Earlier,I thought PN can have 64 chars, but I found some words in standard,
(PN:64 chars
maximum per
component group)
Can PN have 64*n chars or 64 chars?
How many chars can PN have?
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Re: How many chars can PN have?
This is specified in part 5 of the DICOM standard: 64 characters per component group, and there are up to 3 component groups separated by a delimiter ("="). So, in total, PN supports 64 * 3 + 2 = 194 characters.
However, please be warned that characters does not mean bytes, since DICOM supports multi-byte character sets as well as code extension techniques using escape sequences to switch between character sets.
However, please be warned that characters does not mean bytes, since DICOM supports multi-byte character sets as well as code extension techniques using escape sequences to switch between character sets.
Re: How many chars can PN have?
J. Riesmeier wrote:This is specified in part 5 of the DICOM standard: 64 characters per component group, and there are up to 3 component groups separated by a delimiter ("="). So, in total, PN supports 64 * 3 + 2 = 194 characters.
However, please be warned that characters does not mean bytes, since DICOM supports multi-byte character sets as well as code extension techniques using escape sequences to switch between character sets.
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