DICOMJet - Installation Manual
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1. Software registration Please enter the registration data that you obtained through the Reserved Area on MeoLogica website Activation code 01040eec0248 Serial number Registration code Register Run DEMO mode In order to obtain appropriate Serial Number and Registration Code the user must login in the NeoLogica website http www neologica it ita Login php using the username and password provided at the end of the purchase procedure Then he must enter the Activation Code into the dedicated text field appearing on the web page the corresponding Serial Number and Registration Code will be generated by the web system IMPORTANT NOTE please pay particular attention when entering the automatically generated Activation code in the web interface Ensure that you are entering exactly the same alpha numeric code that is generated by the DICOM Anonymizer pro application as soon it is started If you enter an incorrect Activation code the generated Serial number and Registration code won t allow a correct registration of your DICOM Anonymizer Pro In order to complete the registration of the software please enter the Serial number and the Registration code obtained through the web interface in the Software Registration dialog of the DICOM Anonymizer Pro then press the Register button a message confirming the validity of the entered data will appear If the user doesn t have the registration data or if he wants to evaluate t2. suffix if this option is selected the DICOM Anonymizer Pro will create a new anonymized DICOM file for each source DICOM file to anonymize The new anonymized file will be created in the same folder as the original source DICOM file and will have the same filename as the original DICOM file except for an additional anonym suffix Overwrite the original file with the anonymized file if this option is selected the DICOM Anonymizer Pro will overwrite the original source DICOM file with the anonymized version of this file Hence the original DICOM file will be lost Ask user to specify a new root directory for the anonymized file this is the default option If it is selected the DICOM Anonymizer Pro will ask the user to specify a new root directory for the anonymized file The original source DICOM file will be left unchanged and a new anonymized DICOM file will be created in the specified root folder with the same filename as the original DICOM file Also eventual subfolders will be created in the new root directory and all anonymized files will have the same relative path with respect to the new root directory as the original DICOM files with respect to the source root directory Save anonymized file in this directory this policy is the same of the policy described at step above except for the new root directory selection the DICOM Anonymizer Pro will automatically use the specified directory as new root directory for the anonymize
3. EEEE EA AE AEO da TAPE CR PO OOO ECSRO 13 6 2 3 ARIETEM E 14 ANONYMIZE DICOM FILES 5 552 25 5 5 522220 82 5 600 05602022 5 RExEPE ION TES RARKANREKRON Uo E eU yas MR GUY CER OD dwa EG PRO op CR WOWG W 14 COMMAND LINE MODDLE 525 55 5 reds o sae aUa se apa aa e Fa PR aaa Er o CR us aS Oa ea e dw Sap aea CN Ca A GA OR SEPA a aS reap NUR E aga ca eae ova a saa eOa osa 14 8 1 MVS GT Ue CYC EEEE 15 1 Abbreviations Abbreviation Description DICOM Message Service Element Dynamic Link Librar DPI A X JDotPerlhch gt AJ Integrated Color Management ID identifier 1 Random Access Memor SOP VR SOP JX VR Value Representation 0 00000 o 2 Introduction The DICOM Anonymizer Pro is a software application that allows removing information from DICOM 3 0 files In fact in addition to medical digital images DICOM files usually include personal identifying information such as patients names birthdates addresses doctors names and so on In many cases prior to publishing for instances on the Web or distributing in any way these DICOM files it is necessary to anonymize them that is to remove all personal identifying information from the files The DICOM Anonymizer Pro allows e Choosing which information Data Elements to anonymize including private Data Elements through an easy to use Graphical User Interface GUI e Specifying custom value
