Image Pixel
(0028,0301)
Burned In Annotation
Keyword: BurnedInAnnotation
Indicates whether or not image contains sufficient burned in annotation to identify the patient and date.
Tag Attributes
- Tag ID
- (0028,0301)
- Compact
- 00280301
- Keyword
- BurnedInAnnotation
- VR
- CS — Code String
- VM
- 1
- Retired
- No
Module(s)
General Image Module
Engineering Notes
If YES, the image pixel data contains patient-identifying information burned into the pixel matrix — it cannot be removed by tag-stripping alone. Critical for de-identification workflows.
Troubleshooting
De-identification tools that only strip DICOM tags will FAIL to anonymise images with BurnedInAnnotation=YES. These require pixel-level redaction or exclusion from de-identified datasets.
Common Values
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| YES | Patient information is burned into the pixel data |
| NO | No patient information in pixel data |