pydicom.values.convert_PN

pydicom.values.convert_PN(byte_string, encodings=None)[source]

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.