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DICOM tag · De-identification

De-identification Method (0012,0063)

By Aviram Biton, Founder and Technical Lead, DICOMATICS ·

Tag(0012,0063)
KeywordDeidentificationMethod
VRLO
VM1-n

What it holds

A description of the method or profile used to de-identify the object.

In migrations and validation

Record which profile and options were applied, so the dataset's recipients and your privacy office can see how it was produced.

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More de-identification tags

Tag, keyword, VR and VM per the DICOM standard, PS3.6 data dictionary. Notes by DICOMATICS. Looking for another tag? Use the DICOM tag lookup.

About the author

Aviram Biton

Founder and Technical Lead, DICOMATICS

Aviram Biton founded DICOMATICS and leads its engineering work. He has spent two decades with medical imaging data: PACS and VNA migrations, multi-site consolidations, interfaces and data quality for US hospitals and health systems.

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De-identification for research and AI

Headers, private tags, UIDs and burned-in text.

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