nRestrict

Restrictions on the length. Possible values are given below. These values may be combined using the bitwise OR operator.

Value

Meaning

VR_FIXED

[$0000] The length of the stored value is a fixed number of bytes.

VR_MAXIMUM

[$0001] nLength is the maximum number of bytes allowed.

VR_MAXIMUM_GROUP

[$0002] nLength is the maximum number of bytes allowed per component group

VR_ANY

[$0003] Any length is valid.

VR_NOT_APPLICABLE

[$0004] nLength is not applicable

One of the values above may be combined with one of the values below using the bitwise OR operator.

VR_BINARY

[$0100] Binary value.

VR_STRING

[$0200] String value (The character '\' is used as the delimiter between values for multiple data elements).

VR_TEXT

[$0400] Text value. (Data elements with this VR cannot be multi-valued).