pynetdicom.dsutils.encode_element¶
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pynetdicom.dsutils.
encode_element
(elem, is_implicit_vr=True, is_little_endian=True)¶ Encode a pydicom DataElement elem to bytes.
- Parameters
elem (pydicom.dataelem.DataElement) – The element to encode.
is_implicit_vr (bool, optional) – The element encoding scheme the element will be encoded with, default True.
is_little_endian (bool, optional) – The byte ordering the element will be encoded in, default True.
- Returns
The encoded element.
- Return type
bytes