4. Re identify study Xerox cS Unit DVD RW D amp w amp Disco rimovibile E M 1 1 m Disco rimovibile F EJ 12 1 ex Disco rimovibile G m 13 1 amp Disco rimovibile H EJ 4 1 em Disco rimovibile I w 15 1 My Pa tQ cx My Passport J EJ 16 1 a NeWMan2 SERVERO2 Gu Rete B ov eg Raccolte a s a DICOMAnonymizer BJ 19 TT stootos oOoeoicocaica Log panel Open log folder dearlogfie Archive log file 5 1 Ihe main toolbar The DICOM Anonymizer Pro s main toolbar contains the software configuration buttons the anonymization process buttons and a progress bar that represents current operation s progress All toolbar s buttons are described in the table below Settings shows a dialog where the user can specify the anonymization settings and the software preferences For more information see chapter 6 Show Hide the file system panel show or hide the left side panel containing the visual representation of the file system For more information see paragraph 5 3 Show Hide the log panel show or hide the bottom panel containing the output messages of the anonymization process For more information see paragraph 5 4 Anonymize starts the anonymization process Pause pause the anonymization process or if the process is already paused restart it Note it s available only if an anonymization process is running Stop stop the anonymization pro
5. settings window allows the user to manage the global settings divided in Anonymization settings Export settings and Personal settings of the DICOM Anonymizer Pro 11 ceol Toa Research Development 6 2 1 Anonymization settings The Anonymization settings window see image below allow defining some advanced settings to use during the anonymization process Advanced anonymization settings Anonymize all private data elements Generate new Study Instance UIDs 4 Generate new Series Instance UIDs FI Generate new SOP Instance UIDs Enable re identification of anonymized studies Remove all records Dynamic fields Patient index Patient index will start from 1 at every anonymization Use permanent auto 4ncreasing counter Study index 0 Study index will start from 1 at every anonymization Use permanent auto ncreasing counter File index File index will start from 1 at every anonymization Use permanent auto ncreasing counter Global sequence 5 Global sequence will start from 1 at every anonymization Use permanent auto4ncreasing counter In particular user can e Choose if anonymize of all private Data Elements in the DICOM files e Choose the automatic generation of new unique IDs for the anonymized DICOM files recommended e Choose whether to store re identification study data When this option is active the DICOM Anonymizer Pro will store into an in
6. with respect to the new root directory as the original DICOM files with respect to the source root directory This parameter is mandatory e foutputRootDir this parameter must be replaced with the folder path that will contain the anonymized files Note This parameter is necessary only if the output mode is set on outRootDir e prefFile this parameter allows using a specific XML preference file during the anonymization process This parameter is optional e XML file path this parameter must be replaced with the path of the XML preferences file e appDataFolderPath this parameter allows specifying a temporary new root folder application This parameter is optional e new app folder path this parameter must be replaced with the new root folder path The parameters order is not important 8 1 Usage examples Some examples of command line usage of the DICOM Anonymizer Pro are provided in this paragraph Note the string Path to installation folder must be replaced by the DICOM Anonymizer Pro installation folder path For example in a standard Windows 7 64 bit installation the string will be replaced by C Program Files NeoLogica DICOMAnonymizerPro OEOLORTCA Research Development Example 1 cd Path to installation folder DICOMAnonymizerProCmdLine 1nput Paths Ca DIF 1 inputDIiCOMriles tile 1 dem C Dir ZXInputDICOMPiles outAnonSuffix This example causes the anonymization of the fil
7. bottom of the Data Elements screen user can find three buttons that allow to select and deselect the elements and to remove the custom values If the checkbox Apply to all panels is not selected the buttons will affect only the Data Elements of the visualized category If the checkbox is selected the buttons will affect all the standard Date Elements 6 1 1 Add a non standard Data Element Using the Other Data Element screen user can specify additional Data Elements that must be anonymized in addition to selected Data Element Clicking the Add button this window will appear Research Development Edit data element DICOM tag 0000 Data Element Group Length VR UL 3 Clear the value for this Data Element Set a custom value for this Data Element Insert dynamic fields Patient index Study index Unique patient ID Unique study ID Global sequence amentdse In order to add a new Data Element user has to specify the tags Group Number and Element Number of the new Data Element to anonymize As for the standard Data Element user can specify a custom value 6 1 2 Custom values For all Data Elements both standard and custom user can specify a custom value that will replace the original value of all DICOM files to anonymize Custom value may contain dynamic fields or tags that will be automatically valorized from the DICOM Anonymizer Pro during the anonymization process 6 2 Other settings The Other
