# TOPIC #411 - PHASE I SBIR CONTRACT - AN IMAGEDX BASED PLATFORM FOR COMPREHENSIVE DE-IDENTIFICATION OF WSI DATA

> **NIH NIH N43** · REVEAL BIOSCIENCES, INC. · 2020 · $370,804

## Abstract

The objective of this proposal is to develop a de-identification tool capable of ensuring adherence of whole slide imaging
(WSI) data from multiple vendors to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Such a de-identification tool will be used to more efficiently
and comprehensively de-identify the large data stores required by commercial and government funded researchers. Deidentification
will be developed as the ImageDx De-ID module, extending the current Reveal Biosciences portfolio of
commercial ImageDx modules providing comprehensive computation pathology services. The following Aims will be
completed using our Design Driven Development process: (1) Landscape analysis – to identify vendors, filetypes, and PHI
fields; (2) Identify and provide data sets – datasets provided from existing de-identified slides, slide labelers, and inhouse
scanners; (3) Recognize, open, display, and alter WSI files – develop proof of concept De-ID interface capable of
opening and altering PHI information in WSI files across multiple vendors; and (3) Identify data sets and file types for
Phase II. The end of project deliverable is an ImageDx De-ID module capable of recognizing, opening, displaying, and
altering PHI fields from multiple WSI scanner vendors.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10274084
- **Project number:** 75N91020C00026-0-9999-1
- **Recipient organization:** REVEAL BIOSCIENCES, INC.
- **Principal Investigator:** CASEY LARIS
- **Activity code:** N43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $370,804
- **Award type:** —
- **Project period:** 2020-09-16 → 2021-06-15

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10274084

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10274084, TOPIC #411 - PHASE I SBIR CONTRACT - AN IMAGEDX BASED PLATFORM FOR COMPREHENSIVE DE-IDENTIFICATION OF WSI DATA (75N91020C00026-0-9999-1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10274084. Licensed CC0.

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