Anonymize DICOM Files — anonymize

Replaces identifying header fields (PatientName, PatientID, PatientBirthDate, etc.) and removes private tags. Saves an ID mapping CSV to a user-specified secure location.

Usage

anonymize_dicom(
  dicom_dir,
  mapping_csv,
  prefix = "SCI",
  python = Sys.getenv("PYTHON_BIN", "python3")
)

Arguments

dicom_dir: Character. Root DICOM directory.
mapping_csv: Character. Path for ID mapping output. Store securely!
prefix: Character. Anonymized ID prefix. Default "SCI".
python: Character. Python executable. Default "python3".

Value

Exit code (invisible).

Details

WARNING: This modifies DICOM files in-place. Create a backup first. The mapping CSV must NOT be stored in the project directory.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
anonymize_dicom("data/raw/dicom", "/secure/id_mapping.csv")
} # }