pydicom.values.convert_PN

pydicom.values.convert_PN(byte_string: bytes, encodings: list[str] | None = None) → PersonName | MutableSequence[PersonName]

Return a decoded ‘PN’ value.

Parameters:

• byte_string (bytes) – The encoded ‘PN’ element value.

• encodings (list of str, optional) – A list of the character encoding schemes used to encode the ‘PN’ value.

Returns:

The decoded ‘PN’ value(s).

Return type:

valuerep.PersonName or MultiValue of PersonName