This is the home page for the Medical Imaging De-Identification Initiative (MIDI) Task Group.

MIDI Mission

The mission of MIDI is to document strategies and best practices in medical image de-ID for secondary sharing of imaging data with an emphasis on DICOM.

MIDI Task Group

The MIDI Task Group , is chaired by David Clunie, M.B.B.S, . The group first started meeting in July 2021 and met monthly until November 2022.

The group is charged with the following:

• Reaching Issuing consensus-based guidelines on best practices in medical image de-identification for secondary sharing of imaging data with emphasis on DICOM
• Making recommendations on criteria and resources for performance evaluation of image de-identification tools
• Providing guidelines for image de-identification (de-ID) using automated vs. manual, cloud-based vs. local approaches, portability, interoperability, scalability
• Recommending mitigation measures in case of privacy breach

MIDI Task Group Members

• David Clunie, MBBS, PixelMed, Inc., Chair
• Kathy Andriole, PhD, Mass General Brigham, Radiology
• Brian Bialecki, ACR Data Science Institute
• Brad Erickson, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Radiology
• TJ Fitzgerald, MD, UMass, Radiation Oncology
• Adam Flanders, MD, Thomas Jefferson University, Radiology
• Luke Geneslaw, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Pathology
• Judy Wawira Gichoya, MD, Emory University ( Radiology)
• David Gutman, MD, PhD, Emory University (, Psychiatry, Digital Pathology) 
• Justin Kirby, BS, Frederick National Lab
• Steve Moore, Washington University, Radiology
• John Perry, former RSNA contractor
• Fred Prior, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• Tony Seibert, PhD, UC Davis
• Adam Taylor, SagebaseSage Bionetworks, Fluorescence microscopy
• Wyatt Tellis, PhD, UCSF, Radiology
• Ying Xiao, PhD, UPenn, Radiation Oncology

MIDI Steering Committee

The MIDI Steering Committee provides oversight to the MIDI TG, provides input on the alignment with CBIIT/NCI and other NIH IC interests in image de-ID, and considers related activities such as a workshop, a challenge, or engagement of stakeholders. So far, the MIDI Steering Committee has met once, in July 2021.

MIDI Steering Committee Members

• Keyvan Farahani (NCI)
• Debra Babcock (NINDS)
• Valerie Cotton (NICHD)
• Kerry Goetz (NEI)
• John Hsiao (NIA)
• Kris Kandarpa (NIBIB)
• James Luo (NHLBI)
• Alex Rosenthal (NIAID)
• Ben Xu (NIAAA)