pydicom.values.convert_UI

pydicom.values.convert_UI(byte_string, is_little_endian, struct_format=None)[source]

Return a decoded ‘UI’ value.

Elements with VR of ‘UI’ may have a non-significant trailing null 0x00.

Parameters

  • byte_string (bytes or str) – The encoded ‘UI’ element value.

  • is_little_endian (bool) – True if the value is encoded as little endian, False otherwise.

  • struct_format (str, optional) – Not used.

Returns

The decoded ‘UI’ element value without a trailing null.

Return type

uid.UID or list of uid.UID