pydicom.values.convert_text

pydicom.values.convert_text(byte_string, encodings=None)

Return a decoded text VR value, ignoring backslashes.

Text VRs are ‘SH’, ‘LO’ and ‘UC’.

Parameters:
  • byte_string (bytes or str) – The encoded text VR element value.
  • encodings (list of str, optional) – A list of the character encoding schemes used to encode the value.
Returns:

  • unicode or list of unicode – The decoded value(s) if in Python 2.
  • str or list of str – The decoded value(s) if in Python 3.