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DICOM Patient Class

Source: R/Patient.R
Patient.Rd

An abstract class for a DICOM Patient resource.

Value

An R6 instance of class "Patient".

Super class

orthanc::Resource -> Patient

Active bindings

patient_id

Patient ID

name

Patient Name

birth_date

Patient Birth Date

sex

Patient Sex

other_patient_ids

Other Patient IDs

is_stable

Is stable?

last_update

Last Update

labels

Get or add labels

protected

Get or set if patient is protected against recycling

studies

Studies

studies_ids

Studies identifiers

series

Series

series_ids

Series identifiers

instances

Instances

instances_ids

Instances identifiers

instances_tags

Instances tags

num_studies

Number of studies

num_series

Number of series

num_instances

Number of instances

shared_tags

Shared tags

statistics

Statistics

Methods

Public methods

Inherited methods

Method get_main_information()

Get patient information.

Usage

Patient$get_main_information()

Method add_label()

Add label to resource.

Usage

Patient$add_label(label)

Arguments

label

Label.

Method has_label()

Test if resource has label.

Usage

Patient$has_label(label)

Arguments

label

Label.

Method remove_label()

Delete label from resource.

Usage

Patient$remove_label(label)

Arguments

label

Label.

Method get_zip_archive_content()

Get bytes of the zip archive.

Usage

Patient$get_zip_archive_content()

Method download_archive()

Download zip archive to path.

Usage

Patient$download_archive(path, stream = FALSE)

Arguments

path

Path on disk.

stream

Should the resource be streamed and written to disk in chunks? Default is FALSE, which means the resource file contents are retrieved in their entirety and written to disk all at once.

Method get_patient_module()

Get patient module in a simplified version

Usage

Patient$get_patient_module()

Method anonymize()

Anonymize Patient

Usage

Patient$anonymize(
  remove = list(),
  replace = list(),
  keep = list(),
  keep_private_tags = FALSE,
  keep_source = TRUE,
  priority = 0L,
  permissive = FALSE,
  private_creator = NULL,
  force = FALSE,
  dicom_version = NULL
)

Arguments

remove

List of tags to remove.

replace

Named-list of tags to replce.

keep

List of tags to keep unchanged.

keep_private_tags

Keep private tags from DICOM instance.

keep_source

Keep original resource.

priority

Priority of the job.

permissive

Ignore errors during individual steps of the job?

private_creator

Private creator to be used for private tags in replace.

force

Force tags to be changed.

dicom_version

Version of the DICOM standard to use for anonymization.

Method anonymize_as_job()

Anonymize Patient

Usage

Patient$anonymize_as_job(
  remove = list(),
  replace = list(),
  keep = list(),
  keep_private_tags = FALSE,
  keep_source = TRUE,
  priority = 0L,
  permissive = FALSE,
  private_creator = NULL,
  force = FALSE,
  dicom_version = NULL
)

Arguments

remove

List of tags to remove.

replace

Named-list of tags to replce.

keep

List of tags to keep unchanged.

keep_private_tags

Keep private tags from DICOM instance.

keep_source

Keep original resource.

priority

Priority of the job.

permissive

Ignore errors during individual steps of the job?

private_creator

Private creator to be used for private tags in replace.

force

Force tags to be changed.

dicom_version

Version of the DICOM standard to use for anonymization.

Method modify()

Modify Patient

Usage

Patient$modify(
  remove = list(),
  replace = list(),
  keep = list(),
  remove_private_tags = FALSE,
  keep_source = TRUE,
  priority = 0L,
  permissive = FALSE,
  private_creator = NULL,
  force = FALSE
)

Arguments

remove

List of tags to remove.

replace

Named-list of tags to replce.

keep

List of tags to keep unchanged.

remove_private_tags

Remove private tags from DICOM instance.

keep_source

Keep original resource.

priority

Priority of the job.

permissive

Ignore errors during individual steps of the job?

private_creator

Private creator to be used for private tags in replace.

force

Force tags to be changed.

Method modify_as_job()

Modify Patient

Usage

Patient$modify_as_job(
  remove = list(),
  replace = list(),
  keep = list(),
  remove_private_tags = FALSE,
  keep_source = TRUE,
  priority = 0L,
  permissive = FALSE,
  private_creator = NULL,
  force = FALSE
)

Arguments

remove

List of tags to remove.

replace

Named-list of tags to replce.

keep

List of tags to keep unchanged.

remove_private_tags

Remove private tags from DICOM instance.

keep_source

Keep original resource.

priority

Priority of the job.

permissive

Ignore errors during individual steps of the job?

private_creator

Private creator to be used for private tags in replace.

force

Force tags to be changed.

Method get_shared_tags()

Retrieve the shared tags of the patient.

Usage

Patient$get_shared_tags()

Method remove_empty_studies()

Remove empty studies from patient.

Usage

Patient$remove_empty_studies()

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

Patient$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.