diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/CMakeLists.txt
index ee6603a659..2a78690911 100644
--- a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 find_package(ITK)
 if(ITK_GDCM_DIR)
   include(${ITK_GDCM_DIR}/GDCMConfig.cmake)
   if(GDCM_MAJOR_VERSION EQUAL 2)
     add_definitions(-DGDCM2)
     set(ITK_USES_GDCM2 1)
   endif(GDCM_MAJOR_VERSION EQUAL 2)
 endif(ITK_GDCM_DIR)
 
 MITK_CREATE_MODULE( DiffusionCore
   SUBPROJECTS MITK-DTI
   INCLUDE_DIRS Algorithms Algorithms/Reconstruction Algorithms/Registration Algorithms/Reconstruction/MultishellProcessing DicomImport IODataStructures/DiffusionWeightedImages IODataStructures/QBallImages IODataStructures/TensorImages IODataStructures Rendering ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-  DEPENDS MitkExt SceneSerializationBase # QmitkExt
+  DEPENDS MitkExt SceneSerializationBase DICOMReader # QmitkExt
   PACKAGE_DEPENDS Boost
 )
 
 add_subdirectory(Testing)
diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionDICOMFileReader.cpp b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionDICOMFileReader.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e27d29fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionDICOMFileReader.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#include "mitkDiffusionDICOMFileReader.h"
+
+#include "mitkDiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader.h"
+#include "mitkDiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader.h"
+
+mitk::DiffusionDICOMFileReader::DiffusionDICOMFileReader()
+{
+
+}
+
+mitk::DiffusionDICOMFileReader::~DiffusionDICOMFileReader()
+{
+
+}
+
+bool mitk::DiffusionDICOMFileReader
+::LoadImages()
+{
+
+}
+
+void mitk::DiffusionDICOMFileReader
+::AnalyzeInputFiles()
+{
+  Superclass::AnalyzeInputFiles();
+
+  // collect output from superclass
+  size_t number_of_outputs = this->GetNumberOfOutputs();
+
+  if(number_of_outputs == 0)
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << "Failed to parse input, retrieved 0 outputs from SeriesGDCMReader ";
+  }
+
+  DICOMImageBlockDescriptor block_0 = this->GetOutput(0);
+
+  MITK_INFO << "Retrieved " << number_of_outputs << "outputs.";
+
+  // collect vendor ID from the first output, first image
+  StringList inputFilename;
+  DICOMImageFrameInfo::Pointer frame_0 = block_0.GetImageFrameList().at(0);
+  inputFilename.push_back( frame_0->Filename );
+
+  gdcm::Scanner gdcmScanner;
+
+  gdcm::Tag t_vendor(0x008, 0x0070);
+  gdcm::Tag t_imagetype(0x008, 0x008);
+
+  // add DICOM Tag for vendor
+  gdcmScanner.AddTag( t_vendor );
+  // add DICOM Tag for image type
+  gdcmScanner.AddTag( t_imagetype );
+  gdcmScanner.Scan( inputFilename );
+
+  // retrieve both vendor and image type
+  std::string vendor = gdcmScanner.GetValue( frame_0->Filename.c_str(), t_vendor );
+  std::string image_type = gdcmScanner.GetValue( frame_0->Filename.c_str(), t_imagetype );
+  MITK_INFO << "Got vendor: " << vendor << " image type " << image_type;
+
+
+  mitk::DiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader::Pointer header_reader;
+
+  // parse vendor tag
+  if( vendor.find("SIEMENS") != std::string::npos )
+  {
+    if( image_type.find("MOSAIC") != std::string::npos )
+    {
+      header_reader = 0;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      header_reader = mitk::DiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader::New();
+    }
+
+  }
+  else if( vendor.find("GE") != std::string::npos )
+  {
+
+  }
+  else if( vendor.find("PHILIPS") != std::string::npos )
+  {
+
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    // unknown vendor
+  }
+
+  if( header_reader.IsNull() )
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << "No header reader for given vendor. ";
+    return;
+  }
+
+  bool canread = false;
+  for( size_t idx; idx < number_of_outputs; idx++ )
+  {
+    DICOMImageFrameInfo::Pointer frame = this->GetOutput( idx ).GetImageFrameList().at(0);
+    canread = header_reader->ReadDiffusionHeader(frame->Filename);
+
+    MITK_INFO << "Can read ()" << idx << " value: " << canread;
+
+    canread = false;
+  }
+
+
+
+
+}
+
+
+bool mitk::DiffusionDICOMFileReader
+::CanHandleFile(const std::string &filename)
+{
+
+}
+
diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionDICOMFileReader.h b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionDICOMFileReader.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2435079868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionDICOMFileReader.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef MITKDIFFUSIONDICOMFILEREADER_H
+#define MITKDIFFUSIONDICOMFILEREADER_H
+
+#include "DiffusionCoreExports.h"
+
+#include "mitkDICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader.h"
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+
+class DiffusionCore_EXPORT DiffusionDICOMFileReader
+        : public DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader
+{
+public:
+
+  mitkClassMacro( DiffusionDICOMFileReader, DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader )
+  mitkCloneMacro( DiffusionDICOMFileReader )
+
+  itkNewMacro( DiffusionDICOMFileReader )
+
+  virtual void AnalyzeInputFiles();
+
+  virtual bool LoadImages();
+
+  virtual bool CanHandleFile(const std::string &filename);
+
+protected:
+    DiffusionDICOMFileReader();
+    virtual ~DiffusionDICOMFileReader();
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // MITKDIFFUSIONDICOMFILEREADER_H