DICOM Unique Identifier (UID)

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DICOM concept globally unique identifier identifier

DICOM Unique Identifier (UID) is a globally unique numeric string used in medical imaging to unambiguously identify objects such as studies, series, images, and other DICOM entities.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
DICOM Implementation Class	1
DICOM Object Identifier	1
DICOM SOP Instance	1
DICOM Series	1
DICOM Study	1
DICOM Unique Identifier (UID) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1776569 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: DICOM Unique Identifier (UID)
Context triple: [DICOM standard, defines, DICOM Unique Identifier (UID)]

A. DICOM standard
The DICOM standard is a widely used international specification for handling, storing, transmitting, and displaying medical imaging information and related data.
B. IHE Patient Care Device profiles
IHE Patient Care Device profiles are interoperability specifications that define how medical devices integrate and exchange data within healthcare IT systems to support safe, coordinated patient care.
C. CUI Registry
The CUI Registry is the official online catalog that identifies and defines all categories of Controlled Unclassified Information and their handling requirements across the U.S. federal government.
D. MCICOM
MCICOM is the United States Marine Corps command responsible for overseeing, managing, and supporting Marine Corps installations worldwide.
E. DCOM
DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) is a Microsoft technology that extends COM to support communication among software components over a network, enabling distributed, component-based applications.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: DICOM Unique Identifier (UID)
Target entity description: DICOM Unique Identifier (UID) is a globally unique numeric string used in medical imaging to unambiguously identify objects such as studies, series, images, and other DICOM entities.

A. DICOM standard
The DICOM standard is a widely used international specification for handling, storing, transmitting, and displaying medical imaging information and related data.
B. IHE Patient Care Device profiles
IHE Patient Care Device profiles are interoperability specifications that define how medical devices integrate and exchange data within healthcare IT systems to support safe, coordinated patient care.
C. CUI Registry
The CUI Registry is the official online catalog that identifies and defines all categories of Controlled Unclassified Information and their handling requirements across the U.S. federal government.
D. MCICOM
MCICOM is the United States Marine Corps command responsible for overseeing, managing, and supporting Marine Corps installations worldwide.
E. DCOM
DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) is a Microsoft technology that extends COM to support communication among software components over a network, enabling distributed, component-based applications.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	DICOM concept ⓘ globally unique identifier ⓘ identifier ⓘ
appliesToDomain	medical imaging ⓘ
assignedBy	root organization ⓘ
basedOn	ISO object identifier system ⓘ
category	medical imaging identifier ⓘ
composedOf	digits 0-9 ⓘ
conformsTo	ISO/IEC 8824 ⓘ surface form: ISO 8824 ISO 9834 ⓘ
definedIn	DICOM standard ⓘ surface form: DICOM Standard
ensures	global uniqueness ⓘ
forbidsCharacter	leading zero in a component ⓘ non-digit characters ⓘ
governedBy	DICOM PS3.5 Data Structures and Encoding ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Uid ⓘ surface form: UID
hasAlternativeName	DICOM Unique Identifier (UID) ⓘ surface form: DICOM Object Identifier DICOM UID ⓘ
hasDataType	numeric string ⓘ
hasPrimaryPurpose	unambiguous identification of DICOM objects ⓘ
hasProperty	hierarchical structure ⓘ non-reusable once assigned ⓘ variable length ⓘ
hasScope	global ⓘ
hasStructure	dot-separated numeric components ⓘ
mustBe	unique within global DICOM domain ⓘ
representedByAttribute	ApplicationEntityTitle ⓘ FrameOfReferenceUID ⓘ ImplementationClassUID ⓘ SOPClassUID ⓘ SOPInstanceUID ⓘ SeriesInstanceUID ⓘ StudyInstanceUID ⓘ TransferSyntaxUID ⓘ
requires	OID root ⓘ
usedFor	interoperability between DICOM systems ⓘ linking related DICOM objects ⓘ referencing external DICOM objects ⓘ versioning of DICOM objects ⓘ
usedInStandard	DICOM standard ⓘ surface form: DICOM
usedToIdentify	DICOM Application Entity ⓘ DICOM Coded Terminology ⓘ DICOM Frame of Reference ⓘ DICOM Unique Identifier (UID) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DICOM Implementation Class DICOM Unique Identifier (UID) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DICOM SOP Instance DICOM Unique Identifier (UID) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DICOM Series DICOM Service-Object Pair Class ⓘ DICOM Unique Identifier (UID) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DICOM Study DICOM Transfer Syntax ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DICOM standard → defines → DICOM Unique Identifier (UID) ⓘ

DICOM Unique Identifier (UID) → usedToIdentify → DICOM Unique Identifier (UID) self-linksurface differs ⓘ