{"id":1603,"date":"2022-02-26T11:48:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T03:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2022-02-26T11:48:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T03:48:48","slug":"anonymizing-and-editing-dicom-tags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/2022\/02\/26\/anonymizing-and-editing-dicom-tags\/","title":{"rendered":"Anonymizing and editing DICOM tags"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may sometimes want to modify the tag values in your DICOM images to maintain patient anonymity.\u00a0 To do that in Easy DICOM Viewer<\/a>, simply click on the Export series or images<\/strong> button<\/p>\n

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select the Anonymize top level tags<\/strong> option, and enter the value (ANONYMOUS by default) to replace the existing values.<\/p>\n

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The top level tags that are anonymized follows the recommendations outlined here (http:\/\/dicom.nema.org\/dicom\/2013\/output\/chtml\/part15\/chapter_E.html#table_E.1-1<\/a>).<\/p>\n

If you want more control over which tags are modified and with what values, you can use tag templates<\/strong>.\u00a0 You can define one or more templates and use them whenever necessary.\u00a0 The list of existing templates are listed in the drop down list when you select the Apply tags template<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n

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To create or edit templates, click on the Edit templates<\/strong> button.\u00a0 In the Tag Templates<\/strong> window, you can define how the DICOM tags should be modified.\u00a0 For more details, please see this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Among other actions, you can:<\/p>\n