pydicom.values.convert_UI¶
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pydicom.values.
convert_UI
(byte_string, is_little_endian, struct_format=None)¶ Return a decoded ‘UI’ value.
Elements with VR of ‘UI’ may have a non-significant trailing null
0x00
.- Parameters
byte_string (bytes or str) – The encoded ‘UI’ element value.
is_little_endian (bool) –
True
if the value is encoded as little endian,False
otherwise.struct_format (str, optional) – Not used.
- Returns
The decoded ‘UI’ element value without a trailing null.
- Return type
uid.UID or list of uid.UID