{"id":1840,"date":"2022-11-15T11:33:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T03:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2022-11-15T17:12:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T09:12:15","slug":"improved-redaction-in-easy-dicom-viewer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/2022\/11\/15\/improved-redaction-in-easy-dicom-viewer\/","title":{"rendered":"Improved redaction in Easy DICOM Viewer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easydicomviewer.com\/\">Easy DICOM Viewer<\/a> 4.8, redacting an image and saving the redacted DICOM file now preserves the HU values in the image.<\/p>\n<p>DICOM images may sometimes contain patient data burned into the image e.g.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact01.png 658w, https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact01-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact01-624x522.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Easy DICOM Viewer lets you redact areas of the image you want to keep private using the redaction function.\u00a0 For example, say we want to hide the details that indicate the patient&#8217;s birth date:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact02.png 604w, https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact02-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can then export the DICOM image with the redaction applied.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact03.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact03.png 616w, https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact03-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The modified image will preserve the original HU values and DICOM tags where possible.\u00a0 Note that during the export process, you can also choose to anonymize the DICOM tags.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact04.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact04.png 552w, https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edv_redact04-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/downloads\/easydicomviewer_tc\/EasyDICOMViewerSetup.zip\">Download<\/a> a 14-day trial of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easydicomviewer.com\/\">Easy DICOM Viewer<\/a> now and experience how easy it is to redact your images and anonymize the DICOM tags.<\/p>\n<p>Easy DICOM Viewer is a collaborative effort between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisit.jp\/\">LISIT, Co., Ltd.<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/yohzapps.yohz.com\">Yohz Software<\/a>.\u00a0 To learn more about Easy DICOM Viewer or download a trial, please use this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texelcraft.ee\/shop\">link<\/a>.\u00a0 If you are in Japan, please use this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisit.jp\/software.html\">link<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/2022\/06\/30\/how-easy-dicom-viewer-is-different\/\">How Easy DICOM Viewer is different<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/2022\/02\/26\/anonymizing-and-editing-dicom-tags\/\">Anonymizing and editing DICOM tags<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/2022\/11\/15\/improved-redaction-in-easy-dicom-viewer\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/2022\/11\/15\/improved-redaction-in-easy-dicom-viewer\/\" data-type=\"button\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Easy DICOM Viewer 4.8, redacting an image and saving the redacted DICOM file now preserves the HU values in the image. 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