Class ObservationUID

All Implemented Interfaces:
AttributesWrapper, DataElementWrapper, BytesDataElementWrapper, StringDataElementWrapper, UniqueIdentifierUIDWrapper

public class ObservationUID extends AbstractDataElementWrapper implements UniqueIdentifierUIDWrapper
Name: Observation UID
Keyword: ObservationUID
Tag: (0040,A171)
Value Representation: UI
Value Multiplicity: 1
  • Described in the contexts: as follows:
    Attribute Name: Observation UID
    Type: 3
    Attribute Description:

    Unique identifier for the observation Content Item (and its subsidiary Content Items, if any). The UID represents the semantic content of the observation; an encoding of the same observation with the same context into another representation (e.g., a CDA Entry) may use the same UID.


  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • ObservationUID

      public ObservationUID(org.dcm4che3.data.Attributes attributes)
      Creates a new Observation UID object which wraps the provided attributes.
      Parameters:
      attributes - The Attributes object to be wrapped.
    • ObservationUID

      public ObservationUID()
      Creates a new Observation UID object which wraps a new and empty Attributes object.
  • Method Details

    • copy

      public ObservationUID copy()
      Returns a new Observation UID which wraps a copy of the Attributes wrapped in this Observation UID. (see Attributes(Attributes)
      Returns:
      a new Observation UID which wraps a copy of the Attributes wrapped in this Observation UID.
    • getValueRepresentation

      public org.dcm4che3.data.VR getValueRepresentation()
      Specified by:
      getValueRepresentation in interface DataElementWrapper
      Returns:
      The DICOM Value Representation (VR) of the wrapped DICOM sequence.
    • getTag

      public int getTag()
      Specified by:
      getTag in interface DataElementWrapper
      Returns:
      The DICOM Tag of the wrapped DICOM sequence.