Anonymize or Deidentify Data
This page briefly guides and acquaints the user with coercion type to anonymize or de-identify DICOM dataset attributes' values.
Content
- Brief Description
- Applicability using Archive Attribute Coercion rules
- Configurable fields on Archive Attribute Coercion rules
- Supported De-identification Profiles
A DICOM dataset coming in or going out of the archive may require anonymization or de-identification of certain attribute values, to allow DICOM data to be used for research or teaching purposes or to share with any third party systems. Anonymize or de-identify certain DICOM attributes with help of a Anonymize Data coercion type.
Anonymization or de-identification of DICOM dataset attribute values is done in conformance with DICOM Part 15's Attribute Confidentiality Profiles
Refer
- Archive Coercions Basic Overview for general understanding on archive attribute coercions.
New Archive Attribute Coercion can be used to anonymize or de-identify DICOM attributes in :
- incoming C-STORE requests on receive of DICOM objects to archive sent from external systems
- outgoing C-STORE requests on sending DICOM objects from archive to external systems
- incoming (MWL) C-FIND requests to archive
- incoming (MWL) C-FIND responses to archive
- outgoing (MWL) C-FIND requests from archive
- incoming MPPS N-CREATE requests to archive
Legacy Archive Attribute Coercions can be used to anonymize or de-identify DICOM attributes in :
- outgoing C-STORE requests on sending DICOM objects from archive to external systems
Anonymizing or de-identifying DICOM dataset attributes can be applied using either :
(Recommended) Specifying one or more Supported De-identification Profiles as
comma separated in Attribute Coercion URI,
f.e. deidentify:RetainDeviceIdentityOption,RetainUIDsOption on New Archive Attribute Coercion
OR
Selecting one or more Supported De-identification Profiles in field De-identification(s) on Legacy Archive Attribute Coercion
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