This document is intended to provide details of The Cancer Imaging Archive's (TCIA) protocol for data collection, de-identification and curation so that submitting sites are comfortable with the protocol prior to agreeing to use the established procedures to accomplish these activities. This process is implemented under the supervision of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institutional Review Board (IRB # 205568).

The Department of Biomedical Informatics at UAMS hosts The Cancer Imaging Archive for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). At NCI’s direction, TCIA personnel collect and curate clinical and pre-clinical (animal studies) Radiology and Pathology images, clinical trial data (including patient demographics and clinical outcomes), annotations and image derived features and other types of clinical research data (e.g., gene expression profiles) as directed by NCI and the research community.    Data comes from NIH programs, funded research and clinical trials.  In most instances this data is the result of completed research activities, but with NCI permission TCIA may also serve as the information repository for prospective data collection initiatives.   Data sets are reviewed for inclusion on TCIA by the TCIA Advisory Board.  Submitting sites provide evidence of institutional approval to share data, and agree to the principles in the TCIA UAMS Data Submission Agreement.

The ultimate goal of this data collection is to make the information publicly available.  The TCIA team at UAMS ensures all data is fully de-identified in accordance with international standards, US laws and UAMS IRB protocol requirements. TCIA then makes the data freely and openly available under the Creative Commons licensing as shown below:

“This collection is freely available to browse, download, and use for commercial, scientific and educational purposes as outlined in the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.  See TCIA's Data Usage Policies and Restrictions for additional details. Questions may be directed to help@cancerimagingarchive.net.”

Prior to uploading data to TCIA, the submitter must obtain IRB approval (or ethics board equivalent) from their institution allowing them to submit a de-identified version of their data to TCIA.  The NCI and the submitting site IRB are jointly responsible for reviewing the consent under which data to be submitted to TCIA was originally collected.

All data is encrypted prior to transmission to UAMS. All incoming data is captured in a quarantine system and treated as if it contains PHI. All TCIA personnel are trained in HIPAA regulations and procedures. TCIA servers are managed by UAMS IT as if they were UAMS clinical systems. Once the full analysis and de-identification is complete, data is moved to a separate public repository and made available to the research community.  This process has been reviewed by the UAMS Chief Security Officer.

Pathology Curation Overview

A TCIA submission expert will work with an Imaging point of contact from your site to receive your data.  The submission expert will provide instructions to clean common locations where PHI might exist (e.g. file names, slide labels) and a link to upload the data into our secure UAMS Box system.  Upon receipt the slides are visually reviewed for burned in PHI, incorrectly labeled slides, scan quality issues and ensuring filenames match labels.  Metadata fields are also reviewed to ensure they contain no PHI.  Slide types supported include: Aperio (.svs, .tif)Hamamatsu (.vms, .vmu, .ndpi)Leica (.scn)MIRAX (.mrxs)Philips (.tiff)Sakura (.svslide)Trestle (.tif)Ventana (.bif, .tif) and Generic tiled TIFF (.tif).

Radiology Curation Overview

A TCIA submission expert will work with an Imaging point of contact from your site. The expert will provide all the required tools for de-identifying and sending your imaging data and will answer any questions you have throughout the process. These tools have been approved by NIH and comply with the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) international standard for medical image de-identification.  Following industry best practices, TCIA uses a standards-based approach to de-identification of DICOM images and non-image data to insure that all data make publicly available are free of protected health information (PHI).  The TCIA de-identification process ensures that the HIPAA de-identification standard is met by following the Safe Harbor Method as defined in section 164.514(b)(2) of the HIPPA Privacy Rule utilizing the following steps:

