Re: Dicom Image Viewer for Linux?

[Roland Marcus Rutschmann <Rutschmann@gmx.de>]

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Am Montag, 3. Februar 2003 10:29 schrieb Paulo Roberto Dellani:
> > Don't think that this will be possible, since this is confidential
> > Patient Information ... Sorry .... May be it is possible to anonymize
> > the images? But without knowing about the compression that could be
> > difficult.
>
> The only part of the Dicom Files that is compressed is the "Pixel Data".
> The Patient's Name, ID, Study Information, Series Information and any other
> information that can be used to "identify" the patient isn't compressed
> (At least this is what the DICOM Standard defines). So, if the pixel
> data doesn't contain information that can be used to identify the patient,
> you should be capable of anonymizing the images without knownledge about
> the compression.

medcon -anon should do.

To be shure that all relevant information is deleted you can check with:

strings file |grep -i partofpatientname.

Ciao,

Roland

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