dcmedit

Synopsis

dcmedit [ options ]  file
  • file: the DICOM file to be edited.

Description

Edit DICOM file in-place. Note that this simply replaces the existing values without modifying the DICOM structure in any way. Replacement text will be truncated if it is too long to fit inside the existing tag.

WARNING: this command will modify existing data! It is recommended to run this command on a copy of the original data set to avoid loss of data.

Options

  • -anonymise remove any identifiable information, by replacing the following tags: - any tag with Value Representation PN will be replaced with ‘anonymous’ - tag (0010,0030) PatientBirthDate will be replaced with an empty stringWARNING: there is no guarantee that this command will remove all identiable information, since such information may be contained in any number of private vendor-specific tags. You will need to double-check the results independently if you need to ensure anonymity.
  • -id text replace all ID tags with string supplied. This consists of tags (0010, 0020) PatientID and (0010, 1000) OtherPatientIDs
  • -tag group element newvalue replace specific tag.

Standard options

  • -info display information messages.
  • -quiet do not display information messages or progress status.
  • -debug display debugging messages.
  • -force force overwrite of output files. Caution: Using the same file as input and output might cause unexpected behaviour.
  • -nthreads number use this number of threads in multi-threaded applications (set to 0 to disable multi-threading)
  • -failonwarn terminate program if a warning is produced
  • -help display this information page and exit.
  • -version display version information and exit.

Author: J-Donald Tournier (jdtournier@gmail.com)

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2008-2016 the MRtrix3 contributors

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