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Default Value Representation Table

The table below contains the default values for the Value Representations supported by DICOM.

For more information on the structure of this table, refer to DicomVR.

Code

Name

Length

Restriction

Unit Size

AE

Application Entity

16

StringMaximum

1

AS

Age String

4

TextFixed

1

AT

Attribute Tag

4

BinaryFixed

4

CS

Code String

16

StringMaxium

1

DA

Date

8

TextFixed

1

DS

Decimal String

16

StringMaxium

1

DT

Date Time

26

TextMaximum

1

FD

Floating Point Double

8

BinaryFixed

8

FL

Floating Point Single

4

BinaryFixed

4

IS

Integer String

12

StringMaxium

1

LO

Long String

64

StringMaxium

1

LT

Long Text

10240

TextMaximum

1

OB

Other Byte String

0

BinaryAny

1

OF

Other Float String

0xFFFFFFFC

BinaryMaximum

4

OW

Other Word String

0

BinaryAny

2

PN

Person Name

64

TextMaximumGroup

1

SH

Short String

16

StringMaxium

1

SL

Signed Long

4

BinaryFixed

4

SQ

Sequence of Items

0

NotApplicable

1

SS

Signed Short

2

BinaryFixed

2

ST

Short Text

1024

TextMaximum

1

TM

Time

16

TextMaximum

1

UI

Unique Identifier

64

TextMaximum

1

UL

Unsigned Long

4

BinaryFixed

4

UN

Unknown

0

BinaryAny

1

US

Unsigned Short

2

BinaryFixed

2

UT

Unlimited Text

0xFFFFFFFE

TextMaximum

1