Anonymization - Technical Info

The following link lists the DICOM fields that are affected during the anonymization process. This list is based on the DICOM Standard (Confidentiality Profiles, Part 15, Chapter E).

 DICOM Conformance Statement for Anonymization

Anonymization Operations

Dummy value: Replaces the attribute value with a placeholder value

Zero: Replaces the attribute value with an empty (zero-length) value

Generate UID: Tricefy generates a random UID to replace with

Clean: Replaces the attribute value with a value of similar meaning

Delete: Removes the attribute from the dataset

Tags not included in the DICOM Conformance Statement are completely removed during anonymization. This would include private tags and any unrecognized tags.

DICOM Dictionary

 DICOM Dictionary.pdf