Anonymizing Patient Information
Introduction
You can anonymize patient information to exclude it from displaying in an image and from being included in an export file. By default, text overlay anonymization is disabled, and Synapse displays patient and study information on all images.
When you enable text overlay anonymization, all patient and study information is hidden on all the images for each series in a study, including information contained in text overlays. Use the Anonymous Items user settings to specify which text overlay information should be anonymized in a study. See Configuring Overlay Settings.
Steps
- If playing cine, click Pause
. - Right-click the image to display a context menu.
- Select Tools and one of the following options from the submenu:
- Select Mask to activate the arrow cursor.
- Click and drag the arrow cursor to create a black rectangle in the image. This option only applies to the image it was drawn on. If it is a multiframe image, then it will apply to all of the frames within the multiframe image.
- Optional:
- To resize a mask, click the center line marker and drag the mask.
- To move a mask to another location, click the mask and drag it to the new location.
- To remove a mask, right-click the rectangle and select Delete
or press the Delete key.
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If you want to... |
Do this... |
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Hide patient information in an image. |
Click Anonymize Text Overlay. |
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Hide part or all of an image. |
Click Anonymize Burned Annotations and then click and drag the green rectangle to the correct size and vertical location. This option applies to all series and images within the study. |
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Create a black rectangle to cover a portion of an image. |
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Results
Based on your selection, Synapse applies the selected Anonymize or Mask option to the image as noted in the table.
- All designated patient information is anonymized for the duration of the session.
- Synapse applies masks to all frames in a multiframe series. For non multiframe series, Synapse only applies the mask to a single frame or image.
Additional Option
To hide or display text overlays using a keyboard shortcut, press SHIFT + T.