dicom-anonymizer 2.0.0

Program to anonymize dicom files with default and custom rules

DicomAnonymizer

Python package to anonymize DICOM files. The anonymization answer to the standard . More information about dicom fields for anonymization can be found here.

The default behaviour of this package is to anonymize DICOM fields referenced in the 2023e DICOM standard. These fields are referenced in dicomfields.
Another standard can be selected, see Change the DICOM anonymization standard.

Dicom fields are separated into different groups. Each groups will be anonymized in a different way.

Group	Action	Action definition
D_TAGS	replace	Replace with a non-zero length value that may be a dummy value and consistent with the VR**
Z_TAGS	empty	Replace with a zero length value, or a non-zero length value that may be a dummy value and consistent with the VR**
X_TAGS	delete	Completely remove the tag
U_TAGS	replace_UID	Replace all UID's random ones. Same UID will have the same replaced value
Z_D_TAGS	empty_or_replace	Replace with a non-zero length value that may be a dummy value and consistent with the VR**
X_Z_TAGS	delete_or_empty	Replace with a zero length value, or a non-zero length value that may be a dummy value and consistent with the VR**
X_D_TAGS	delete_or_replace	Replace with a non-zero length value that may be a dummy value and consistent with the VR**
X_Z_D_TAGS	delete_or_empty_or_replace	Replace with a non-zero length value that may be a dummy value and consistent with the VR**
X_Z_U_STAR_TAGS	delete_or_empty_or_replace_UID	If it's a UID, then all numbers are randomly replaced. Else, replace with a zero length value, or a non-zero length value that may be a dummy value and consistent with the VR**
ALL_TAGS		Contains all previous defined tags

Quirks

dicom-anonymizer is designed to retain date information within DICOM files, and will anonymize them rather than removing them entirely. This approach is taken to prevent potential crashes in certain applications that rely on these dates to work. This behavior complies with the DICOM standard, as mentioned in section E.3.6.

Documentation

• Installation
• Usage

State of the library

At this present time, Kitware has no plan to implement new features in dicom-anonymizer.
If you have funding to further develop this tool, feel free to reach out to Kitware.
Whenever possible, Kitware will try to fix bugs that affect the use of the project and merge requests from the community will be considered, feel free to open an issue to suggest new features.

Financing

If you want a new feature in dicom-anonymizer or help manipulating DICOM files, feel free to reach out to us at [e-mail].