Ethical Concerns About Reidentification of Individuals from MRI Neuroimages

In the US, more than three million people have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans daily. MRIs are the most common way to image the brain and detect tumors, brain injuries, strokes, aneurysms, sclerosis, and other conditions. After the procedure, the images are usually kept by the hospital or other medical facility. Thousands of neuroimages are shared among the researchers to increase the data available for studies and enable scientific discovery