title: Medical video. Bringing your equipment needs into focus.
abstract: Medical video is seeing greater use for a wider variety of applications, but the technology and terminology continue to confuse many users. As a result, hospitals risk buying the wrong equipment or buying higher-specification equipment than they need. This article untangles the field's terminology and provides the fundamental technological background you need to make purchasing decisions.
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D004867:Equipment Design; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards