A DICOM Anonymizer is a software tool or programming script used to strip or modify Protected Health Information (PHI) and personal identifiers from DICOM (.dcm) files.
Medical scans like MRIs, CT scans, and X-rays are saved in the DICOM format. These files do not just contain an image; they also embed a extensive metadata header packed with sensitive patient data. An anonymizer modifies this metadata so that the data can be legally shared for research, teaching, or AI training under global data privacy laws like HIPAA and GDPR. What Does a DICOM Anonymizer Handle? KitwareMedical/dicom-anonymizer: Tool to … – GitHub
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