Preparation of digital movie clips for online journal publication.
OBJECTIVE
This article presents general guidelines for preparing movie clips for online journal publication.


CONCLUSIONS
As more and more radiology journals establish an online presence, radiologists wishing to submit journal articles with movie clips need to understand the electronic submission process. Viewing a movie clip via an online journal is different from viewing one with PowerPoint using a local desktop computer because the movie file must first be downloaded onto the client computer before it can be displayed. Users thus should be cautious in selecting movie format and compression when creating movie clips for online journals. This article provides step-by-step demonstrations and general guidelines for movie format and compression selections.
Yam
Chun-Shan
CS
Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA. csyam@caregroup.harvard.edu
D020407:Internet; D009040:Motion Pictures; D011643:Publishing; D011871:Radiology; D012984:Software; D014743:Videotape Recording