5. Anonymizer & Upload Interface

The ZODIAC anonymizer and upload interface is divided into two panels: local anonymization and upload of anonymized studies.

In the first panel, the user selects the anonymization profile, source DICOM folder, clinical data file if applicable, and local destination folder. The source DICOM folder may have any internal structure. Patient, study, and series grouping is detected from DICOM metadata, not from the original folder names.

In the second panel, the user scans the anonymized output folder, reviews detected studies and series, checks for archive conflicts, and uploads the selected anonymized DICOM data and matching anonymized clinical metadata.

Clinical metadata is matched to DICOM data using the combination of Patient_ID + Study_ID. The same Study_ID may appear for different patients.