De-Identification of Medical Imaging Data: A Comprehensive Tool for Ensuring Patient Privacy
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| author | Rempe, Moritz Heine, Lukas Seibold, Constantin Hörst, Fabian Kleesiek, Jens |
| author_facet | Rempe, Moritz Heine, Lukas Seibold, Constantin Hörst, Fabian Kleesiek, Jens |
| contents | Medical data employed in research frequently comprises sensitive patient health information (PHI), which is subject to rigorous legal frameworks such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Consequently, these types of data must be pseudonymized prior to utilisation, which presents a significant challenge for many researchers. Given the vast array of medical data, it is necessary to employ a variety of de-identification techniques. To facilitate the anonymization process for medical imaging data, we have developed an open-source tool that can be used to de-identify DICOM magnetic resonance images, computer tomography images, whole slide images and magnetic resonance twix raw data. Furthermore, the implementation of a neural network enables the removal of text within the images. The proposed tool automates an elaborate anonymization pipeline for multiple types of inputs, reducing the need for additional tools used for de-identification of imaging data. We make our code publicly available at https://github.com/code-lukas/medical_image_deidentification. |
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| spellingShingle | De-Identification of Medical Imaging Data: A Comprehensive Tool for Ensuring Patient Privacy Rempe, Moritz Heine, Lukas Seibold, Constantin Hörst, Fabian Kleesiek, Jens Image and Video Processing Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Medical data employed in research frequently comprises sensitive patient health information (PHI), which is subject to rigorous legal frameworks such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Consequently, these types of data must be pseudonymized prior to utilisation, which presents a significant challenge for many researchers. Given the vast array of medical data, it is necessary to employ a variety of de-identification techniques. To facilitate the anonymization process for medical imaging data, we have developed an open-source tool that can be used to de-identify DICOM magnetic resonance images, computer tomography images, whole slide images and magnetic resonance twix raw data. Furthermore, the implementation of a neural network enables the removal of text within the images. The proposed tool automates an elaborate anonymization pipeline for multiple types of inputs, reducing the need for additional tools used for de-identification of imaging data. We make our code publicly available at https://github.com/code-lukas/medical_image_deidentification. |
| title | De-Identification of Medical Imaging Data: A Comprehensive Tool for Ensuring Patient Privacy |
| topic | Image and Video Processing Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.12402 |