Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080077604
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / 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. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Online Publication |
| URL | http://mircwiki.rsna.org/index.... |
| Author/Creator | user "Johnperry" on mircwiki.rsna.org |
| Title | The MIRC DICOM Anonymizer |
| Publication Date | July 9, 2006 |
| Publisher | Radiological Society of North America - Medical Imaging Resource Center |
| Directions to Document Location | From current web site, choose "history" tab and select an earlier dated version (site based on Mediawiki) |
| Additional Information | peertopatent.org only allows certain upload types; remove the added ".txt" extension to view as HTML in browser |
Notes / To Do
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Excerpt
Excerpt Modifying DICOM Elements
The anonymizer has a simple scripting language. Each DICOM element can have its own replacement script containing contents and instructions for what to do with the element when it is processed.
To cause the anonymizer to take direct action on an element when a DICOM object is received, place a check in the Select checkbox for the element. Elements that are unchecked are left intact unless they qualify for global action as described later.
If you want to replace the contents of an element with new static text, enter the text in the Replacement text field for the element.
If you want the element to be removed from the DICOM object, blank the Replacement text field for the element or, alternatively, use the remove( ) function described below.
If you want to insert an empty element or replace the contents of an element with an empty (zero-length) string, use the empty( ) function described below.
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Relevance
Claims
1
A method of de identifying an object data, the method comprising:
obtaining the object data, the object data being a 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.
Relevance
Using the MIRC DICOM Anonymizer comprises these steps.
Using the MIRC DICOM Anonymizer comprises these steps.
Claim Chart
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2
The method of Claim 1, wherein the standard character is a blank character.
Relevance
As per the above excerpt, replacing with "blank" is an option in MIRC DICOM Anonymizer. See also @blank() function in the full page.
As per the above excerpt, replacing with "blank" is an option in MIRC DICOM Anonymizer. See also @blank() function in the full page.
Claim Chart
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4
The method of Claim 3, wherein the primary object data is a DICOM compliant object data.
Relevance
DICOM data is clearly involved in this prior art, but not the primary and secondary object data inherited from claim 3 (though it's not clear to me what is inventive in separating the data into two such categories).
DICOM data is clearly involved in this prior art, but not the primary and secondary object data inherited from claim 3 (though it's not clear to me what is inventive in separating the data into two such categories).
Claim Chart
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11
A method of de identifying a secondary object data in an object data, the method comprising:
obtaining the object data, the object data comprising a primary object data and the secondary object data;
identifying at least one confidential identification data in the secondary object data, the confidential identification data being a confidential data for identifying the medical object;
filtering the confidential identification data from the secondary object data; and
replacing the confidential identification data with at least one standard character.
Relevance
Using the MIRC DICOM Anonymizer comprises these steps.
Using the MIRC DICOM Anonymizer comprises these steps.
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12
The method of Claim 11, wherein the standard character is a blank character.
Relevance
As per the above excerpt, replacing with "blank" is an option in MIRC DICOM Anonymizer. See also @blank() function in the full page.
As per the above excerpt, replacing with "blank" is an option in MIRC DICOM Anonymizer. See also @blank() function in the full page.
Claim Chart
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14
The method of Claim 11, wherein the secondary object data is a non DICOM compliant object data, derived from the primary object data.
Relevance
DICOM data is clearly involved in this prior art, but not the primary and secondary object data inherited from claim 13 (though it's not clear to me what is inventive in separating the data into two such categories).
DICOM data is clearly involved in this prior art, but not the primary and secondary object data inherited from claim 13 (though it's not clear to me what is inventive in separating the data into two such categories).
Claim Chart
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19
A computer program product stored in a computer readable media for de identifying an object data, the computer program product comprising:
a routine for obtaining an object data, the object data being data concerning a medical object;
a routine for identifying at least one confidential identification data in the object data, the confidential identification data being a confidential data for identifying the medical object;
a routine for filtering the confidential identification data from the object data; and
a routine for replacing the confidential identification data with at least one standard character.
Relevance
The MIRC DCOM Anonymizer is a computer program product, and using the DICOM Anonymizer comprises these steps.
The MIRC DCOM Anonymizer is a computer program product, and using the DICOM Anonymizer comprises these steps.
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20
The computer program product of Claim 19, wherein the standard character is a blank character.
Relevance
As per the above excerpt, replacing with "blank" is an option in MIRC DICOM Anonymizer. See also @blank() function in the full page.
As per the above excerpt, replacing with "blank" is an option in MIRC DICOM Anonymizer. See also @blank() function in the full page.
Claim Chart
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22
The computer program product of Claim 21, wherein the primary object data is a DICOM compliant object data.
Relevance
DICOM data is clearly involved in this prior art, but not the primary and secondary object data inherited from claim 21 (though it's not clear to me what is inventive in separating the data into two such categories).
DICOM data is clearly involved in this prior art, but not the primary and secondary object data inherited from claim 21 (though it's not clear to me what is inventive in separating the data into two such categories).
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