diff --git a/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkImageBase.h b/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkImageBase.h
index 8571659f663..b8391e65c2b 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkImageBase.h
+++ b/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkImageBase.h
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@
 namespace itk
 {
 
+/** The default tolerance when comparing the geometry of two images.
+ *
+ * The value was chosen based on precisions of file formats such as DICOM,
+ * to enable interoperability with images saved to file formats with higher precision.
+ */
+inline constexpr double DefaultImageCoordinateTolerance = 1e-6;
+inline constexpr double DefaultImageDirectionTolerance = 1e-6;
+
+
 /** \class ImageBase
  * \brief Base class for templated image classes.
  *
@@ -791,8 +800,8 @@ class ITK_TEMPLATE_EXPORT ImageBase : public DataObject
    */
   bool
   IsSameImageGeometryAs(const ImageBase * otherImage,
-                        double            coordinateTolerance = 1e-6,
-                        double            directionTolerance = 1e-6) const;
+                        double            coordinateTolerance = DefaultImageCoordinateTolerance,
+                        double            directionTolerance = DefaultImageDirectionTolerance) const;
 
   /** INTERNAL This method is used internally by filters to copy meta-data from
    * the output to the input. Users should not have a need to use this method.
diff --git a/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkMacro.h b/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkMacro.h
index a01303407c2..40e41077431 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkMacro.h
+++ b/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkMacro.h
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ OutputWindowDisplayGenericOutputText(const char *);
 
 extern ITKCommon_EXPORT void
 OutputWindowDisplayDebugText(const char *);
+
 } // end namespace itk
 
 // The itkDebugStatement is to be used to protect code that is only used in the itkDebugMacro
diff --git a/Modules/Core/Common/src/itkImageToImageFilterCommon.cxx b/Modules/Core/Common/src/itkImageToImageFilterCommon.cxx
index 6aac727f33a..5246051f173 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/Common/src/itkImageToImageFilterCommon.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Core/Common/src/itkImageToImageFilterCommon.cxx
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ namespace itk
 
 namespace
 {
-double globalDefaultCoordinateTolerance = 1.0e-6;
-double globalDefaultDirectionTolerance = 1.0e-6;
+double globalDefaultCoordinateTolerance = DefaultImageCoordinateTolerance;
+double globalDefaultDirectionTolerance = DefaultImageDirectionTolerance;
 } // namespace
 
 void