Video Submission Instructions

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General Instructions

Every submission must include a Conditions for Publication form signed by all authors and all of following items in an editable format (Word file, email, etc.):

Title
Authors—List a maximum of six authors in the order they should appear including for each: first name, family name, and institutional affiliation (department is optional).
Corresponding Author—Provide the name, e-mail address and telephone number of the author to whom communications should be directed.
Announcement Text—300-character (including spaces and punctuation) or less description of the video to be used for an announcement on the CTSNet Home Page.
Video Description—A description of the video to appear on the video page. It can be of any length and may include images.
Subject/Classification Terms—One or more terms from the CTSNet Content Subject Classification list that identify the primary subject category of the video.
Disclosure—Include disclosure information if it is applicable.

Your material must contain no specific patient information and must be HIPPA compliant. For example, patient name or hospital identification numbers should not appear on radiographs, slides, or film contained in a video.

If you are not the copyright holder of a portion of the video (artist illustrations, images from books, photos, cartoons, music, etc.), you must obtain permission to publish the item(s) from the copyright holder. A form for that purpose is available. Likewise, if any part (artist illustrations, images from books, cartoons, etc.) of your video was previously published you must obtain written permission from the publisher for republication. Submit copies of permissions with your submission.

Do not include music in your video unless you are submitting the video accompanied by written permission from the publisher allowing us to republish the music on the internet.

The signed Conditions for Publication form, permission letters and other supplemental material should accompany the video disk. Videos will not be considered for publication until all of the required information and documents have been received. Send the video and related documents to:

CTSNet, Inc
P.O. Box 5308
Baltimore, Maryland USA 21209
Email: submission@ctsnet.org

Videos

Videos submitted to CTSNet should not be longer than 10 minutes, and must be accompanied by voice narration.

Video is not an appropriate format for slideshows without embedded video content. Video should be used for content such as surgical procedures.

CTSNet can accept video submissions in a variety of different formats. Both 4:3 and 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratios are acceptable. The videos must be good quality and their size should be at least 640 by 480 (704 by 396 for widescreen.)

Acceptable Formats

MOV (Apple QuickTime Movie)—Preferred format
MPEG (MPEG Video File)—Preferred format
DVD video format (DVD-R only, not DVD-RW)—Preferred format
MP4/M4V (iTunes Video File)
AVI (Audio Video Interleave File)
Flash Video (.flv)