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

__init__	Initialize self.
as_integer_ratio	Return integer ratio.
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

property elem

Return the tag’s element number as int.

property element

Return the tag’s element number as int.

property group

Return the tag’s group number as int.

property is_private

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

property is_private_creator

Return True if the tag is a private creator.

New in version 1.1.