Patent ID: 9197899
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A61B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of sharing medical information that includes streaming of ultrasound imaging data, comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a live ultrasound video stream generated by an ultrasound medical imaging scanner at a first medical site; monitoring, at the computing device, a set of quality of service metrics for a network communication session between the first medical site and a second medical site; predicting, based on the set of quality of service metrics, a minimum expected bit rate to transmit a live video stream from the first medical site to the second medical site that includes a compressed version of the live ultrasound video stream; selecting, in response to the minimum expected bit rate, video compression parameters to compress the live ultrasound video stream selected to maintain a live video stream based on the minimum expected bit rate; compressing, at the computing device, the live ultrasound video stream according to the selected video compression parameters; and transmitting the compressed live ultrasound video stream from the first medical site to the second medical site.