pydicom.datadict.dictionary_description¶
- pydicom.datadict.dictionary_description(tag: Union[int, str, Tuple[int, int], pydicom.tag.BaseTag]) str ¶
Return the description of the element corresponding to tag.
Only performs the lookup for official DICOM elements.
- Parameters
tag (int or str or Tuple[int, int]) – The tag for the element whose description is being retrieved, in any of the forms accepted by
Tag()
.- Returns
The description of the corresponding element.
- Return type
str
- Raises
KeyError – If the tag is not present in the DICOM data dictionary.