  1. TCIA will help your technical point of contact (PACS administrator or designated IT technician, henceforth referred to as "submitter") install TCIA's software on a standard desktop computer.  The software runs on regular Windows/Mac/Linux desktop computers and requires Java to also be installed.  It does not require any specialized hardware (e.g. servers are not necessary). 
  2. TCIA will help the submitter create mapping tables (which do not leave the submitting site) which our software will use to assign anonymous patient IDs and to offset study dates.
  3. TCIA will walk the submitter through software testing using a small sample set of their study data (e.g. 1-2 patients). 
  4. TCIA will help the submitter export the full set of imaging studies from their local PACS (or wherever the data resides) into the TCIA software for processing.
    1. Note: Please do not utilize your PACS system de-identification or other de-identification software as this usually deletes critical information researchers will need to make use of the data.
  5. TCIA will help the submitter use the software used to de-identify and transmit images to TCIA according to DICOM standards (Attribute Confidentiality Profile – DICOM PS 3.15: Appendix E) before it leaves your institution.
  6. TCIA quality control and curation staff will work with you to ensure the data are fully de- identified and received. Additional reviews are performed, and any remaining PHI are deleted if found.
  7. TCIA will publish the final data set with a descriptive page and announce its addition via our mailing list and social media channels.

Software used by TCIA

De-identification Details

Following industry best-practices, TCIA uses a standards-based approach to de-identification of DICOM images to insure that images are free of protected health information (PHI).  The TCIA de-identification process ensures that the HIPAA de-identification standard is met by following the Safe Harbor Method as defined in section 164.514(b)(2) of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The standard for de-identification of DICOM objects is defined by Attribute Confidentiality Profile – DICOM PS 3.15: Appendix E. At the submitting site, a DICOM PS 3.15 compliant script removes or modifies DICOM tags deemed to be unsafe (See table 1 for a complete listing). TCIA incorporates the “Basic Application Confidentiality Profile” which is amended by inclusion of the following profile options: Clean Pixel Data Option, Clean Descriptors Option, Retain Longitudinal With Modified Dates Option, Retain Patient Characteristics Option, Retain Device Identity Option, and Retain Safe Private Option.  The de-identification rules applied to each object are recorded by TCIA in the DICOM sequence Method Code Sequence [0012,0063] by entering the Code Value, Coding Scheme Designator, and Code Meaning for each profile and option that were applied to the DICOM object during de-identification. The DICOM standard for de-identification of objects defines a minimum set of elements to de-identify to be in compliance with the standard. It is up to the user doing the de-identification to insure that PHI is removed or cleaned according to the laws and practices in place at the time de-identification occurs.

Base level de-identification 

The Basic Application Confidentiality Profile requires that Patient Name and Patient ID are either blanked or modified. TCIA incorporates an ID mapping between the original Patient ID and the ID that the images will have within TCIA.  The mapping table is created at the image submitting site, the mapping performed prior to the images leaving the sites host computer, and TCIA never sees the original Patient ID. The remapped Patient ID is also mapped to the Patient Name field. This is done for the case where a DICOM viewer or application being used by the TCIA user that downloaded the data would require a Patient Name to be present. To show that the Patient Identity has been removed, the term “YES” is written into DICOM tag 00120062 “PatientIdentityRemoved”.

In general, the Basic Application Profile specifies removal or modification of any tag that by definition would contain PHI that could be used either alone or together with other information to uniquely identify a subject. Removal of detailed geographic information, dates, exam identifiers, patient demographics, free text entry fields, vendor private tags, etc. are all done to minimize the possibility of being able to uniquely identify an individual. The options to the DICOM de-identification standard allows for retention of information to help make the data scientifically valuable, but as more options are added the chance of PHI is increased and a rigorous de-identification process must be followed.

Exam Identifiers - DICOM makes extensive use of universal identifiers (UID) that could be used to identify a subject if a user had access to the PACS system at the institution where the images originated. The Basic Application Confidentiality Profile requires that all UIDs be removed or modified.  TCIA uses its own root UID, appends an 8 digit string in the form of xxxx.yyyy (where xxxx is related to the collection and yyyy is related to a submitting site) and then appends a hashed value of the original UID. UIDs have no special meaning other than serving as unique identifiers and the only reason TCIA adds the 8 digit string is to minimize the possibility of two images being assigned the same UID as images come from many different sites. This technique insures that images stay associated with the appropriate series, study, and subject as well as ensuring that referenced images between secondary capture images, structured reports, PET/CT, etc. are still valid references to images within TCIA. Any image resubmitted to TCIA will have the same UID to avoid the same image appearing twice with a different identifier. Original accession numbers are hashed with a 16 bit string to prevent linking of DICOM objects back to the submitting site.

