Like a genetic profile, a functional magnetic-resonance image (fMRI) of the brain can contain information that a patient wishes to keep private  An fMRI of a brain also contains enough information about a patient' s skull to create a recognizable image of that patient' s face
A genetic profile can be linked to a patient only by referring to labels or records
An fMRI has the potential to compromise patient privacy in circumstances in which a genetic profile would not.