A multi-threaded anonymizer for DICOM files implementing most of DICOM PS 3.15
AnnexE. Entries such as uid entries are replaced with hash values. This ensures
that partial runs of a studies DICOM files can be merged afterwards. This
project is written in C++ using the gdcm library and multiple threads to
accelerate processing. Warning: The operation performed by this tool is a 'soft'
de-identification. Instead of a white list of allowed tags the tool keeps a list
of tags known to frequently contain personal identifying information (PII) and
replaces only those. On the command line you specify a patient identifier
(PatientID/PatientName). Only if you do not keep a mapping of the new and the
old identifier this is considered an anonymization. If such a list exists the
operation performed is a de-identification (permits a later re-identification).
