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F.2.3 DICOM JSON Value Representation
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### F.2.3 DICOM JSON Value Representation

The value representation (VR) is included in each DICOM JSON Model attribute object and named "vr". For example:

    "vr": "CS"

All DICOM Value Representations are mapped to specified JSON Data Types (see Table F.2.3-1). The JSON encodings shall conform to the Definition, Character Repertoire (if applicable) and Length of Value specified for that Value Representation (see Section 6.2 “Value Representation (VR)” in PS3.5 ) with the following exceptions:

- Attributes with a Value Representation of AT shall be restricted to eight character uppercase hexadecimal representation of a DICOM Tag

Table F.2.3-1. DICOM VR to JSON Data Type Mapping

VR Name | Type | JSON Data Type
--- | --- | ---
AE | Application Entity | String
AS | Age String | String
AT | Attribute Tag | String
CS | Code String | String
DA | Date | String
DS | Decimal String | Number
DT | Date Time | String
FL | Floating Point Single | Number
FD | Floating Point Double | Number
IS | Integer String | Number
LO | Long String | String
LT | Long Text | String
OB | Other Byte | Base64 encoded octet-stream
OD | Other Double | Base64 encoded octet-stream
OF | Other Float | Base64 encoded octet-stream
OL | Other Long | Base64 encoded octet-stream
OW | Other Word | Base64 encoded octet-stream
PN | Person Name | Object containing Person Name component groups as strings (see Section F.2.2)
SH | Short String | String
SL | Signed Long | Number
SQ | Sequence of Items | Array containing DICOM JSON Objects
SS | Signed Short | Number
ST | Short Text | String
TM | Time | String
UC | Unlimited Characters | String
UI | Unique Identifier (UID) | String
UL | Unsigned Long | Number
UN | Unknown | Base64 encoded octet-stream
UR | Universal Resource Identifier or Universal Resource Locator (URI/URL) | String
US | Unsigned Short | Number
UT | Unlimited Text | String

Although data, such as dates, are represented in the DICOM JSON model as strings, it is expected that they will be treated in the same manner as the original attribute as defined by Chapter 6 in PS3.6 .

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