pydicom.datadict.tag_for_keyword

pydicom.datadict.tag_for_keyword(keyword: str) → int | None

Return the tag of the element corresponding to keyword.

Only performs the lookup for official DICOM elements.

Parameters:

keyword (str) – The keyword for the element whose tag is being retrieved.

Returns:

If the element is in the DICOM data dictionary then returns the corresponding element’s tag, otherwise returns None.

Return type:

int or None