public AnonymizeStudyOutput AnonymizeStudy(AnonymizeStudyInput input)
        {
            // load study to anonymize
            IDataStoreReader    reader = DataAccessLayer.GetIDataStoreReader();
            IStudy              study  = reader.GetStudy(input.StudyInstanceUID);
            List <ISopInstance> sops   = new List <ISopInstance>(study.GetSopInstances());

            // ensure there is a valid output location
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input.OutputDirectory))
            {
                // create temp dir
            }

            string fullPath = Path.GetFullPath(input.OutputDirectory);

            if (!Directory.Exists(fullPath))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(fullPath);
            }

            // set up anonymization data
            StudyData studyData = new StudyData();

            studyData.PatientId         = input.PatientId;
            studyData.PatientsNameRaw   = input.PatientsName;
            studyData.PatientsBirthDate = input.PatientsBirthDate;
            studyData.PatientsSex       = input.PatientsSex;
            studyData.AccessionNumber   = input.AccessionNumber;
            studyData.StudyDescription  = input.StudyDescription;
            studyData.StudyDate         = input.StudyDate;

            DicomAnonymizer anonymizer = new DicomAnonymizer();

            anonymizer.StudyDataPrototype = studyData;

            //The default anonymizer removes the series data, so we just clone the original.
            anonymizer.AnonymizeSeriesDataDelegate =
                delegate(SeriesData original) { return(original.Clone()); };

            // anonymize each image in the study
            for (int i = 0; i < sops.Count; ++i)
            {
                ISopInstance sop  = sops[i];
                DicomFile    file = new DicomFile(sop.GetLocationUri().LocalDiskPath);

                anonymizer.Anonymize(file);

                file.Save(string.Format("{0}\\{1}.dcm", fullPath, i));
            }

            return(new AnonymizeStudyOutput(sops.Count));
        }