From 3f6aaf0fad71dfc2784679668b440704120d4465 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: paulojamorim <paulojamorim@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:47:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] FIX: Fixed problem ocurred in Promed 2265

---
 invesalius/reader/dicom.py |  9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/invesalius/reader/dicom.py b/invesalius/reader/dicom.py
index d85379c..f3e3a75 100644
--- a/invesalius/reader/dicom.py
+++ b/invesalius/reader/dicom.py
@@ -1259,8 +1259,13 @@ class Parser():
         if (data):
             name = data.strip()
             encoding = self.GetEncoding()
-            # Returns a unicode decoded in the own dicom encoding
-            return name.decode(encoding)
+            
+            try:
+                # Returns a unicode decoded in the own dicom encoding
+                return name.decode(encoding)
+            except(UnicodeEncodeError):
+                return name
+
         return ""
 
     def GetPatientID(self):
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