pydicom.values.convert_PN¶
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pydicom.values.
convert_PN
(byte_string, encodings=None)¶ Return a decoded ‘PN’ value.
- Parameters
byte_string (bytes or str) – The encoded ‘IS’ element value.
encodings (list of str, optional) – A list of the character encoding schemes used to encode the ‘PN’ value.
- Returns
valuerep.PersonName3 or list of PersonName3 – The decoded ‘PN’ value(s) if using Python 3.
valuerep.PersonNameUnicode or list of PersonNameUnicode – The decoded ‘PN’ value(s) if using Python 2.