pydicom.values.convert_UI¶

pydicom.values.convert_UI(byte_string: bytes, is_little_endian: bool, struct_format: Optional[str] = None) → Union[UID, MutableSequence[UID]][source]¶

Return a decoded ‘UI’ value.

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

Parameters

byte_string (bytes) – 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 trailing nulls or spaces.

Return type

uid.UID or list of uid.UID