Value Representation

OF Other Float

Category
binary-stream
Max Length
2^32-4 bytes
Fixed Length
No
Source
PS3.5 §6.2

Definition

A string of 32-bit IEEE 754:1985 floating point words. OF is a VR that requires byte swapping within each 32-bit word when changing byte ordering.

Attributes using OF

16 DICOM attributes declare this VR.

Working with OF 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.