Default Value Representation Table (original) (raw)

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	StringMaximum	1
DA	Date	8	TextFixed	1
DS	Decimal String	16	StringMaximum	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	StringMaximum	1
LO	Long String	64	StringMaximum	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	StringMaximum	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