are there publicly available datasets of dicom images?
my fathers a retired radiologists and ive wondered if making an app that could display images would potentially stave off any cognitive decline in the future.
Medical imaging, like everything medical, nuclear, and military, has somewhat high barriers to entry due to legal requirements, eg getting sued b/c of the proverbial amputation of the wrong leg due to flipped display. Also, from my limited experience in the field, software for radiology workflows and archival, viewing workstations etc. are often expected as part of a deal for the imaging devices (X ray, MRT, etc.) themselves rather than as separate products.
They have high barriers to "marketing." But if you find a radiologist who wants to work with you, using your software, that's their discretion, as long as you don't make "claims" about its efficacy for use. The way to Cover Your Assets is to have them use your software first, then REDO the read on another system marketed for the job. If they come up with a different set of results, you have work to do.
Any idea how one could anonymize their dicom images? I have a disk of a CT Scan of my skull laying around but my medical information seem to be strongly linked to it (opening it in an online viewer displays my name, id, etc.) If it wasn't for that fact, I'd love to be able to upload it somewhere and help science.
my fathers a retired radiologists and ive wondered if making an app that could display images would potentially stave off any cognitive decline in the future.
thank you