Dates - The Retain Longitudinal With Modified Dates Option allows dates to be retained as long as they are modified from the original date. Date and Date-Time fields in TCIA DICOM image headers have been offset based on a random number, but the longitudinal relationship between dates is maintained.  Therefore, a researcher won’t know the precise date the scan occurred, but if a follow up scan was performed 120 days later, that same 120 day difference between scans of a subject will exist in the TCIA images.  Dates that occur in DICOM tags other than Date or Date-Time fields are removed. An example of this would be a date entered into the Series Description field.  If the date is associated with a library for Code Meaning then that date is preserved as the date would be required to look up the meaning in the correct version of the library.  To show that the dates have been modified, the term “MODIFIED” is written into DICOM tag 00280303 “LongitudinalTemporalInformationModified”.

Optionally, a computed "Days from Baseline (e.g. diagnosis) can be inserted in the DICOM tag (0012,0050) Clinical Trial Time Point ID with the associated tag (0012,0051) Clinical Trial Time Point Description set to “Days from Baseline”.  "Baseline Year" (e.g. year of diagnosis) can optionally be inserted in DICOM tag (0013,1051).

Patient Demographics – The keep Patient Characteristics Option allows keeping some patient demographics for research purposes. The allowed fields are Patient’s Sex, Patient’s Age, Patient’s Size, Patient’s Weight, Ethnic Group, Smoking Status, and Pregnancy Status. If a subject is over 90 years of age, then the age must be listed as 90+.  Allergies, Patient State (this is not where they live, rather their condition), Pre-Medication, and Special Needs are defined by the DICOM standard as “clean” and are kept by TCIA and examined for PHI along with all tags during curation. Other patient demographics such as birthdate, address, religious affiliations, etc. are removed or emptied.

The names of health care providers including staff, hospital name, assigned IDs etc. are removed from the DICOM objects in cases where there is enough detail to identify an individual or facility where the scan was done.

Free Text - The Clean Descriptors Option allows for DICOM tags where free text could be entered by a technician to be kept. The following tags fall under that option and are all kept, inspected, and cleaned of PHI by TCIA during the curation process: Allergies, Patient State, Study Description, Series Description, Admitting Diagnoses Description, Admitting Diagnoses Code Sequence, Derivation Description, Identifying Comments, Medical Alerts, Occupation, Additional Patient’s History, Patient Comments, Contrast Bolus Agent, Protocol Name, Acquisition Device Processing Description, Acquisition Comments, Acquisition Protocol Description, Contribution Description, Image Comments, Frame Comments, Reason for Study, Requested Procedure Description, Requested Contrast Agent, Study Comments, Discharge Diagnosis Description, Service Episode Description, Visit Comments, Scheduled Procedure Step Description, Performed Procedure Step Description, Comments on Performed Procedure Step, Requested Procedure Comments, Reason for Imaging Service Request, Imaging Service Request Comments, Interpretation Text, Interpretation Diagnosis Description, Impressions, and Results Comments. The TCIA de-identification script run at the submitting sites removes the field “Request Attributes Sequence” as that tag typically contains PHI and provides no scientific value.  Many of these fields contain information valuable to research and are important to retain. For images that are submitted with missing Series Descriptions, TCIA will add text to Series Descriptions to help researchers during TCIA image searches. When a missing series description is encountered, TCIA staff will use the following approach: Enter “LOCALIZER” if the ImageType contains the word localizer; Enter “Contrast” and then append the value contained in Contrast Bolus Agent if a value is present; if Contrast Bolus Agent is missing or empty other tags will be examined to see if a series was scanned with contrast (The Image Comments field is often used by sites to denote contrast);  if the Image is an MR then TCIA will map the Scanning Sequence parameters into the Series Description; if none of those conditions apply then TCIA will map Scan Options or simply enter “none” into the Series Description field.

