An image converter adapted to provide scanning or time-resolved images. If the image is recorded the whole device is an example of a streak camera.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1745. 'Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XI. Detection of radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1758 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567101745)