Dataset Utilities (pynetdicom.dsutils)

This module provides DICOM Dataset related utilities.

Encoding

encode(ds, is_implicit_vr, is_little_endian)

Encode a pydicom Dataset ds to bytes.

encode_element(elem[, is_implicit_vr, …])

Encode a pydicom DataElement elem to bytes.

Decoding

decode(bytestring, is_implicit_vr, …)

Decode bytestring to a pydicom Dataset.