Devices - The Retain Device Identity Option of the DICOM de-identification standard allows for the retention of information related to the scanner used. The option allows for the following relevant tags to be retained: Station Name, Device Serial Number, Device UID, Plate ID, Generator ID, Cassette ID, Gantry ID, Detector ID, Scheduled Study Location, Scheduled Study Location AE Title, Scheduled Station AE Title, Scheduled Station Name, Scheduled Procedure Step Location, Performed Station AE Title, Performed Station Name, Performed Station Name Code Sequence, Scheduled Station Name Code Sequence, Scheduled Station Geographic Location Code Sequence, and Performed Station Geographic Location Code Sequence.  TCIA removes Station Name as part of its de-identification process as Station Name often contains information related to the site where the scan occurred. The other tags listed above are retained if they are found to be free of PHI after TCIA curation of the submitted DICOM objects.

Private Tags - Unfortunately, there are many cases where vendors do not make the conformance statement for a piece of equipment publicly available or do not adequately define what is stored in the private tags, but these fields are extensively used by DICOM vendors to store information about the scans which are sometimes necessary for researchers to utilize the data. When a submitting site sends DICOM data to TCIA all private tags are retained and then de-identified by TCIA during curation of the data according to the Retain Safe Private Option. The Retain Safe Private Option allows for the retention of DICOM tags stored in the private fields.  TCIA uses a private tag dictionary maintained by the Posda curation toolkit to decide the disposition of a vendor written private tag. The Posda private tag dictionary is a compilation of 4 well-known private tag dictionaries:

The addition of the other 3 private tag dictionaries allows for an expanded set of scientifically useful tags to be retained. To implement the new Posda private tag dictionary, TCIA resolved any discrepancies between the 4 included dictionaries and assigned dispositions to all private tags ever seen by Posda. Unique values seen within the private tags were inspected to ensure that dispositions were correctly assigned.  If a new private tag is encountered in the Posda database that does not have a private tag disposition, values are inspected in relation to the tag description together with values in the tags and a disposition is assigned. If there is no existing private tag description, an attempt is made to find a manufacturer’s definition of the tag. If no such description can be found the disposition is defined to remove the tag. TCIA will remove any private tags from the images that are not specified in the private tag dictionary or are defined as containing a form of PHI such as name, SSN, etc.  All date and datetime private tags that are retained are offset using the same offset as applied to the standard tags for the image. All private tags containing UIDs are assigned a TCIA root and appended with a hashed value as done with the standard tags. This ensures all references to other images contained within TCIA are maintained. A manual inspection of all private tags is performed using tagSniffer reports and any PHI that may be found is removed, emptied, date offset, or hashed as appropriate.

TCIA private tag disposition table as of 10-10-2019


Body Part Examined - When images are made public, a single body part examined, corresponding to the cancer of interest, is assigned to all images.  If the collection consists of sarcoma images (or any other cancer affecting multiple organs within the image collection), there may be multiple body parts assigned, though only one to any series.  In phantom collections, body part examined is simply labeled “PHANTOM”.

All Tags - The TCIA de-identification process ensures that every DICOM tag of every DICOM object is free of the 18 forms of PHI as currently defined by the Safe Harbor Method.  At the submitting site, a DICOM PS 3.15 compliant script removes or modifies DICOM tags deemed to be unsafe (See table 1 for a complete listing). At TCIA, a software routine known as tagSniffer extracts every unique value found within a collection being curated and prints them to a report. This report is examined by curators and any actions necessary to remove PHI is applied when moving the images from the Intake server to the Public Server. Every DICOM image is inspected by curators for burned in PHI. Once the images reach the Public Server, the tags are inspected by two curators for PHI using new tagSniffer reports.  Images are spot checked for any burned in PHI.

The following table details the de-identification performed at the submitting site by way of a TCIA supplied de-identification script.

