pydicom.values.convert_text¶
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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.