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Value Representation "Unique Identifier (UID)"
A character string containing a UID that is used
to uniquely identify a wide variety of items. The UID is a series
of numeric components separated by the period "."
character. If a Value Field containing one or more UIDs is an odd
number of bytes in length, the Value Field shall be padded with a
single trailing NULL (00H) character to ensure that the Value
Field is an even number of bytes in length. See Section 9 and
Annex B for a complete specification and examples.
Character Set: "0"-"9", "." of
Default Character Repertoire
Size Restriction(s): 64 bytes maximum
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Parts of this document are taken (with permission) from Herman Oosterwijk's "DICOM Expert" Cheat Sheet © Copyright OTech, Inc. P.O. Box 260637 Plano, Texas 75026 herman@otechimg.com |