Integrating medical imaging datasets with blockchain wallets: A case study on ARDS-COVID19 patients

Marco Esperança; Tiago Galvão; Diogo Freitas; Joao C. Ferreira; Ana Cysneiros; Luís Bento

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0338897

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Integrating medical imaging datasets with blockchain wallets: A case study on ARDS-COVID19 patients

Marco Esperança,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Faculty of Logistics, Molde University College, Molde, Norway, ISTAR, Center for Research of Technologies and Architecture, Instituto Universitario de Lisboa ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0064-2424

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Tiago Galvão,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation ISTAR, Center for Research of Technologies and Architecture, Instituto Universitario de Lisboa ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1901-8670

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Diogo Freitas,

Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation ISTAR, Center for Research of Technologies and Architecture, Instituto Universitario de Lisboa ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5903-2107

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Joao C. Ferreira ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

* E-mail: joao.c.amaro.ferreira@himolde.no

Affiliations Faculty of Logistics, Molde University College, Molde, Norway, ISTAR, Center for Research of Technologies and Architecture, Instituto Universitario de Lisboa ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal, 3 INESC INOV, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-0806

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Ana Cysneiros,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation

Affiliations CHRC, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS, FCM, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Intensive Care Department, Hospital de São José, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Lisboa, Portugal
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Luís Bento

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Validation

Affiliations CHRC, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS, FCM, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Intensive Care Department, Hospital de São José, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Lisboa, Portugal
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Integrating medical imaging datasets with blockchain wallets: A case study on ARDS-COVID19 patients

Marco Esperança,
Tiago Galvão,
Diogo Freitas,
Joao C. Ferreira,
Ana Cysneiros,
Luís Bento

Published: March 18, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338897

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