pydicom.tag.BaseTag

class pydicom.tag.BaseTag

Represents a DICOM element (group, element) tag.

Tags are represented as an int.

__init__()

Methods

__init__()
as_integer_ratio()	Return integer ratio.
bit_length()	Number of bits necessary to represent self in binary.
conjugate	Returns self, the complex conjugate of any int.
from_bytes(byteorder, *[, signed])	Return the integer represented by the given array of bytes.
to_bytes(length, byteorder, *[, signed])	Return an array of bytes representing an integer.

Attributes

denominator	the denominator of a rational number in lowest terms
elem	Return the tag's element number as int.
element	Return the tag's element number as int.
group	Return the tag's group number as int.
imag	the imaginary part of a complex number
is_private	Return True if the tag is private (has an odd group number).
is_private_creator	Return True if the tag is a private creator.
json_key	Return the tag value as a JSON key string 'GGGGEEEE'.
numerator	the numerator of a rational number in lowest terms
private_creator	Return the private creator tag for the given tag.
real	the real part of a complex number

property elem: int

Return the tag’s element number as int.

property element: int

Return the tag’s element number as int.

property group: int

Return the tag’s group number as int.

property is_private: bool

Return True if the tag is private (has an odd group number).

property is_private_creator: bool

Return True if the tag is a private creator.

New in version 1.1.

property json_key: str

Return the tag value as a JSON key string ‘GGGGEEEE’.

property private_creator: BaseTag

Return the private creator tag for the given tag. The result is meaningless if this is not a private tag.

New in version 2.4.