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Your Medical Scans and AI: What You Need to Know About Privacy Risks If you’ve ever had an X-ray, MRI, or CT scan, there’s a decent chance that image—and the health data attached to it—may be used to train artificial intelligence systems. AI is becoming a routine tool in radiology, helping doctors spot tumors, fractures, and other abnormalities faster. But this shift comes with a set of privacy risks that many patients don’t realize exist. ...

Medical Imaging AI Puts Your Privacy at Risk: What You Need to Know Artificial intelligence is transforming how doctors read X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs. Algorithms can spot tumors, fractures, and other abnormalities faster than many human radiologists. But as hospitals and imaging centers adopt these tools more widely, a quieter concern is emerging: the privacy of the medical images themselves. ...