An ultrasound imaging system , comprising: an ultrasound imaging probe configured to acquire image data associated with an object at an acquisition data rate; wherein the ultrasound imaging probe comprises a memory configured to include a first queue (712, HP_Q) and a second queue (714, LP_Q); and wherein the ultrasound imaging probe comprises a communication component that is configured to, via a communication interface : transmit, to a host , a first subset of the image data in real time from the first queue based on the acquisition data rate; and transmit, to the host, a second subset of the image data from the second queue at a delayed time; and characterized in that : the first queue has a higher transmission priority than the second queue; and the ultrasound imaging probe includes a processing component configured to identify a set of high priority image data as the first subset of the image data and a set of low priority image data as the second subset of the image data, and wherein the processing component is further configured to: queue the first subset of the image data in the first queue; and queue the second subset of the image data in the second queue. an ultrasound imaging probe configured to acquire image data associated with an object at an acquisition data rate; wherein the ultrasound imaging probe comprises a memory configured to include a first queue (712, HP_Q) and a second queue (714, LP_Q); and wherein the ultrasound imaging probe comprises a communication component that is configured to, via a communication interface : transmit, to a host , a first subset of the image data in real time from the first queue based on the acquisition data rate; and transmit, to the host, a second subset of the image data from the second queue at a delayed time; and characterized in that : the first queue has a higher transmission priority than the second queue; and the ultrasound imaging probe includes a processing component configured to identify a set of high priority image data as the first subset of the image data and a set of low priority image data as the second subset of the image data, and wherein the processing component is further configured to: queue the first subset of the image data in the first queue; and queue the second subset of the image data in the second queue. transmit, to a host , a first subset of the image data in real time from the first queue based on the acquisition data rate; and transmit, to the host, a second subset of the image data from the second queue at a delayed time; and characterized in that : the first queue has a higher transmission priority than the second queue; and the ultrasound imaging probe includes a processing component configured to identify a set of high priority image data as the first subset of the image data and a set of low priority image data as the second subset of the image data, and wherein the processing component is further configured to: queue the first subset of the image data in the first queue; and queue the second subset of the image data in the second queue. the first queue has a higher transmission priority than the second queue; and the ultrasound imaging probe includes a processing component configured to identify a set of high priority image data as the first subset of the image data and a set of low priority image data as the second subset of the image data, and wherein the processing component is further configured to: queue the first subset of the image data in the first queue; and queue the second subset of the image data in the second queue. queue the first subset of the image data in the first queue; and queue the second subset of the image data in the second queue. <EOS>