What Is a “Handshake,” and Why Do Medical Displays Fail Handshakes?
2026-01-01
A handshake is the negotiation process between a workstation and medical display to establish compatible signal parameters like resolution, refresh rate, and color format. Medical displays are particularly susceptible to handshake failures due to complex signal chains, intermediate devices, and strict consistency requirements that make “works most of the time” operationally unacceptable.