diff --git a/src/DicomMetaDictionary.js b/src/DicomMetaDictionary.js
index 03913c87..9fec3fb1 100644
--- a/src/DicomMetaDictionary.js
+++ b/src/DicomMetaDictionary.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import log from "./log.js";
 import { ValueRepresentation } from "./ValueRepresentation";
 import dictionary from "./dictionary";
-import addAccessors from "./utilities/addAccessors";
+import utilities from "./utilities/index.js";
+
+const { addAccessors, isArrayBuffer, isTypedArray } = utilities;
 
 class DicomMetaDictionary {
     // intakes a custom dictionary that will be used to parse/denaturalize the dataset
@@ -149,7 +151,9 @@ class DicomMetaDictionary {
                     if (
                         sqZero &&
                         typeof sqZero === "object" &&
-                        !sqZero.length
+                        !sqZero.length &&
+                        !isArrayBuffer(sqZero) &&
+                        !isTypedArray(sqZero)
                     ) {
                         naturalDataset[naturalName] = [
                             ...naturalDataset[naturalName]
diff --git a/src/utilities/index.js b/src/utilities/index.js
index 8730f7ff..faa019a1 100644
--- a/src/utilities/index.js
+++ b/src/utilities/index.js
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ import TID1500 from "./TID1500/index.js";
 import TID300 from "./TID300/index.js";
 import message from "./Message.js";
 import addAccessors from "./addAccessors.js";
+import isArrayBuffer from "./isArrayBuffer.js";
+import isTypedArray from "./isTypedArray.js";
 
 const utilities = {
     TID1500,
     TID300,
     message,
-    addAccessors
+    addAccessors,
+    isArrayBuffer,
+    isTypedArray
 };
 
 export default utilities;
diff --git a/src/utilities/isArrayBuffer.js b/src/utilities/isArrayBuffer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12e00b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utilities/isArrayBuffer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Tell whether an obj is an instance of ArrayBuffer or not.
+ *
+ * @param {*} obj to be checked.
+ * @returns boolean whether obj is ArrayBuffer or not.
+ */
+const isArrayBuffer = obj => obj instanceof ArrayBuffer;
+
+export default isArrayBuffer;
diff --git a/src/utilities/isTypedArray.js b/src/utilities/isTypedArray.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1be765f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utilities/isTypedArray.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import isArrayBuffer from "./isArrayBuffer";
+
+/**
+ * Tell whether an obj is a TypedArray or not.
+ *
+ * @param {*} obj to be checked.
+ * @returns boolean whether obj is TypedArray or not.
+ */
+const isTypedArray = obj =>
+    obj && !!(isArrayBuffer(obj.buffer) && obj.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT);
+
+export default isTypedArray;