pydicom.datadict.add_dict_entries¶

pydicom.datadict.add_dict_entries(new_entries_dict: dict[int, tuple[str, str, str, str, str]]) → None[source]¶

Update the DICOM dictionary with new non-private entries.

Parameters:: new_entries_dict (dict) – dict of form: {tag: (VR, VM, description, is_retired, keyword), ...} where parameters are as described in add_dict_entry().
Raises:: ValueError – If one of the entries is a private tag.

See also

add_dict_entry: Add a single entry to the dictionary.

Examples

>>> from pydicom import Dataset
>>> new_dict_items = {
...        0x10021001: ('UL', '1', "Test One", '', 'TestOne'),
...        0x10021002: ('DS', '3', "Test Two", '', 'TestTwo'),
... }
>>> add_dict_entries(new_dict_items)
>>> ds = Dataset()
>>> ds.TestOne = 'test'
>>> ds.TestTwo = ['1', '2', '3']