pydicom.filereader.read_partial¶

pydicom.filereader.read_partial(fileobj: BinaryIO, stop_when: Optional[Callable[[BaseTag, Optional[str], int], bool]] = None, defer_size: Optional[Union[int, float, str]] = None, force: bool = False, specific_tags: Optional[List[BaseTag]] = None) → Union[FileDataset, DicomDir][source]¶

Parse a DICOM file until a condition is met.

Parameters

fileobj (a file-like object) – Note that the file will not close when the function returns.
stop_when – Stop condition. See read_dataset() for more info.
defer_size (int, str or float, optional) – See dcmread() for parameter info.
force (bool) – See dcmread() for parameter info.
specific_tags (list or None) – See dcmread() for parameter info.

Notes

Use dcmread() unless you need to stop on some condition other than reaching pixel data.