diff --git a/docling/utils/doctags_utils.py b/docling/utils/doctags_utils.py
index 59f6ba03..e3836c4a 100644
--- a/docling/utils/doctags_utils.py
+++ b/docling/utils/doctags_utils.py
@@ -1,16 +1,49 @@
+import base64
+import io
+
+from PIL import Image as PILImage
 from docling_core.experimental.serializer.doctags import (
     DocTagsDocSerializer,
     DocTagsParams,
 )
-from docling_core.types.doc import DoclingDocument
-from docling_core.types.doc.document import DocTagsDocument
-from PIL import Image as PILImage
+from docling_core.types.doc import DoclingDocument, Size
+from docling_core.types.doc.document import DocTagsDocument, ImageRef, PageItem
+from pydantic import AnyUrl
 
 
 def remove_doctags_content(doctags: str, image: PILImage.Image) -> str:
+    def from_pil_to_base64(img: PILImage.Image) -> str:
+        # Convert the image to a base64 str
+        buffered = io.BytesIO()
+        img.save(buffered, format="PNG")  # Specify the format (e.g., JPEG, PNG, etc.)
+        image_bytes = buffered.getvalue()
+
+        # Encode the bytes to a Base64 string
+        image_base64 = base64.b64encode(image_bytes).decode("utf-8")
+        return image_base64
+
+    def from_pil_to_base64uri(img: PILImage.Image) -> AnyUrl:
+        image_base64 = from_pil_to_base64(img)
+        uri = AnyUrl(f"data:image/png;base64,{image_base64}")
+
+        return uri
+
     doctags_doc = DocTagsDocument.from_doctags_and_image_pairs([doctags], [image])
     doc = DoclingDocument(name="dummy")
     doc.load_from_doctags(doctags_doc)
+    image_ref = ImageRef(
+        mimetype="image/png",
+        dpi=72,
+        size=Size(width=float(image.width), height=float(image.height)),
+        uri=from_pil_to_base64uri(image),
+    )
+    page_item = PageItem(
+        page_no=1,
+        size=Size(width=float(image.width), height=float(image.height)),
+        image=image_ref,
+    )
+
+    doc.pages[1] = page_item
     dt_params = DocTagsParams(add_content=False)
     ser = DocTagsDocSerializer(params=dt_params, doc=doc)
     pages = [ser.serialize(item=item) for item, _ in doc.iterate_items()]
diff --git a/tests/data_scanned/ocr_test.png b/tests/data_scanned/ocr_test.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c6333e7
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diff --git a/tests/test_doctags_utils.py b/tests/test_doctags_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19a39d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_doctags_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from PIL import Image as PILImage
+
+from docling.utils.doctags_utils import remove_doctags_content
+
+def test_remove_doctags_content():
+    img = PILImage.open("./tests/data_scanned/ocr_test.png")
+    with open("./tests/data_scanned/groundtruth/docling_v2/ocr_test.doctags.txt") as f:
+        doctags = f.read()
+    actual = remove_doctags_content(doctags, img)
+    expected = "<doctag><text><loc_58><loc_44><loc_426><loc_91></text>\n</doctag>"
+    assert actual == expected