Using Java to Generate Globally Unique Identifiers for DICOM Objects Export

@article{citeulike:3658670, abstract = {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.}, author = {Kamauu, Aaron and Duvall, Scott and Avrin, David}, citeulike-article-id = {3658670}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10278-007-9079-7}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/917ug35q12n2g0w7}, doi = {10.1007/s10278-007-9079-7}, journal = {Journal of Digital Imaging}, keywords = {dicom, generate, globally, identifier, java, object, uid, unique}, posted-at = {2008-11-22 00:44:45}, priority = {2}, title = {Using Java to Generate Globally Unique Identifiers for DICOM Objects}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10278-007-9079-7} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3658670 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3658670 N2 - 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. JF - Journal of Digital Imaging TI - Using Java to Generate Globally Unique Identifiers for DICOM Objects KW - dicom KW - generate KW - globally KW - identifier KW - java KW - object KW - uid KW - unique AU - Kamauu, Aaron AU - Duvall, Scott AU - Avrin, David UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10278-007-9079-7 ER -