DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF IMAGE COMPRESSION FOR HIGH RESOLUTION LIVE MEDICAL IMAGE SHARING

摘要

A video stream of live medical images is generated at a local site having a medical image scanner. A live video stream is transmitted to at least one remote site via a network, which may include wired or wireless Internet connections. Network conditions are monitored during a network session and predictions are made on a predicted bit rate for transmission. The compression parameters for the live video stream are selected based on the predicted bit rate.

主权项

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; andtransmitting the compressed live ultrasound video stream from the first medical site to the second medical site.