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DICOM tag · Series

Series Instance UID (0020,000E)

Tag(0020,000E)
KeywordSeriesInstanceUID
VRUI
VM1

What it holds

A globally unique identifier for the series.

In migrations and validation

Used for series-level validation of studies flagged as partial. If a migration tool regenerates UIDs, keep a mapping table, or references between objects (for example from presentation states and key images) will break.

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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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