arxivcs.CRcs.LG2026-07-07
REAN: Reconstruction-aware ECG Anonymization Based on Privacy--Utility Orthogonality
Taerin Ki, Sunghwan Park, Junyoung Park, Jaewoo Lee
A shared electrocardiogram (ECG) is itself a biometric fingerprint that can re-identify a patient and reveal personal information. Recent ECG anonymizers transform the signal before sharing to reduce privacy leakage. However, existing methods still face a privacy--utility trade-o…