Value Representation
OD Other Double
- Category
- binary-stream
- Max Length
- 2^32-8 bytes
- Fixed Length
- No
- Source
- PS3.5 §6.2
Definition
A string of 64-bit IEEE 754:1985 floating point words. OD is a VR that requires byte swapping within each 64-bit word when changing byte ordering.
Attributes using OD
7 DICOM attributes declare this VR.
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(0014,410C)Double Precision Floating Point Numeric ValueDoublePrecisionFloatingPointNumericValue -
(003A,032E)Filter Lookup Table DataFilterLookupTableData -
(0066,0022)Double Point Coordinates DataDoublePointCoordinatesData -
(0070,150D)Volumetric Curve PointsVolumetricCurvePoints -
(0070,1A07)Volumetric Curve Up DirectionsVolumetricCurveUpDirections -
(0072,0073)Selector OD ValueSelectorODValue -
(7FE0,0009)Double Float Pixel DataDoubleFloatPixelData
Working with OD in integration code
VR-aware transformations are where most DICOM integration bugs hide — truncating a PN's 5-component structure, misaligning OB padding, or dropping leading zeros on IS. Saga IT builds production DICOM pipelines that respect VR semantics across Mirth Connect transformers, DIMSE gateways, and cloud DICOM services.