E DICOM Default Character Repertoire (Normative)
The default repertoire for character strings in DICOM is the Basic G0 Set of the International Reference Version of ISO 646:1990 (ISO IR-6). In addition, the Control Characters LF, FF, CR, TAB and ESC are supported. These control characters are a subset of the C0 set defined in ISO 646:1990 and ISO 6429:1990.
The byte encoding of the default character repertoire is pictured in Table E-1. This table can be used to derive both ISO column/row byte values and hex values for encoded representations (see Section 6.1.1).
Table E-1. DICOM Default Character Repertoire Encoding
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b8
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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b7
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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1
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1
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1
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b6
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0
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0
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1
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1
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0
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0
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1
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1
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b5
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0
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1
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0
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1
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0
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1
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0
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1
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b4
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b3
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b2
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b1
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00
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01
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02
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03
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04
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05
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06
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07
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0
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0
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0
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0
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00
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SP
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0
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@
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P
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`
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p
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0
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0
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0
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1
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01
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!
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1
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A
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Q
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a
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q
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0
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0
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1
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0
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02
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"
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2
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B
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R
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b
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r
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0
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0
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1
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1
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03
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#
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3
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C
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S
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c
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s
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0
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1
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0
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0
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04
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$
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4
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D
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T
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d
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t
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0
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1
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0
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1
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05
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%
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5
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E
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U
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e
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u
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0
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1
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1
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0
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06
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&
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6
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F
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V
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f
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v
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0
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1
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1
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1
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07
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'
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7
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G
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W
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g
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w
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1
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0
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0
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0
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08
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(
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8
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H
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X
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h
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x
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1
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0
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0
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1
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09
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TAB
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)
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9
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I
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Y
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i
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y
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1
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0
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1
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0
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10
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LF
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*
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:
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J
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Z
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j
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z
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1
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0
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1
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1
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11
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ESC
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+
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;
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K
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[
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k
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{
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1
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1
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0
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0
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12
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FF
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,
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<
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L
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\
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l
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1
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1
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0
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1
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13
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CR
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-
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=
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M
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]
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m
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}
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1
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1
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1
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0
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14
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.
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>
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N
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^
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n
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~
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1
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1
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1
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1
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15
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/
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?
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O
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_
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o
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