# US 11,907,286 B2 · Medical imaging distribution system and device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,907,286 B2 - Document ID: US11907286B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/180,619 - Filed: 2023-03-08 - Published: 2023-09-14 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-26 - Assignees: Imaging Advantage LLC - Applicants: Imaging Advantage LLC - Inventors: Kamil Rahme; Shannon Weber - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907286B2 ## CPC - G06F 16/5866: {using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information} - A61B 6/563: {involving image data transmission via a network} - A61B 6/566: {involving communication between diagnostic systems} - A61B 8/565: {involving data transmission via a network} - G06F 9/4881: {Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues} - G16H 15/00: ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof - G16H 30/20: for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS - G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms - A61B 1/00011: {characterised by signal transmission} - A61B 6/02: Arrangements for diagnosis sequentially in different planes; Stereoscopic radiation diagnosis - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract Improved systems and devices for medical imaging distribution are provided. A medical imaging order may be received from a medical facility that includes medical imaging. A configuration may be selected and applied based on a body site and an urgency field associated with the order that defines queueing rules for the medical imaging order. Utilization factors for queues associated with radiologists may also be determined. The configuration and the utilization factors may be used to determine a subset of queues associated with a subset of radiologists. The subset of queues may be prioritized based on certain requirements, such as how many medical imaging reports a particular radiologist is required to review, how many medical imaging reports are required to be allocated to a particular radiologist, and the like. The highest prioritized queue may be selected and the medical imaging order may be transmitted to the radiologist associated with that queue. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: one or more processing devices communicatively couplable to one or more servers and a plurality of nodes via one or more networks; and memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processing devices, the memory storing instructions which when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a communication device at a first node of the plurality of nodes, a request associated with a subset of a plurality of data files stored in a database, wherein: the subset comprises a physiological image, and the request comprises a source identifier and a plurality of metadata elements related to the physiological image; extracting the source identifier from the request; querying a lookup table to identify a source server associated with the source identifier; translating at least one metadata element of the plurality of metadata elements into a record identifier; establishing a data link with the source server at a second node of the plurality of nodes; querying the source server for the subset using the record identifier; and causing transmitting of a status indication of the subset over the one or more networks. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the status indication is transmitted to the communication device at the first node. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the status indication is transmitted to a computing device at a third node of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the subset further comprises a data report with analytical data regarding the physiological image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise: querying a datastore at a report server for a data report analyzing the physiological image, wherein the datastore is queried using the record identifier, and wherein the report server is at a third node of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the status indication is transmitted when the subset is located in the database of the source server. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise: transmitting the physiological image over the one or more networks. ### Claim 8 One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a communication device at a first node of a plurality of nodes via one or more networks, a request associated with a subset of a plurality of data files stored in a database, wherein: the subset comprises a physiological image, and the request comprises a source identifier and a plurality of metadata elements related to the physiological image; extracting the source identifier from the request; querying a lookup table to identify a source server associated with the source identifier; translating at least one metadata element of the plurality of metadata elements into a record identifier; establishing a data link with the source server at a second node of the plurality of nodes; querying the source server for the subset using the record identifier; and causing transmitting of a status indication of the subset over the one or more networks. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the status indication is transmitted to the communication device at the first node. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the status indication is transmitted to a computing device at a third node of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the subset further comprises a data report with analytical data regarding the physiological image. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise: querying a datastore at a report server for a data report analyzing the physiological image, wherein the datastore is queried using the record identifier, and wherein the report server is at a third node of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the status indication is transmitted when the subset is located in the database of the source server. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise: transmitting the physiological image over the one or more networks. ### Claim 15 A method comprising: receiving, from a communication device at a first node of a plurality of nodes via one or more networks, a request associated with a subset of a plurality of data files stored in a database, wherein: the subset comprises a physiological image, and the request comprises a source identifier and a plurality of metadata elements related to the physiological image; extracting the source identifier from the request; querying a lookup table to identify a source server associated with the source identifier; translating at least one metadata element of the plurality of metadata elements into a record identifier; establishing a data link with the source server at a second node of the plurality of nodes; querying the source server for the subset using the record identifier; and transmitting a status indication of the subset over the one or more networks. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the status indication is transmitted to the communication device at the first node. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the status indication is transmitted to a computing device at a third node of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the subset further comprises a data report with analytical data regarding the physiological image. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the method further comprises: querying a datastore at a report server for a data report analyzing the physiological image, wherein the datastore is queried using the record identifier, and wherein the report server is at a third node of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the status indication is transmitted when the subset is located in the database of the source server.