DICOM Terms and Abbreviations

VR is SS

Value Representation "Signed Short"
Signed binary integer 16 bits long in 2's complement form. Represents an integer n in the range:
- (2¹⁵ - 1 ) <= n <= (2¹⁵ - 1).
Character Set: not applicable
Size Restriction(s): 2 bytes fixed

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X

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