Using Java to generate globally unique identifiers for DICOM objects.

Digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) specifies that all DICOM objects have globally unique identifiers (UIDs). Creating these UIDs can be a difficult task due to the variety of techniques in use and the requirement to ensure global uniqueness. We present a simple technique of combin...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Digital Imaging Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 11 - 15
Main Authors: Kamauu AWC, DuVall SL, Avrin DE
Format: tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Feb2009
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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Summary:Digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) specifies that all DICOM objects have globally unique identifiers (UIDs). Creating these UIDs can be a difficult task due to the variety of techniques in use and the requirement to ensure global uniqueness. We present a simple technique of combining a root organization identifier, assigned descriptive identifiers, and JAVA generated unique identifiers to construct DICOM compliant UIDs.