pydicom.charset.decode

pydicom.charset.decode(data_element, dicom_character_set)

Apply the DICOM character encoding to a data element

Deprecated since version 1.4: This function is deprecated, use decode_element() instead.

Parameters:

• data_element (dataelem.DataElement) – The DataElement instance containing an encoded byte string value to decode.
• dicom_character_set (str or list of str or None) – The value of (0008,0005) Specific Character Set, which may be a single value, a multiple value (code extension), or may also be '' or None, in which case 'ISO_IR 6' will be used.