DS Decimal String

Definition

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 ".".

Attributes using DS

524 DICOM attributes declare this VR. Showing the first 24.

• (0008,2130) Event Elapsed Time(s) EventElapsedTimes
• (0010,1020) Patient's Size PatientSize
• (0010,1022) Patient's Body Mass Index PatientBodyMassIndex
• (0010,1023) Measured AP Dimension MeasuredAPDimension
• (0010,1024) Measured Lateral Dimension MeasuredLateralDimension
• (0010,1030) Patient's Weight PatientWeight
• (0014,0030) Material Thickness MaterialThickness
• (0014,0032) Material Pipe Diameter MaterialPipeDiameter
• (0014,0034) Material Isolation Diameter MaterialIsolationDiameter
• (0014,0054) Outer Diameter OuterDiameter
• (0014,0056) Inner Diameter InnerDiameter
• (0014,222A) Coordinate System Transform Rotation and Scale Matrix CoordinateSystemTransformRotationAndScaleMatrix
• (0014,222C) Coordinate System Transform Translation Matrix CoordinateSystemTransformTranslationMatrix
• (0014,3011) Internal Detector Frame Time InternalDetectorFrameTime
• (0014,3012) Number of Frames Integrated NumberOfFramesIntegrated
• (0014,3024) Horizontal Offset of Sensor HorizontalOffsetOfSensor
• (0014,3026) Vertical Offset of Sensor VerticalOffsetOfSensor
• (0014,3028) Sensor Temperature SensorTemperature
• (0014,3071) KV Used in Gain Calibration KVUsedInGainCalibration
• (0014,3072) MA Used in Gain Calibration MAUsedInGainCalibration
• (0014,3073) Number of Frames Used for Integration NumberOfFramesUsedForIntegration
• (0014,3075) Filter Thickness Used in Gain Calibration FilterThicknessUsedInGainCalibration
• (0014,4014) Element Dimension A ElementDimensionA
• (0014,4015) Element Dimension B ElementDimensionB

Working with DS in integration code

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