[Dcmlib] AnonymizeNoLoad() (BIS)

[Jean-Pierre Roux]

Jean-Pierre Roux wrote:

>Greg Book wrote:
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>>I'm attempting to anonymize a file using 
>>gdcm::File::AnonymizeNoLoad(). I use the following code, but the file 
>>is not anonymized, the file date is not changed either.
>>What might be happening?
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--> OK : my answer may look strange
Please use

f->Load()
juste before using 
f->AnonymizeNoLoad()

This is not a mistake, just a stupid name for AnonymizeNoLoad :
NoLoad was *not* "don't load the file header", but "don't load the pixels in memory".
The right name should be : 
AnonymizeNoGetData


Jean-Pierre Roux

>>Thanks,
>>Greg
>>
>>        /* open dicom file */
>>        f = new gdcm::File();
>>        f->SetLoadMode(gdcm::LD_ALL);
>>        f->SetFileName(filelist.Item(i).c_str());
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>I'm not on my PC, and I cannot check, but I think you should Load the 
>gdcm::File  here.
>
>      if ( !f->Load() )
>      {
>          std::cout << "[" << fileName << "] is not a gdcm-readable file"
>              << std::endl;
>           f->Delete();
>           return 1;
>      }
>
>(Have a look at Example/AnonymizeNoLoad.xx)
>HTH
>Jean-Pierre Roux
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>>        /* determine which fields to anonymize */
>>        if (chkPatientName->GetValue())
>>            f->AddAnonymizeElement( 0x0010, 0x0010, 
>>txtPatientName->GetValue().c_str());
>>        if (chkPatientBirthdate->GetValue())
>>            f->AddAnonymizeElement( 0x0010, 0x0030, 
>>txtPatientBirthdate->GetValue().c_str());
>>        if (chkStudyDate->GetValue())
>>            f->AddAnonymizeElement( 0x0008, 0x0020, 
>>txtStudyDate->GetValue().c_str());
>>        if (chkSeriesDate->GetValue())
>>            f->AddAnonymizeElement( 0x0008, 0x0021, 
>>txtSeriesDate->GetValue().c_str());
>>       
>>        /* close the file */
>>        f->AnonymizeNoLoad();
>>        f->ClearAnonymizeList();
>>        delete f;
>>
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