pydicom.charset.decode¶
-
pydicom.charset.
decode
(data_element, dicom_character_set)¶ Apply the DICOM character encoding to a data element
Deprecated since version 1.4: This function is deprecated, use
decode_element()
instead.- Parameters
data_element (dataelem.DataElement) – The
DataElement
instance containing an encoded byte string value to decode.dicom_character_set (str or list of str or None) – The value of (0008,0005) Specific Character Set, which may be a single value, a multiple value (code extension), or may also be
''
orNone
, in which case'ISO_IR 6'
will be used.