jpdefrutos / dicom_anonymizer

Tool to anonymize DICOM files according to the DICOM standard

DICOMAnonymizer: GUI interface

Graphical user interface built on top of Kitware Medical's DICOM Anonymization tool: https://github.com/KitwareMedical/dicom-anonymizer

DISCLAIMER: Work in progress. Use under your own responsability.

🧾 Instructions

1. Select folder: select the folder where the DICOM image(s) is located.
2. File list: click on the single DICOM file to anonymize.
3. ⬆: travel one level up in the file system.
4. Hold selection: keep the selected object highlighted without pressing CTRL or SHIFT.
5. Add selection >>: Add the selected objects to the list (6).
6. List of selected objects: invalid items will be shown in red. Use the buttons above to edit the list:
• Clear selection: remove the selected objects.
• Clear list: remove all the items in the list.
• Clear invalid: remove only the invalid items (red).
7. Options: see https://github.com/KitwareMedical/dicom-anonymizer for more information on the options.
8. Select output folder: allows the user to define the output folder. Here a new folder named Anonymized_DATE_TIME will be created.
9. Run: processed the valid files/directories in the selection list. A progress bar will show up, and when done you will be given the option to open the output folder.

Notice that:

• By default, the output folder will be in the installation directory.
• When adding a folder, the application expects to find DICOM images within it. It will not check subfolers within the first one.

⚙ How to use it

1. Select the directory where the images are contained using (1).
2. Select the file(s)/folder(s) in (2) and press Add selection >> (5) to add these to the Selection list (6).
3. Edit the Selection list (6) using the buttons above it.
4. Edit the options (7) if needed.
5. Press Run (9) when ready!

🏆 Acknowledgements

• Work originally done by Edern Haumont
• Kitware Medical: https://github.com/KitwareMedical/dicom-anonymizer