Dicom-anonymization

Creates anonymized dicom files using command line and python

Requirements

Python 3.7

pydicom

dicom-anonymizer (needs to be built, taken from: https://github.com/KitwareMedical/dicom-anonymizer)

Installation

1. Create a virtual environment with python 3.7

2. pip install pydicom

3. For installing dicom-anonymizer:

   • First cd to the repo directory
   • run pip install ./dicom-anonymizer/dist/dicom_anonymizer-1.0.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl

Usage

1. Activate the virtual environment in terminal

2. cd to the repo directory

3. run python main.py [input_folder_path] [output_folder_path]

   • The input_folder_path should contain all subfolders that hold all images for each sequence.

   • The output_folder_path can be any folder where all anonymized files corresponding to single patient are stored.