pydicom.datadict.keyword_for_tag

pydicom.datadict.keyword_for_tag(tag: Union[int, str, Tuple[int, int], pydicom.tag.BaseTag]) → str

Return the keyword of the element corresponding to tag.

Parameters

tag (int or str or Tuple[int, int]) – The tag for the element whose keyword is being retrieved, in any of the forms accepted by Tag().

Returns

If the element is in the DICOM data dictionary then returns the corresponding element’s keyword, otherwise returns ''. For group length elements will always return 'GroupLength'.

Return type

str