pydicom.datadict.get_private_entry¶

pydicom.datadict.get_private_entry(tag: int | str | tuple[int, int] | BaseTag, private_creator: str) → tuple[str, str, str, str][source]¶

Return an entry from the private dictionary corresponding to tag.

Parameters:

tag (int or str or Tuple[int, int]) – The tag for the element whose entry is to be retrieved, in any of the forms accepted by Tag(). Only entries in the private dictionary will be checked.
private_creator (str) – The name of the private creator.

Returns:

The (VR, VM, name, is_retired) from the private dictionary.

Return type:

tuple of str

Raises:

KeyError – If the tag or private creator is not present in the private dictionary.