Table 1 - DICOM Tags Modified or Removed at the source site (18 forms of PHI as currently defined by the Safe Harbor Method, DICOM PS 3.15 compliant)

Tag

Name

Action

00080050

AccessionNumber

hash

00184000

AcquisitionComments

keep

00400555

AcquisitionContextSeq

remove

00080022

AcquisitionDate

incrementdate

0008002a

AcquisitionDatetime

incrementdate

00181400

AcquisitionDeviceProcessingDescription

keep

00189424

AcquisitionProtocolDescription

keep

00080032

AcquisitionTime

keep

00404035

ActualHumanPerformersSequence

remove

001021b0

AdditionalPatientHistory

keep

00380010

AdmissionID

remove

00380020

AdmittingDate

incrementdate

00081084

AdmittingDiagnosesCodeSeq

keep

00081080

AdmittingDiagnosesDescription

keep

00380021

AdmittingTime

keep

00102110

Allergies

keep

40000010

Arbitrary

remove

0040a078

AuthorObserverSequence

remove

00130010

BlockOwner

CTP

00180015

BodyPartExamined

BODYPART

00101081

BranchOfService

remove

00280301

BurnedInAnnotation

keep

00181007

CassetteID

keep

00400280

CommentsOnPPS

keep

00209161

ConcatenationUID

hashuid

00403001

ConfidentialityPatientData

remove

00700086

ContentCreatorsIdCodeSeq

remove

00700084

ContentCreatorsName

empty

00080023

ContentDate

incrementdate

0040a730

ContentSeq

remove

00080033

ContentTime

keep

0008010d

ContextGroupExtensionCreatorUID

hashuid

00180010

ContrastBolusAgent

keep

0018a003

ContributionDescription

keep

00102150

CountryOfResidence

remove

00089123

CreatorVersionUID

hashuid

00380300

CurrentPatientLocation

remove

00080025

CurveDate

incrementdate

Group

curves

remove

00080035

CurveTime

keep

0040a07c

CustodialOrganizationSeq

remove

fffcfffc

DataSetTrailingPadding

remove

00181200

DateofLastCalibration

incrementdate

0018700c

DateofLastDetectorCalibration

incrementdate

00181012

DateOfSecondaryCapture

incrementdate

00120063

DeIdentificationMethod

{Per DICOM PS 3.15 AnnexE. Details in 0012,0064}

00120064

DeIdentificationMethodCodeSequence

113100/113101/113105/113107/113108/113109/113111

00082111

DerivationDescription

keep

0018700a

DetectorID

keep

00181000

DeviceSerialNumber

keep

00181002

DeviceUID

keep

fffafffa

DigitalSignaturesSeq

remove

04000100

DigitalSignatureUID

remove

00209164

DimensionOrganizationUID

hashuid

00380040

DischargeDiagnosisDescription

keep

4008011a

DistributionAddress

remove

40080119

DistributionName

remove

300a0013

DoseReferenceUID

hashuid

00102160

EthnicGroup

keep

00080058

FailedSOPInstanceUIDList

hashuid

0070031a

FiducialUID

hashuid

00402017

FillerOrderNumber

empty

00209158

FrameComments

keep

00200052

FrameOfReferenceUID

hashuid

00181008

GantryID

keep

00181005

GeneratorID

keep

00700001

GraphicAnnotationSequence

remove

00404037

HumanPerformersName

remove

00404036

HumanPerformersOrganization

remove

00880200

IconImageSequence

remove

00084000

IdentifyingComments

keep

00204000

ImageComments

keep

00284000

ImagePresentationComments

remove

00402400

ImagingServiceRequestComments

keep

40080300

Impressions

keep

00080012

InstanceCreationDate

incrementdate

00080014

InstanceCreatorUID

hashuid

00080081

InstitutionAddress

remove

00081040

InstitutionalDepartmentName

remove

00080082

InstitutionCodeSequence

remove

00080080

InstitutionName

remove

00101050

InsurancePlanIdentification

remove

00401011

IntendedRecipientsOfResultsIDSequence

remove

40080111

InterpretationApproverSequence

remove

4008010c

InterpretationAuthor

remove

40080115

