[Insight-users] Dicom Anonymizer

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi Jonathan,

You can write DICOM files by using ITK in combination
with gdcm.  This is an open-source library developed
by the Creatis team at INSA-Lyon.

      http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/Public/Gdcm/

Please look at the FAQ:

       http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_FAQ


in particular to:

http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_FAQ#How_to_write_a_volume_as_DICOM_series


for a source code example, look at

    Insight/Examples/IO/DicomSeriesReadImageWrite2.cxx


In order to replace the tags, you can manipulate the
MetaDataDictionary that is returned from the ImageIO
object.

You are *strongly* encouraged to read the IO chapter
of the ITK Software Guide

     http://www.itk.org/ItkSoftwareGuide.pdf


Please let us know if you have further questions,


    Thanks


      Luis



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Jonathan Lok-Chuen Lo wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I am trying to write a Dicom anonymizer (i.e. removing all the patient's
> information, and replacing them with a random tag), and I believe that
> currently ITK does not have a Dicom writer (please correct me if I am
> wrong).  
> 
> I am wondering if anyone may have done this before.  I believe there are
> software packages available, but all of them can only remove the tags.  I
> however would want a Dicom anonymizer which can export the original tag
> values.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Regards,
> Jonathan
> 
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