pydicom.values.convert_PN¶
- pydicom.values.convert_PN(byte_string: bytes, encodings: Optional[List[str]] = None) Union[pydicom.valuerep.PersonName, MutableSequence[pydicom.valuerep.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