DICOM UIDs ========== Dicom requires unique identifiers for in various locations. This section summarizes the ones used here. SOP Class UIDs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This identifies the IOD, which in our case is static, and should be the UID of the VL Image IOD. - Part 4 B.5 Instance UID ~~~~~~~~~~~~ A different unique ID for each image. Needs to be freshly generated. - Part 5 B.2 specifies how to generate Implementation Class UID ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A unique ID for the software. DICOM probably requires a different one for each version of the software. _Different equipment of the same type or product line (but having different serial numbers) shall use the same Implementation Class UID if they share the same implementation environment (i.e., software)._ - Part 7 D.3.3.2 StudyInstanceUID ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TODO SeriesInstanceUID ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TODO