NAME

DicomAnonymizer - A module to anonymize Dicom files

SYNOPSIS

    use DicomPack::Util::DicomAnonymizer;

    # get a DicomAnonymizer object
    my $anonymizer  = DicomAnonymizer->new();

    # input and output Dicom files
    my $inDicomFile = "your dicom file";
    my $outDicomFile = "anonymized dicom file";

    # anonymize PatientName and PatientID
    $anonymizer->anonymize($inDicomFile, $outDicomFile, 
			{PatientName=>"NewPatientName", PatientID=>"NewPatientID"});

DESCRIPTION

This module anonymize (or change) the values of specified Dicom fields.

Methods

new

Returns a new DicomAnonymizer object.

Input parameter(s):

1. A path to a to-be-anonymized dicom file

2. A path to the output anonymized dicom file

3. A hash reference (format: DicomFieldName=>"NewValue", DicomFieldName is the Dicom tag path pointing to the dicom field whose value will be set to NewValue).

anonymize

Anonymize the specified dicom fields with new values.

AUTHOR

Baoshe Zhang, Medical School, Virginia Commonwealth University.