pydicom.datadict.dictionary_is_retired¶
- pydicom.datadict.dictionary_is_retired(tag: Union[int, str, Tuple[int, int], pydicom.tag.BaseTag]) bool ¶
Return
True
if the element corresponding to tag is retired.Only performs the lookup for official DICOM elements.
- Parameters
tag (int or str or Tuple[int, int]) – The tag for the element whose retirement status is being checked, in any of the forms accepted by
Tag()
.- Returns
True
if the element’s retirement status is ‘Retired’,False
otherwise.- Return type
bool
- Raises
KeyError – If the tag is not present in the DICOM data dictionary.