Package org.dcm4che.typeddicom.dataelements

Class DeidentificationMethod

java.lang.Object

org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AbstractAttributesWrapper

org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AbstractDataElementWrapper

org.dcm4che.typeddicom.dataelements.DeidentificationMethod

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributesWrapper, DataElementWrapper, BytesDataElementWrapper, LongStringMultiWrapper, StringDataElementMultiWrapper

public class DeidentificationMethod
extends AbstractDataElementWrapper
implements LongStringMultiWrapper

Name: De-identification Method
Keyword: DeidentificationMethod
Tag: (0012,0063)
Value Representation: LO
Value Multiplicity: 1-n

• Described in the contexts:
  • Patient Module > De-identification Method
  as follows:
  Attribute Name: De-identification Method
  Type: 1C
  Attribute Description:

  A description or label of the mechanism or method use to remove the Patient's identity. May be multi-valued if successive de-identification steps have been performed.

  Note

  1. This may be used to describe the extent or thoroughness of the de-identification, for example whether or not the de-identification is for a "Limited Data Set" (as per HIPAA Privacy Rule).

  2. The characteristics of the de-identifying equipment and/or the responsible operator of that equipment may be recorded as an additional Item of the Contributing Equipment Sequence (0018,A001) in the DICOM Standard Part 3 - Section C.12.1. De-identifying equipment may use a Purpose of Reference of DCM109104(109104, DCM, "De-identifying Equipment").

  Required if Patient Identity Removed (0012,0062) is present and has a value of YES and De-identification Method Code Sequence (0012,0064) is not present. May be present otherwise.

  
  

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static interface	DeidentificationMethod.Holder	A class implementing this interface can hold attributes which contain the DICOM tag "De-identification Method" (see DeidentificationMethod)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final int	TAG
static final org.dcm4che3.data.VR	VALUE_REPRESENTATION

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DeidentificationMethod()
DeidentificationMethod(org.dcm4che3.data.Attributes attributes)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DeidentificationMethod	copy()
int	getTag()
org.dcm4che3.data.VR	getValueRepresentation()

Methods inherited from class org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AbstractDataElementWrapper

equals, exists, getValue, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AbstractAttributesWrapper

getAttributes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AttributesWrapper

copy, getAttributes, isEmpty

Methods inherited from interface org.dcm4che.typeddicom.valuerepresentations.BytesDataElementWrapper

getBytes, getSafeBytes, setBytes

Methods inherited from interface org.dcm4che.typeddicom.DataElementWrapper

exists, getValue

Methods inherited from interface org.dcm4che.typeddicom.valuerepresentations.StringDataElementMultiWrapper

getString, getString, getStrings, setStrings

Field Details

VALUE_REPRESENTATION

public static final org.dcm4che3.data.VR VALUE_REPRESENTATION

TAG

public static final int TAG

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

DeidentificationMethod

public DeidentificationMethod(org.dcm4che3.data.Attributes attributes)

DeidentificationMethod

public DeidentificationMethod()

Method Details

copy

public DeidentificationMethod copy()

getTag

public int getTag()

Specified by:

getTag in interface DataElementWrapper

getValueRepresentation

public org.dcm4che3.data.VR getValueRepresentation()

Specified by:

getValueRepresentation in interface DataElementWrapper