8. cess Note it s available only if an anonymization process is running About shows a dialog containing general information about the current version of the software Quit ends the program execution 5 2 The main window The main window contains the Study Table a table that shows the hierarchical structure of the scanned studies Before the anonymization process is available the DICOM Anonymizer Pro has to scan the imported DICOM files in order to visualize and manage them User can import files directly or can import directories containing the DICOM files to anonymize DICOM files can be imported in two different ways e Clicking the Add file button a file selection dialog will appear allowing selection of one or more files e Dropping the files selected in an external window into the Study table area Directories can be imported in three different ways e Clicking the Add folder button a folder selection dialog will appear allowing selection of one or more directories e Dropping the folders selected in an external window into the Study table area e Dropping the file selected in the File System panel into the Study table area After the files scanning the Study Table will show the analyzed DICOM files structure grouping by Study or Patient according to the selected table root The Study root view default orders the studies by Study Series Image hierarchy while the Patient root view orders the studies b
9. d files In this dialog user can also manage the log file or the file containing all anonymization details In particular user Can 13 Research Development lt ceoloosicae e Choose whether or not to enable the log file writing e Set the log file directory Delete the log file e Archive the log file in a new file named as the current date This operation also deletes the log file content 6 2 8 Personal settings The Personal settings window allow user to set the DICOM Anonymizer GUI Note to apply this section changes user must restart the application 7 Anonymize DICOM files E Anonymize the process starts every study selected Selected checkbox active will be anonymized and exported The anonymization process starts when user clicks the button on the toolbar When according to current settings The process progress will appear on the toolbar s progress bar 8 Command line mode The DICOM Anonymizer Pro can be executed in command line mode In order to use this option you need to launch the DICOMAnonymizerProCmdLine exe file with some fundamental input and output parameters that will affect the software execution The command that launches the DICOM Anonymizer Pro in command line mode is Installation folder path NDICOMAnonymizerProCmdLine u lnpurtPaths inp t path outputMode outputRootDir prefFile XML file path appDataFolderPath new app folder path An explanation of the comman
10. d line parameters follows e inputPaths this parameter precedes the pathnames list The list can contains both file s pathname and directory s pathname This parameter is mandatory e listOflnputPathnames this parameter must be replaced with the list of the pathnames of the input DICOM files and directory to be anonymized Pathnames must be separated by semicolon and contained into quotes This parameter is mandatory e outputMode this parameter must be replaced by one of the following commands 14 1 s LS velopment outAnonSuffix the DICOM Anonymizer Pro will create a new anonymized DICOM file for each source DICOM file to anonymize he new anonymized file will be created in the same folder as the original source DICOM file and will have the same filename as the original DICOM file except for an additional anonym suffix outOverwriteOrig The DICOM Anonymizer Pro will overwrite the original source DICOM file with the anonymized version of this file Hence the original DICOM file will be lost outRootDir The DICOM Anonymizer Pro will save the anonymized files in a new root directory The original source DICOM file will be left unchanged and a new anonymized DICOM file will be created in the specified root folder with the same filename as the original DICOM file Also eventual subfolders will be created in the new root directory and all anonymized files will have the same relative path