InterpretationDiagnosisDescription

keep

40080202

InterpretationIdIssuer

remove

40080102

InterpretationRecorder

remove

4008010b

InterpretationText

keep

4008010a

InterpretationTranscriber

remove

00083010

IrradiationEventUID

hashuid

00380011

IssuerOfAdmissionID

remove

00100021

IssuerOfPatientID

remove

00380061

IssuerOfServiceEpisodeId

remove

00281214

LargePaletteColorLUTUid

hashuid

001021d0

LastMenstrualDate

incrementdate

00280303

LongitudinalTemporalInformationModified

MODIFIED

04000404

MAC

remove

00080070

Manufacturer

keep

00081090

ManufacturerModelName

keep

00102000

MedicalAlerts

keep

00101090

MedicalRecordLocator

remove

00101080

MilitaryRank

remove

04000550

ModifiedAttributesSequence

remove

00203406

ModifiedImageDescription

remove

00203401

ModifyingDeviceID

remove

00203404

ModifyingDeviceManufacturer

remove

00081060

NameOfPhysicianReadingStudy

remove

00401010

NamesOfIntendedRecipientsOfResults

remove

00102180

Occupation

keep

00081070

OperatorName

remove

00081072

OperatorsIdentificationSeq

remove

00402010

OrderCallbackPhoneNumber

remove

00402008

OrderEnteredBy

remove

00402009

OrderEntererLocation

remove

04000561

OriginalAttributesSequence

remove

00101000

OtherPatientIDs

remove

00101002

OtherPatientIDsSeq

remove

00101001

OtherPatientNames

remove

00080024

OverlayDate

incrementdate

Group

overlays

remove

00080034

OverlayTime

keep

00281199

PaletteColorLUTUID

hashuid

0040a07a

ParticipantSequence

remove

00101040

PatientAddress

remove

00101010

PatientAge

keep

00100030

PatientBirthDate

empty

00101005

PatientBirthName

remove

00100032

PatientBirthTime

remove

00104000

PatientComments

keep

00100020

PatientID

Re-Mapped

00120062

PatientIdentityRemoved

YES

00380400

PatientInstitutionResidence

remove

00100050

PatientInsurancePlanCodeSeq

remove

00101060

PatientMotherBirthName

remove

00100010

PatientName

Re-Mapped

00102154

PatientPhoneNumbers

remove

00100101

PatientPrimaryLanguageCodeSeq

remove

00100102

PatientPrimaryLanguageModifierCodeSeq

remove

001021f0

PatientReligiousPreference

remove

00100040

PatientSex

keep

00102203

PatientSexNeutered

keep

00101020

PatientSize

keep

00380500

PatientState

keep

00401004

PatientTransportArrangements

remove

00101030

PatientWeight

keep

00400243

PerformedLocation

remove

00400241

PerformedStationAET

keep

00404030

PerformedStationGeoLocCodeSeq

keep

00400242

PerformedStationName

keep

00404028

PerformedStationNameCodeSeq

keep

00081052

PerformingPhysicianIdSeq

remove

00081050

PerformingPhysicianName

remove

00400250

PerformProcedureStepEndDate

incrementdate

00401102

PersonAddress

remove

00401101

PersonIdCodeSequence

remove

0040a123

PersonName

empty

00401103

PersonTelephoneNumbers

remove

40080114

PhysicianApprovingInterpretation

remove

00081048

PhysicianOfRecord

remove

00081049

PhysicianOfRecordIdSeq

remove

00081062

PhysicianReadingStudyIdSeq

remove

00402016

PlaceOrderNumberOfImagingServiceReq

empty

00181004

PlateID

keep

00400254

PPSDescription

keep

00400253

PPSID

remove

00400244

PPSStartDate

incrementdate

00400245

PPSStartTime

keep

001021c0

PregnancyStatus

keep

00400012

PreMedication

keep

Group

privategroups

keep

00131010

ProjectName

always

00181030

ProtocolName

keep

00540016

Radiopharmaceutical Information Sequence

process

00181078

Radiopharmaceutical Start DateTime

incrementdate

00181079

Radiopharmaceutical Stop DateTime

incrementdate

00402001

