# US 12,216,706 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 12,216,706 B2 - Document ID: US12216706B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/437,392 - Filed: 2024-02-09 - Published: 2024-10-03 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-26 - Assignees: Imaging Advantage LLC - Applicants: Imaging Advantage LLC - Inventors: Kamil Rahme; Jordan Kojouharov - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12216706B2 ## 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 first node of the plurality of nodes, a subset of one or more data files, a plurality of data files, wherein the subset is from a plurality of data files stored in a storage repository, wherein the subset comprises a physiological image and an entity identifier corresponding to the physiological image; consequent to the receiving the subset of one or more data files, identifying a site that is at least partially imaged by the physiological image; transmitting one or more requests to one or more systems that are remote from the one or more processing device; receiving one or more additional data files mapped to the entity identifier, comprising one or more additional physiological images; selectively augmenting at least part of the subset and including at least part of the one or more additional data files in a package with the subset; selecting a distribution server from a plurality of distribution server; and transmitting the package to the selected distribution server at a second node of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more additional physiological images correspond to the identified site. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the selectively augmenting is based at least in part on determining that the at least part of the one or more additional data files is relevant to the subset. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, the operations further comprising filtering the package according to one or more selected fields at least in part by identifying one or more data items as not relevant to analysis of the subset and removing the one or more data items so that the one or more data items are not included in the package prior to transmission of the package to the selected distribution server. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system as recited in claim 4, wherein the filtering comprises removing particular identifying information from the package, generating an identifier for the package, and including the generated identifier in the package instead of the particular identifying information for subsequent mapping of the package. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the selecting the distribution server is based at least in part on proximity of the distribution server with respect to the one or more processing devices and/or network traffic at the distribution server. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the transmitting the package to the selected distribution server causes the selected distribution server to generate a task corresponding to the package and instantiate the task in a task list. ### 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 first node of a plurality of nodes, a subset of one or more data files, a plurality of data files, wherein the subset is from a plurality of data files stored in a storage repository, wherein the subset comprises a physiological image and an entity identifier corresponding to the physiological image; consequent to the receiving the subset of one or more data files, identifying a site that is at least partially imaged by the physiological image; transmitting one or more requests to one or more systems that are remote from the one or more processing device; receiving one or more additional data files mapped to the entity identifier, comprising one or more additional physiological images; selectively augmenting at least part of the subset and including at least part of the one or more additional data files in a package with the subset; selecting a distribution server from a plurality of distribution server; and transmitting the package to the selected distribution server at a second node of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the one or more additional physiological images correspond to the identified site. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the selectively augmenting is based at least in part on determining that the at least part of the one or more additional data files is relevant to the subset. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, the operations further comprising filtering the package according to one or more selected fields at least in part by identifying one or more data items as not relevant to analysis of the subset and removing the one or more data items so that the one or more data items are not included in the package prior to transmission of the package to the selected distribution server. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 11, wherein the filtering comprises removing particular identifying information from the package, generating an identifier for the package, and including the generated identifier in the package instead of the particular identifying information for subsequent mapping of the package. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the selecting the distribution server is based at least in part on proximity of the distribution server with respect to the one or more processing devices and/or network traffic at the distribution server. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the transmitting the package to the selected distribution server causes the selected distribution server to generate a task corresponding to the package and instantiate the task in a task list. ### Claim 15 A method comprising: receiving, from a first node of a plurality of nodes, a subset of one or more data files, a plurality of data files, wherein the subset is from a plurality of data files stored in a storage repository, wherein the subset comprises a physiological image and an entity identifier corresponding to the physiological image; consequent to the receiving the subset of one or more data files, identifying a site that is at least partially imaged by the physiological image; transmitting one or more requests to one or more remote systems; receiving one or more additional data files mapped to the entity identifier, comprising one or more additional physiological images; selectively augmenting at least part of the subset and including at least part of the one or more additional data files in a package with the subset; selecting a distribution server from a plurality of distribution server; and transmitting the package to the selected distribution server at a second node of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the one or more additional physiological images correspond to the identified site. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the selectively augmenting is based at least in part on determining that the at least part of the one or more additional data files is relevant to the subset. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method as recited in claim 15, further comprising filtering the package according to one or more selected fields at least in part by identifying one or more data items as not relevant to analysis of the subset and removing the one or more data items so that the one or more data items are not included in the package prior to transmission of the package to the selected distribution server. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the filtering comprises removing particular identifying information from the package, generating an identifier for the package, and including the generated identifier in the package instead of the particular identifying information for subsequent mapping of the package. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the selecting the distribution server is based at least in part on proximity of the distribution server with respect to one or more processing devices and/or network traffic at the distribution server.