DICOM Terms and Abbreviations

VR is DS

Value Representation "Decimal String"
A string of characters representing either a fixed point number or a floating point number. A fixed point number shall contain only the characters 0-9 with an optional leading "+" or "-" and an optional "." to mark the decimal point. A floating point number shall be conveyed as defined in ANSI X3.9, with an "E" or "e" to indicate the start of the exponent. Decimal Strings may be padded with leading or trailing spaces. Embedded spaces are not allowed.
Character Set: "0"-"9", "+", "-", "E", "e", "." of Default Character Repertoire
Size Restriction(s): 16 bytes maximum

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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Herman Oosterwijk's "DICOM Expert" Cheat Sheet
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