pydicom.datadict.dictionary_description¶
- pydicom.datadict.dictionary_description(tag: int | str | Tuple[int, int] | BaseTag) str [source]¶
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.