Empowering Data Sharing in Neuroscience: A Deep Learning Deidentification Method for Pediatric Brain MRIs

Ariana M. Familiar; Neda Khalili; Nastaran Khalili; Cassidy Schuman; Evan Grove; Karthik Viswanathan; Jakob Seidlitz; Aaron Alexander-Bloch; Anna Zapaishchykova; Benjamin H. Kann; Arastoo Vossough; Phillip B. Storm; Adam C. Resnick; Anahita Fathi Kazerooni; Ali Nabavizadeh

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Empowering Data Sharing in Neuroscience: A Deep Learning Deidentification Method for Pediatric Brain MRIs

Ariana M. Familiar, Neda Khalili, Nastaran Khalili, Cassidy Schuman, Evan Grove, Karthik Viswanathan, Jakob Seidlitz, Aaron Alexander-Bloch, Anna Zapaishchykova, Benjamin H. Kann, Arastoo Vossough, Phillip B. Storm, Adam C. Resnick, Anahita Fathi Kazerooni and Ali Nabavizadeh

American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2025, 46 (5) 964-972; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8581

Ariana M. Familiar

aFrom the Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine (D3b) (A.M.F., Neda K., Nastaran K., K.V., A.V., P.B.S., A.C.R., A.F.K., A.N.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

bDepartment of Neurosurgery (A.M.F., Neda K., Nastaran K., K.V., P.B.S., A.C.R., A.F.K), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Neda Khalili

bDepartment of Neurosurgery (A.M.F., Neda K., Nastaran K., K.V., P.B.S., A.C.R., A.F.K), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Nastaran Khalili

bDepartment of Neurosurgery (A.M.F., Neda K., Nastaran K., K.V., P.B.S., A.C.R., A.F.K), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Cassidy Schuman

cSchool of Engineering and Applied Science (C.S., E.G.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Evan Grove

cSchool of Engineering and Applied Science (C.S., E.G.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Karthik Viswanathan

bDepartment of Neurosurgery (A.M.F., Neda K., Nastaran K., K.V., P.B.S., A.C.R., A.F.K), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Jakob Seidlitz

dDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Science (J.S., A.A.-B.), The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

eDepartment of Psychiatry (J.S., A.A.-B.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Aaron Alexander-Bloch

dDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Science (J.S., A.A.-B.), The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

eDepartment of Psychiatry (J.S., A.A.-B.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

f Lifespan Brain Institute at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania (A.A.-B.), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Anna Zapaishchykova

gArtificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) Program (A.Z., B.H.K.), Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

hDepartment of Radiation Oncology (A.Z., B.H.K.), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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Benjamin H. Kann

gArtificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) Program (A.Z., B.H.K.), Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

hDepartment of Radiation Oncology (A.Z., B.H.K.), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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Arastoo Vossough

iDivision of Radiology (A.V.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

jDepartment of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine (A.V., A.N.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Phillip B. Storm

bDepartment of Neurosurgery (A.M.F., Neda K., Nastaran K., K.V., P.B.S., A.C.R., A.F.K), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Adam C. Resnick

bDepartment of Neurosurgery (A.M.F., Neda K., Nastaran K., K.V., P.B.S., A.C.R., A.F.K), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Anahita Fathi Kazerooni

bDepartment of Neurosurgery (A.M.F., Neda K., Nastaran K., K.V., P.B.S., A.C.R., A.F.K), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

kAI2D Center for AI and Data Science for Integrated Diagnostics (A.F.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Ali Nabavizadeh

jDepartment of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine (A.V., A.N.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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