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Dicom Header Dialog




Use this dialog to view and modify
the contents of the DICOM header for an image or set of images. The dialog
contents change depending on the group selected.
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Required Dicom Elements
The following elements are necessary for eigentool to
accurately calculate values from the images or to process images.
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X/Y Pixel Spacing
(Image Group) |
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Slice Thickness
(Acquisition Group) |
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Slice Location
(Relationship Group) |
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Patient Name
(Patient Group)
Note
A research identifier can be used to hide the real
information, see the example on removing this
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Example
Removing Patient Information for
HIPAA
regulations
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Enter an
assigned research designation and number in Research Name.
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Press
Deidentify, images will be saved automatically.
The name (or first name if entered last,first) will also be used as the MRN.
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Example Combining Multiple fMRI
series into one series
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Press
Apply Changes to . . .
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Select
Files in the Modify Dicom
Element Dialog that is presented
In the Image Load
Dialog
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Turn off
List Ima
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Select the Series
that make a single paradigm
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Click OK in
the Modify Dicom Element Dialog
In the Dicom Header Dialog
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Change
Group to Relationship
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Enter new Series
Number, Press Return
Note
The Series Number should not already exist and should end
with the same digit as the original series numbers
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Enter 1, 1
in the Start, Increment entries
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Select Image
Number and Press Return
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Press
Save
Note
The format
can be changed using the Image Load and Image Save dialogs.
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Dialog Items
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Apply Changes to . . .
Press Apply
Changes to . . . to select which images to modify when an element is
changed. Images in a
browser or a
selected list of image files
can be selected. If image files are selected, the image files are
loaded, but not displayed.
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Save
Press Save
to save the images that were selected in Apply
Changes to, with the modified elements.
Note
For a selected list of image files only, not for images
loaded into a browser. Use the
Image Save dialog to save
images already loaded into a browser.
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Reset
Press Reset
to reset the image selections.
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Copy Header
Press Copy Header to copy the DICOM header
information from one image to other images, replacing the previous
information. The Image
Selection dialog will be displayed for the user to select the image to
copy from and the images to replace header information.
Note
The images are always overwritten. Also, some fields do not get copied, such as Rows,
Columns, Bits Allocated, and any UID numbers.
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Deidentify
Press
Deidentify to remove all identifying information for a patient study, so
that it can be used in research projects and/or transferred to other
institutions. A copy of the original patient study will be created,
deidentified and saved.
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Enter an
assigned research name and number in Research Name.
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Note
The Patient Name is replaced with the Research Name.
The following information will be replaced with blank information: Study Time, Institution, Reading Physician,
Physician Name, Manufacturer, Model, Study
Description, Patient ID, Other Patient ID, Birth Date,
Weight, and Study Number. The original patient study
will still exist and can be deleted, if no longer needed. |
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Duplicate
Press
Duplicate to create images that are the duplicate of each of the
original images. The thickness of each image will be adjusted for the
new number of images.
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Select the
number of duplicates to create for each image in # Duplicates.
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Groups
Select from one
of the following groups to display the header information from that group.
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Select
Identifying to display study information, such as admitting diagnosis.
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Select Patient to display patient information, such as
patient name.
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Select Acquisition to display acquisition information, such
as slice thickness.
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Select Relationship to display information on the
relationship between the images, such as slice location.
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Select Image to display images specific information, such as
pixel sizes.
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Elements
First, use Apply Changes to
to select which images to apply element modification to. If not used,
the current image only will be changed. Then, Enter or modify
information in the field and press enter to make
it permanent in the Dicom header. Any change made to the header will cause a new
Unique Identifier Number (UID) to be created. You can enter
information that changes for each image in one of the 2 following ways:
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Enter the
starting value for the element and the increment, separated by a
comma.
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e.g. 1,1 in Image Number will put 1 in Image Number for the 1st image
header, 2 in Image Number for the 2nd image header, and so on.
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Enter a list of
strings, separated by commas, to be used for each image header in
order.
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e.g. label1,label2,label3 in Description will put label1 in the
Description for the 1st image header, label2 in the Description for the 2nd
image header, and so on.
Note
Some items are for display only and may not be modified,
specifically any item that is a UID (Unique Identifier) cannot be modified by the user.
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Cancel
Press Cancel
to remove the Dicom Header dialog. |
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Help
Press Help
to display help for the Dicom Header dialog. |
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