Re: Displaying Medical Images Anonymously

[Rochelle Hatton <nrh(at)imag.wsahs.nsw.gov.au>]

Salem Sassi wrote:

> Hi,
> For a public presentation I need to display medical images (DICOM
> format) of patients anonymously. All medical images show the patient's
> name on them for identification as a default, but for the purposes of
> this presentation I would like to display these images without showing
> the patient's name on the images. Can any one help me with doing this?
> Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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> Salem Sassi

Although I don't know any way in IDL to do this, there are freeware
DICOM readers that can. To start, try Chris Rorden's mricro,
http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/cr1/mricro.html
which has an anonymiser function.
ALternatively, you may find something else from http://www.dclunie.com/medical-image-faq/html/part8.html

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Defunctus adhuc loquitur
Rochelle Hatton
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound
Westmead Hospital