electronic imaging

American  

noun

1. a system of photography using a sensor placed behind a camera lens to translate an image into an electronic signal, which can be stored on a disk or magnetic tape for playback on a VCR or videodisc player and viewing on a television screen.

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Example Sentences

It will take close analysis — and maybe electronic imaging — to see if any retain traces of lettering.

From Washington Post

Courses in the certificate program will include marketing, advertising, social media marketing strategy, e-marketing and introduction to business, digital photography, integrated design principles, electronic imaging, and composition and public speaking.

From Washington Times

Fabian has used sophisticated electronic imaging to visualize the wreck, and Lawson has examined it on about a dozen dives.

From Los Angeles Times

Alito added: “Electronic stun guns are no more exempt from the Second Amendment’s protections, simply because they were unknown to the First Congress, than electronic communications are exempt from the First Amendment, or electronic imaging devices are exempt from the Fourth Amendment.”

From Washington Post

Dr Konstantin Stefanov, a senior research fellow at the Open University's Centre for Electronic Imaging, said it was an "impressive" technical feat to get the sensor working but questioned how useful it would prove to be.

From BBC