Anonymiser GUI
This page contains the documentation of the anonymisation GUI (Graphical User Interface). This GUI is intended to anonymise .eeg files which follow the Deltamed format (coh3) and also to convert them to the European Data Format (.edf) via a Deltamed tool (coh3toEDF.exe). You can access this page from the application using the menu Help > Online documentation.
The anonymisation tool is packaged for Windows only. You can find all the tools related to this project in the assets of the release page of this repository, or directly use this link.
To use the anonymisation GUI no installation is needed, you should only click on the application
EEG_anonymiser.exe. However to use the .eeg to .edf batch conversion feature you will need to locate the Deltamed tool (coh3toEDF.exe) installed on your system.
During the first run it will create a data folder in which it will store the program preferences (state of the checkboxes, path to coh3toEDF.exe and last source path).
First, you have to select either a folder from where to anonymise the file or one or more files and a destination folder (the anonymisation can also be done inplace). To do so, you can use the menu File > Select folder, to select a folder and File > Select file(s) to select one or more files.
Furthermore, you can select one or more files using the ... button in the source group box.
Moreover, you must select a destination path. It is achieved by using the ... button in the destination group box.
If you do not select a destination folder, the anonymisation will be done in-place (do not worry, in that case you will first get a warning message).
Second, you must specify which fields to anonymise (the checked fields will be erased). When the name is anonymised, you can replace the patient name by the name of the parent folder in which it will end. Also, you can use the Anonymise all fields checkbox to select if you want or not to anonymise the files. You can either anonymise every field, or select some fields or anonymise nothing.
If you check the check box Conversion to EDF, the .eeg file will be converted to .edf file with the annotations.
Fourth, start the anonymisation using the OK button.
During the execution, you can cancel the operation using the Cancel button, however it will not restore the files already anonymised.