11. e C Dir 1YXInputDICOMFilesMfile 1 dcm and of all DICOM files contained into the C Dir 2 InputDICOMFiles folder and sub folders In particular the original DICOM files are left unchanged inside the C Dir 1 folder a new anonymized DICOM file named file 1 anonym will be created and each DICOM files contained into the C Dir 2 InputDICOMFiles folder will be anonymized into a new file with the anonym suffix in the same folder as the original ones Example 2 cd Path to installation folder DICOMAnonymizerProCmdLine inputPaths Ce Dir lyXInputDICOMPilesXrile l dom C XDir 2XIBpubEDICOMELiles outRootDir C Anonymized This example causes the anonymization of the file C Dir 1 InputDICOMFiles file 1 dcm and of all DICOM files contained into the C Dir 2 InputDICOMFiles folder and sub folders In particular the original DICOM files are left unchanged and the anonymized file are stored under the C Anonymized folder More precisely the anonymized files are divided into two subdirectories the first subdirectory called C Dir 1 InputDICOMFiles contains the anonymized DICOM file file 1 dcm the second subdirectory called C Dir 2 InputDICOMFiles contains all the anonymized DICOM files contained into the C Dir 2 InputDICOMFiles folder with the same subdirectories structure Example 3 cd Path to installation folder DICOMAnonymizerProCmdLine AnputParhs CrXDir ZXIUputDICOMFLiles outOverw
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13. he software it s possible run the DICOM Anonymizer Pro in Demo mode All DICOM Anonymizer Pro functionalities are still available however the usability will be reduced 5 GUI architecture The main window of the DICOM Anonymizer Pro shows four main elements e The main toolbar e he main window e The File System panel e The log panel gt OBOLORTCE arch Development Rese r a DICOM Anonymzier Pro v2 0 0 i e X g Scanning folder C DICOMStudies 2 16 5 Toolbar pz compueren Main window amp 05 C M RemotEye JL AnonymizedStudies Drag folders and or files into the table area below in order to initia Then press the Anonymize button in the main toolbar in order to lt r Ji dosure compiler Selected Patient ID Patientname Sex Birth date Study descrip Study date Study time Referring phy Acc Num Patient root _ DICOMStudies Eo p 1 3 6 1 4 1 180 tv AnonymID 1 Anonymous Pat 1900 01 01 1900 01 01 11 11 11 000052935 a Add file s 2 16 5 5 100 1 t Series number Modality Description M 2 16 5 5 100 1 1 Add folder 4 MR SAGT1 J NeoLogicaProjects BE p NVIDIA Image number Frames Select all Perflogs EJ i 1 cem a Deselect vacet IE 0 3 1 Fi e Syste m z Remove selected p an el g 5S 1 Remove all 6 1 Jew w 7 1 Show scanned paths Utenti w 8 1 w indows mo z
14. riteOrig prefFile C Anon MyPref xml This example causes the anonymization of all DICOM files contained into the C Dir 2 InputDICOMFiles folder and subfolders In particular the original DICOM files are overwritten with the anonymized DICOM files hence the original DICOM files are lost Beside the XML preferences file used during the anonymization process is the C Anon MyPref xm file not the default one 16
15. s for any DICOM Data Element thus also acting as a DICOM Data Set editor e Anonymizing single DICOM files or entire directory trees containing several DICOM files and subfolders e Selecting different policies for the creation of the anonymized DICOM files and to determine if re identification data will be stored The DICOM Anonymizer Pro can be used in two different modes e Interactive Mode default mode in this mode the DICOM Anonymizer Pro presents a Graphical User Interface and lets the user choose all options and actions in an interactive way GUI and its functionalities will be described in chapters 5 and 6 e Command line mode in this mode the DICOM Anonymizer Pro is executed from the command line It supports several command line parameters which will be explained in chapter 8 This mode allows an easy integration of the DICOM Anonymizer Pro in other applications or software procedures 3 Indications for use The DICOM Anonymizer Pro software is intended to be used only as a DICOM files anonymization utility Typical users of DICOM Anonymizer Pro are trained professionals including but not limited to radiologists physicians nurses and technicians 4 First execution and registration The first time the DICOM Anonymizer Pro is executed on a given PC a dialog box appears showing an Activation Code automatically generated by the software and requesting a Serial Number and a Registration Code DICOM Anonymizer Pro