ReasonForImagingServiceRequest

keep

00321030

ReasonforStudy

keep

04000402

RefDigitalSignatureSeq

remove

30060024

ReferencedFrameOfReferenceUID

hashuid

00380004

ReferencedPatientAliasSeq

remove

00080092

ReferringPhysicianAddress

remove

00080090

ReferringPhysicianName

empty

00080094

ReferringPhysicianPhoneNumbers

remove

00080096

ReferringPhysiciansIDSeq

remove

00404023

RefGenPurposeSchedProcStepTransUID

hashuid

00081140

RefImageSeq

remove

00081120

RefPatientSeq

remove

00081111

RefPPSSeq

remove

00081150

RefSOPClassUID

keep

04000403

RefSOPInstanceMACSeq

remove

00081155

RefSOPInstanceUID

hashuid

00081110

RefStudySeq

remove

00102152

RegionOfResidence

remove

300600c2

RelatedFrameOfReferenceUID

hashuid

00400275

RequestAttributesSeq

remove

00321070

RequestedContrastAgent

keep

00401400

RequestedProcedureComments

keep

00321060

RequestedProcedureDescription

keep

00401001

RequestedProcedureID

remove

00401005

RequestedProcedureLocation

remove

00321032

RequestingPhysician

remove

00321033

RequestingService

remove

00102299

ResponsibleOrganization

remove

00102297

ResponsiblePerson

remove

40084000

ResultComments

keep

40080118

ResultsDistributionListSeq

remove

40080042

ResultsIDIssuer

remove

300e0008

ReviewerName

remove

00404034

ScheduledHumanPerformersSeq

remove

0038001e

ScheduledPatientInstitutionResidence

remove

0040000b

ScheduledPerformingPhysicianIDSeq

remove

00400006

ScheduledPerformingPhysicianName

remove

00400001

ScheduledStationAET

keep

00404027

ScheduledStationGeographicLocCodeSeq

keep

00400010

ScheduledStationName

keep

00404025

ScheduledStationNameCodeSeq

keep

00321020

ScheduledStudyLocation

keep

00321021

ScheduledStudyLocationAET

keep

00321000

ScheduledStudyStartDate

incrementdate

00080021

SeriesDate

incrementdate

0008103e

SeriesDescription

keep

0020000e

SeriesInstanceUID

hashuid

00080031

SeriesTime

keep

00380062

ServiceEpisodeDescription

keep

00380060

ServiceEpisodeID

remove

00131013

SiteID

SITEID

00131012

SiteName

SITENAME

001021a0

SmokingStatus

keep

00181020

SoftwareVersion

keep

00080018

SOPInstanceUID

hashuid

00082112

SourceImageSeq

remove

00380050

SpecialNeeds

keep

00400007

SPSDescription

keep

00400004

SPSEndDate

incrementdate

00400005

SPSEndTime

keep

00400011

SPSLocation

keep

00400002

SPSStartDate

incrementdate

00400003

SPSStartTime

keep

00081010

StationName

remove

00880140

StorageMediaFilesetUID

hashuid

30060008

StructureSetDate

incrementdate

00321040

StudyArrivalDate

incrementdate

00324000

StudyComments

keep

00321050

StudyCompletionDate

incrementdate

00080020

StudyDate

incrementdate

00081030

StudyDescription

keep

00200010

StudyID

empty

00320012

StudyIDIssuer

remove

0020000d

StudyInstanceUID

hashuid

00080030

StudyTime

keep

00200200

SynchronizationFrameOfReferenceUID

hashuid

0040db0d

TemplateExtensionCreatorUID

hashuid

0040db0c

TemplateExtensionOrganizationUID

hashuid

40004000

TextComments

remove

20300020

TextString

remove

00080201

TimezoneOffsetFromUTC

remove

00880910

TopicAuthor

remove

00880912

TopicKeyWords

remove

00880906

TopicSubject

remove

00880904

TopicTitle

remove

00081195

TransactionUID

hashuid

00131011

TrialName

PROJECTNAME

0040a124

UID

hashuid

Group

unspecifiedelements

keep

0040a088

VerifyingObserverIdentificationCodeSeq

remove

0040a075

VerifyingObserverName

empty

0040a073

VerifyingObserverSequence

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