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Aaron W C Kamauu1, Scott L Duvall, David E Avrin
1Biomedical Informaticist, RemedyMD(R) Inc., 9350 South 150 East, Sandy, UT 84070, USA. siim@akamauu.com
Abstract:
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.
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