PHI leakage detection for DICOM

This pipeline detects and flags PHI entities within both the metadata and visual content of DICOM files, supporting robust compliance monitoring and streamlined violation reporting.

Its primary purpose is to generate a comprehensive report detailing any PHI entities found - whether embedded in the image or present in metadata - within DICOM files that were previously subjected to de-identification.

A potential use case for this pipeline:

A healthcare organization receives large batches of DICOM files from third-party providers or external imaging centers. These files are expected to be de-identified according to HIPAA or other regulatory standards. However, due to inconsistencies in de-identification workflows, some files still contain Protected Health Information (PHI) - either embedded in image overlays, burned-in text, or DICOM metadata fields (e.g., patient name, institution, accession number).

The organization uses the PHI detection pipeline to automatically scan both the pixel data and metadata, flagging any detected PHI entities. The output is a compliance report that summarizes: which files contain PHI, the type of PHI (e.g., names, IDs, dates).

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