Encryption of sensitive information in DICOM images files is performed by the PACS application:
The PACS system configuration determines the tags that are encrypted in DICOM images files.
After providing the access-password, encryption and decryption of sensitive DICOM tags is enabled for all PACS applications until the server is shut down or the administrator provides a lock-password:
On store&endash;the DICOM server encrypts the specified tags before writing an image to disk.
On Load–after reading an image from disk, the PACS applications decrypt the specified tags.
To configure DICOM encryption:
1. After you install encrypted Workflow Manager, go to:
imaginet\system\applications\medistore\fir\encryption
2. To enable encryption of DICOM images, set this flag to TRUE:
enable_dicom_encryption
3. Go to imaginet\system\applications\default\deidentify.
There is a list of tags that can be encrypted.
4. Go to imaginet\system\applications\medistore\fir\encryption\encrypt_pixel_data.
To encrypt the pixel data tag, you can stipulate specific AE Titles for DICOM images coming from specific AE Titles.