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A method of de identifying an object data, the method comprising:

obtaining the object data, the object data being a data concerning a medical object;

identifying at least one confidential identification data in the object data, the confidential identification data being a confidential data for identifying the medical object;

filtering the confidential identification data from the object data; and

replacing the confidential identification data with at least one standard character.

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2

The method of Claim 1, wherein the standard character is a blank character.

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3

The method of Claim 1, wherein the object data comprises a primary object data and a secondary object data.

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4

The method of Claim 3, wherein the primary object data is a DICOM compliant object data.

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5

The method of Claim 3, wherein the secondary object data is a non DICOM compliant object data, derived from the primary object data.

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6

The method of Claim 5, wherein the secondary object data is one of a voice clip, an aural annotation, a dictation file and a diagnostic report.

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7

The method of Claim 3, wherein the confidential identification data is one of the primary object data and the secondary object data.

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8

The method of Claim 1, further comprises:

converting the object data from a first format to a second format; and

reconverting the object data from the second format to the first format.

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9

The method of Claim 8, wherein the first format is one of a voice format, a text format, a waveform format and a frequency format.

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10

The method of Claim 8, wherein the second format is one of a voice format, a text format, a waveform format and a frequency format.

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