http://peertopatent.org/patent/73/prior_art/list In an embodiment, the invention provides a method of de identifying an object data. The method comprises steps of obtaining the object data, the object data being data concerning a medical object, identifying at least one confidential identification data in the object data, the confidential identification data being a confidential data for identifying the medical object, filtering the confidential identification data from the object data and replacing the confidential identification data with at least one standard character. en-us Methods of de identifying an object data Title: <br/>Description: DICOMWorks is a free DICOM tool that is widely used. One of its features is anonymization. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:42:18 -0700 http://peertopatent.org/prior_art/221/detail Methods of de identifying an object data Title: The MIRC DICOM Anonymizer<br/>Description: Description of an example DICOM Anonymizer product, from distributor's web site. This version of the web page is from the page's own update history as of July 9, 2006. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:33:09 -0700 http://peertopatent.org/prior_art/217/detail Methods of de identifying an object data Title: Proceedings, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association<br/>ISBN: <br/>Description: Journal article describing a system to anonymize or &quot;scrub&quot; medical records. It does not claim to contribute anonymization, only to provide an improved and automated system for doing so. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:39:02 -0700 http://peertopatent.org/prior_art/216/detail Methods of de identifying an object data Title: Medical Privacy - National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information<br/>ISBN: <br/>Description: The Federal law requiring the privacy of patients to be protected. Mon, 26 May 2008 06:54:21 -0700 http://peertopatent.org/prior_art/202/detail