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DICOM tag · Instance and references

Referenced SOP Class UID (0008,1150)

By Aviram Biton, Founder and Technical Lead, DICOMATICS ·

Tag(0008,1150)
KeywordReferencedSOPClassUID
VRUI
VM1

What it holds

The SOP class of an object being referenced, used inside sequences in presentation states, key object selections, structured reports and more.

In migrations and validation

References are why UID changes are dangerous: if image UIDs are rewritten without updating every reference, annotations and key images point at nothing.

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Tag, keyword, VR and VM per the DICOM standard, PS3.6 data dictionary. Notes by DICOMATICS. Looking for another tag? Use the DICOM tag lookup.

About the author

Aviram Biton

Founder and Technical Lead, DICOMATICS

Aviram Biton founded DICOMATICS and leads its engineering work. He has spent two decades with medical imaging data: PACS and VNA migrations, multi-site consolidations, interfaces and data quality for US hospitals and health systems.

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