nRestrict

Restrictions on the length. Possible values are given below. These values may be combined using the bitwise OR ( | ) operator.

Value

Meaning

VR_FIXED

[0x0000] The length of the stored value is a fixed number of bytes.

VR_MAXIMUM

[0x0001] nLength is the maximum number of bytes allowed.

VR_MAXIMUM_GROUP

[0x0002] nLength is the maximum number of bytes allowed per component group

VR_ANY

[0x0003] Any length is valid.

VR_NOT_APPLICABLE

[0x0004] nLength is not applicable

One of the values above may be combined with one of the values below using the bitwise OR ( | ) operator.

VR_BINARY

[0x0100] Binary value.

VR_STRING

[0x0200] String value (The character '\' is used as the delimiter between values for multiple data elements).

VR_TEXT

[0x0400] Text value. (Data elements with this VR cannot be multi-valued).