Table 2 Potential use cases of blockchain in radiology
Domain | Application | Proposed data blocks |
|---|---|---|
Clinical | Personal health record control Control of image sharing (patient-driven ownership) Control of image data integrity Tracking incidental findings | Multimodality data from individual patient visits, data from multiple timepoints through a single course of treatment |
Administrative | Supply chain tracking and management Imaging equipment maintenance and inspection record keeping Societal voting | |
Research and machine learning | Data sharing Keeping track of clinical trials Machine Learning: training and AI execution | All data from individual trials, data analyzed by individual investigators of using specific algorithms |