual presentations or screens
monitors · screens · projectors · viewers · output devices
imagerserasers
Tools removing pencil marks
scramblers · deleters · redactors · blockers
- mirror imageReversed visual duplicate
- graven imagesCarved objects of worship
- mental imageInternal visual representation
- image recognitionIdentifying contents of photos
- public imagePerceived external persona
- spit and imageExact physical likeness