pydicom.config.overlay_data_handlers

pydicom.config.overlay_data_handlers = [<module 'pydicom.overlay_data_handlers.numpy_handler' from '/build/pydicom-6nvjNF/pydicom-2.0.0/pydicom/overlay_data_handlers/numpy_handler.py'>]

Handlers for converting (60xx,3000) Overlay Data

New in version 1.4.

This is an ordered list of Overlay Data handlers that the overlay_array() method will use to try to extract a correctly sized numpy array from an Overlay Data element.

Handlers shall have three methods:

def supports_transfer_syntax(ds)

Return True if the handler supports the transfer syntax indicated in Dataset ds, False otherwise.

def is_available():

Return True if the handler’s dependencies are installed, False otherwise.

def get_overlay_array(ds, group):

Return a correctly shaped numpy.ndarray derived from the Overlay Data with element tag group, in Dataset ds or raise an exception.

The first handler that both announces that it supports the transfer syntax and does not raise an exception is the handler that will provide the data.

If all handlers fail to convert the data only the last exception is raised.

If none raise an exception, but they all refuse to support the transfer syntax, then a NotImplementedError is raised.