Send studies to an AI vendor, de-identified
Goal: chest CTs go to an outside AI service, de-identified. Its results come back to the router, which gives them the patient’s identity and original UIDs back and sends them to the PACS. Every study is tracked until its results arrive.
1. The de-identification profile
Section titled “1. The de-identification profile”Configuration › De-identification › Add profile: name AI vendor. The defaults suit most AI services: identities
removed, pseudonyms for patient ID and name, new UIDs, dates shifted, patient characteristics (age, sex, size, weight)
kept. If the images can carry burned-in text (ultrasound, secondary captures), add mask rules or keep the default of
refusing them. See De-identification.
2. The AI service as a destination
Section titled “2. The AI service as a destination”Add a destination for the service: DICOM (host, port, AE title), or DICOMweb (the service URL and its sign-in). Under
De-identification, choose the profile AI vendor.
3. Studies to it
Section titled “3. Studies to it”A source for the chest CTs: the CT scanners’ AE titles and network, with a header condition such as StudyDescription Contains CHEST. A route from it to the PACS and the AI service, with Hold until the study is complete ticked,
so the service gets whole studies. Put it above the general CT route.
4. Results back
Section titled “4. Results back”The service sends results back to the router. Add a source that matches it: its AE title and address, or, if it uploads over DICOMweb, a DICOMweb sender (tick Accept DICOMweb uploads from these senders and give the service its token). Add a route from this source to the PACS.
5. The workflow
Section titled “5. The workflow”Configuration › AI workflows › Add AI workflow: the AI service (the destination), Its results arrive as (the results source), Expected within (minutes) (how long results may take; then an alert), and Complete after (minutes).
Check it
Section titled “Check it”- Send a chest CT. History › AI jobs shows it Sending, then Waiting for results.
- When the result arrives: Results coming in, then Complete. In the PACS the result sits in the original study, with the real patient name and ID.
- Nothing with the real identity ever reached the AI service: open a delivery to it in History to see what it was sent.
See AI workflows.