pydicom.values.convert_PN¶

pydicom.values.convert_PN(byte_string: bytes, encodings: Optional[List[str]] = None) → Union[pydicom.valuerep.PersonName, Sequence[pydicom.valuerep.PersonName]][source]¶

Return a decoded ‘PN’ value.

Parameters

byte_string (bytes) – The encoded ‘PN’ element value.
encodings (list of str, optional) – A list of the character encoding schemes used to encode the ‘PN’ value.

Returns

The decoded ‘PN’ value(s).

Return type

valuerep.PersonName or MultiValue of PersonName