pydicom.tag.BaseTag

class pydicom.tag.BaseTag

Represents a DICOM element (group, element) tag.

If using Python 2.7 then tags are represented as a long, while for Python 3 they are represented as an int.

element

The element number of the tag.

Type:int
group

The group number of the tag.

Type:int
is_private

Returns True if the corresponding element is private, False otherwise.

Type:bool
__init__()

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

Methods

bit_length Number of bits necessary to represent self in binary.
conjugate Returns self, the complex conjugate of any int.
from_bytes Return the integer represented by the given array of bytes.
to_bytes Return an array of bytes representing an integer.

Attributes

denominator the denominator of a rational number in lowest terms
elem Return the tag’s element number as int.
element Return the tag’s element number as int.
group Return the tag’s group number as int.
imag the imaginary part of a complex number
is_private Return True if the tag is private (has an odd group number).
is_private_creator Return True if the tag is a private creator.
numerator the numerator of a rational number in lowest terms
real the real part of a complex number
elem

Return the tag’s element number as int.

element

Return the tag’s element number as int.

group

Return the tag’s group number as int.

is_private

Return True if the tag is private (has an odd group number).

is_private_creator

Return True if the tag is a private creator.

New in version 1.1.