pynetdicom.dsutils.decode

pynetdicom.dsutils.decode(bytestring, is_implicit_vr, is_little_endian)

Decode bytestring to a pydicom Dataset.

Parameters:
  • byestring (io.BytesIO) – The encoded dataset in the DIMSE Message sent from the peer AE.
  • is_implicit_vr (bool) – The dataset is encoded as implicit or explicit VR.
  • is_little_endian (bool) – The byte ordering of the encoded dataset, little or big endian.
Returns:

The decoded dataset.

Return type:

pydicom.dataset.Dataset