16. ternal database the most important study data Study UID study date study time patient name patient ID patient birthdates modality and institution name allowing user to partially re identifying an anonymized study The Remove all records button delete all database data e Specify counters for Patient index Study index File index and Global sequence fields For every counter user can choose whether to use the global counter managed by the software or to specify a start index which will be reset at each anonymization process 12 z P m am MEOPORPCS Research Development 6 2 2 Export settings The Export settings window see image below allows user to choose the export policy to adopt for the anonymized files Export policy Please specify the policy you would like to adopt for creation of anonymized files For each file to anonymize create a new anonymized file with the anonym suffix Overwrite the original file with the anonymized file Ask user to specify a new root directory for the anonymized files Store anonymized files to this directory C Users Matteo Documents Browse Log file location Enable anonymization log file Log folder pathname C Users Matteo AppData Roaming NeoLogica DICOMAnonymizerPra Log Browse Open log folder Clear log file Archive log file In particular this window offers the following options For each file to anonymize create a new anonymized file with the anonym
17. th Tries to re identify the highlighted study If the original data are available a pop up window containing them will be display Re identify study Note the DICOM Anonymizer Pro will try to anonymize the highlighted study or the study displayed in the row with the blue background In this case the checkboxes selection is unimportant Development FXCC CANAA RS mRmRVISISmRSV Dra lanr Alania i TNA IINAALERNI O Da fF C oO Co Ce D UUWVANONYMIZET rro user IVIanUua UA UMVEN MEV Ul Research J L 5 3 The File System panel This panel allows user to browse all the File System s directories Dragging the selected folders into the Study Table area the DICOM Anonymizer Pro automatically starts the scan This panel s display it s managed by the corresponding button on the main toolbar described in paragraph 5 1 Note this panel only shows the File System s folders files aren t displayed 5 4 The Log panel This panel shows detailed log messages automatically created by the application while anonymizing DICOM files For each anonymized file details are provided about all modified Data Elements This panel s display its managed by the corresponding button on the main toolbar described in paragraph 5 1 6 Settings Clicking the The settings are divided in two groups the Data Elements anonymization settings and the other settings button on the toolbar a window containing the DICOM Anonymizer s set
18. tings will appear DICOM Anonymizer settings 7 Patient s Name Anonymous Patient UNIQUEPATID gt Set custom value Clear custom value V Patient ID AnonymID UNIQUEPATID gt Set custom value Clear custom value v Issuer of Patient ID No custom value Set custom value Clear custom value V Patient s Birth Date No custom value Set custom value Clear custom value 7 Patient s Birth Time No custom value Set custom value Clear custom value No custom value Set custom value Clear custom value 7 Other Patient IDs No custom value Select all Deselect all Clear all custom values Apply to all panels i U 0 V L Coco p esearch Deve OL 6 1 Data Elements anonymization settings In the Data Element screen user can specify settings to apply during the anonymization process selecting the information elements that he wants to clear In order to simplify the selection the standard Data Elements are organized in nine different categories e Patient Visit e Study Procedure Step e Series e Image Results e Interpretation e Equipment For each Data Element user can e Choose if anonymize it or not using the appropriate checkbox e Set a custom value see more at paragraph 6 1 2 At the
19. y Patient Study Series Image hierarchy The Study root and Patient root buttons allow switching the table root in real time The Study Table provides a high customization capacity Every column in fact is completely resizable beside it is possible change the columns order by dragging them into the desired position Clicking on the column header the studies will be ordered in descending way according to the content of the clicked column a second click will change the order direction User can choose many sorting criteria for example patient name and study UID by clicking on the desired columns holding the CTRL button on the keyboard On the right side of the Study table there are some other buttons described in the table below ceol i Research Development o saa Select check all the checkboxes all studies in the table pessectal Deselect uncheck all the checkboxes all studies in the table Remove all selected studies Remove selected Note this operation affects both table roots Remove all studies Remove all Note this operation affects both table roots Open a dialog containing all scanned paths Scanned folders Folder path C DICOMStudies 1 3 6 1 4 1 18047 1 6 1218149043171 C DICOMStudies 2 16 5 5 100 1 0 0 0 20110330151322 Show scanned paths The Open folder buttons will open the selected path into a pop up window the Rescan path button will start a new scan of the selected pa
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