Aquarius Web Admin Guide

Chapter 11
Manage Studies
Reclaim disk space
When a Delete Selected Data is performed, that data’s entry in the main database table is
moved to the deleted database table. However, the data itself is not removed from the disk.
Reclaim disk space removes the data associated with all entries in the deleted data table,
and also removes those entries from the table. This is a permanent deletion.
To peform this deletion, click the Reclaim disk space button. This function does not require
any other action.
Anonymize Studies
DICOM images contain private identifying information such as a patient’s name, date of birth,
etc. Anyone who wishes to publicly transmit or make available a patient’s images for any
purpose must take the responsibility of removing the identifying information from the images
to protect the privacy of the patient.
To anonymize and distribute images, do the following:
1. Click the Manage Studies link in the Navigation panel. Select Anonymize from the
sub-menu list below it.
The "Study List" page will be displayed (see Figure 11.1 on page 11-1). The Anonymize
tab (see below) is active by default, because you selected Anonymize from the navigation
panel.
2. Select the study or series to be anonymized by clicking on it in the study or series list.
3. Enter the new Patient Name. If you do not enter anything in this field, a name will be
randomly generated.
4. If you want to enter a new Patient ID, check the New Patient ID checkbox. A field is then
displayed for you to type in a Patient ID of your choosing.
5. Check New Study/Series/SOP Instance UIDs if you want new UIDs to be generated.
6. Select the function to perform. There are three functions available for anonymized
studies:
• Download to Local Disk - A final .cab (compressed archive) file will be created that
may contain multiple sub-cab files. Please wait for the “File download” dialog to
appear. It may take a few minutes for the server to create the .cab files, depending on
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