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DICOM tag · Pixel data

Bits Allocated (0028,0100)

By Aviram Biton, Founder and Technical Lead, DICOMATICS ·

Tag(0028,0100)
KeywordBitsAllocated
VRUS
VM1

What it holds

Number of bits allocated for each pixel sample, typically 8 or 16.

In migrations and validation

Part of the size calculation for volume estimates, and relevant when choosing a compression scheme that supports the data's bit depth.

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Tag, keyword, VR and VM per the DICOM standard, PS3.6 data dictionary. Notes by DICOMATICS. Looking for another tag? Use the DICOM tag lookup.

About the author

Aviram Biton

Founder and Technical Lead, DICOMATICS

Aviram Biton founded DICOMATICS and leads its engineering work. He has spent two decades with medical imaging data: PACS and VNA migrations, multi-site consolidations, interfaces and data quality for US hospitals and health systems.

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