Index: QmitkDICOMBrowserView.cpp
===================================================================
--- QmitkDICOMBrowserView.cpp	(revision 25204)
+++ QmitkDICOMBrowserView.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 Module:    $RCSfile$
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
-Version:   $Revision: 17495 $ 
- 
+Version:   $Revision: 17495 $
+
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "QmitkDataStorageComboBox.h"
 #include "QmitkStdMultiWidget.h"
 #include <mitkDicomSeriesReader.h>
+#include <mitkProgressBar.h>
 
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
@@ -37,6 +38,21 @@
 
 const std::string QmitkDICOMBrowserView::VIEW_ID = "org.mitk.views.dicombrowser";
 
+unsigned int QmitkDICOMBrowserView::ProgressAux::m_LastProgress = 0u;
+
+void QmitkDICOMBrowserView::ProgressAux::UpdateProgressBar(float progress)
+{
+  unsigned int
+    p = progress * 100.0f,
+    d = p - QmitkDICOMBrowserView::ProgressAux::m_LastProgress;
+
+  if (d > 0u)
+  {
+    mitk::ProgressBar::GetInstance()->Progress(d);
+    QmitkDICOMBrowserView::ProgressAux::m_LastProgress = p;
+  }
+}
+
 QmitkDICOMBrowserView::QmitkDICOMBrowserView()
   : QmitkFunctionality(), m_Controls(NULL), m_MultiWidget(NULL)
 {
@@ -142,8 +158,11 @@
 {
   WaitCursorOn();
 
+  mitk::ProgressBar::GetInstance()->AddStepsToDo(100u);
+  QmitkDICOMBrowserView::ProgressAux::m_LastProgress = 0u;
+
   mitk::DicomSeriesReader::StringContainer names = mitk::DicomSeriesReader::GetSeries(dir.toStdString(), series_uid.toStdString());
-  mitk::DataNode::Pointer node = mitk::DicomSeriesReader::LoadDicomSeries(names);
+  mitk::DataNode::Pointer node = mitk::DicomSeriesReader::LoadDicomSeries(names, QmitkDICOMBrowserView::ProgressAux::UpdateProgressBar);
 
   if (node.IsNull())
   {
@@ -153,6 +172,9 @@
   {
     node->SetName(series_uid.toStdString());
     this->GetDefaultDataStorage()->Add(node);
+
+    mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->InitializeViews(node->GetData()->GetTimeSlicedGeometry(), mitk::RenderingManager::REQUEST_UPDATE_ALL, true);
+    mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->RequestUpdateAll();
   }
 
   WaitCursorOff();
Index: QmitkDICOMBrowserView.h
===================================================================
--- QmitkDICOMBrowserView.h	(revision 25204)
+++ QmitkDICOMBrowserView.h	(working copy)
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 Module:    $RCSfile$
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
-Version:   $Revision: 17495 $ 
- 
+Version:   $Revision: 17495 $
+
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@
   QmitkStdMultiWidget* m_MultiWidget;
   Poco::Path m_DBPath, m_TempDBPath;
 
+  class ProgressAux
+  {
+  public:
+    static unsigned int m_LastProgress;
+
+    static void UpdateProgressBar(float p);
+  };
+
   void ConnectDB(QFile &file) const;
 
   typedef itk::DICOMImageIO2 DcmIoType;