Healthcare & Medical Image Annotation

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HIPAA-compliant medical image annotation for radiology, pathology, ophthalmology, and clinical NLP applications.

Medical AI Annotation Use Cases

  • Radiology - Tumor detection, organ segmentation in CT, MRI, X-ray
  • Pathology - Cell classification, tissue segmentation in histopathology slides
  • Ophthalmology - Retinal disease detection, diabetic retinopathy grading
  • Dermatology - Skin lesion classification and segmentation
  • Clinical NLP - Entity extraction from medical records and clinical notes

Healthcare Compliance Requirements

  • HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) required for PHI
  • Data must be de-identified or access-controlled per HIPAA guidelines
  • Complete audit logging for all data access and annotations
  • Annotators may require medical credentials or specific training
  • Data residency requirements for international regulations