diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader.cpp b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader.cpp
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+/*===================================================================
+
+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 "mitkDiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader.h"
+
+#include "gdcmScanner.h"
+#include "gdcmReader.h"
+
+static bool ExtractBValue( std::string tag_value, float& bval)
+{
+  std::string::size_type tag_position =
+      tag_value.find_first_of( "B_value", 0 );
+
+  if( tag_position == std::string::npos )
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << "No b value information found. ";
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+static bool RevealBinaryTag(const gdcm::Tag tag, const gdcm::DataSet& dataset, std::string& target, bool verbose = true)
+{
+  if( dataset.FindDataElement( tag ) )
+  {
+    if(verbose) MITK_INFO << "Found tag " << tag.PrintAsPipeSeparatedString();
+
+    const gdcm::DataElement& de = dataset.GetDataElement( tag );
+    target = std::string( de.GetByteValue()->GetPointer(),
+                        de.GetByteValue()->GetLength() );
+    return true;
+
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    if(verbose) MITK_INFO << "Could not find tag " << tag.PrintAsPipeSeparatedString();
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+mitk::DiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader
+::DiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader()
+{
+
+}
+
+mitk::DiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader
+::~DiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader()
+{
+
+}
+
+bool mitk::DiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader
+::ReadDiffusionHeader(std::string filename)
+{
+   gdcm::Reader gdcmReader;
+   gdcmReader.SetFileName( filename.c_str() );
+
+   gdcmReader.Read();
+
+   const gdcm::DataSet& dataset = gdcmReader.GetFile().GetDataSet();
+
+   const gdcm::Tag t_sie_diffusion( 0x0029,0x1010 );
+   const gdcm::Tag t_sie_diffusion_vec( 0x0029,0x100e );
+   const gdcm::Tag t_sie_diffusion2( 0x0029,0x100c );
+
+   std::string bval_str;
+   if( RevealBinaryTag( t_sie_diffusion, dataset, bval_str ) )
+   {
+     float value;
+     ExtractBValue( bval_str, value );
+   }
+
+   std::string test_str;
+   bool test = RevealBinaryTag( t_sie_diffusion2, dataset, test_str );
+   bool test2 = RevealBinaryTag( t_sie_diffusion_vec, dataset, test_str );
+
+
+   // SIEMENS Dicom tag
+  /* gdcm::Tag t_sie_diffusion( 0x0029,0x1010 );
+   t_sie_diffusion.S
+   gdcm::Tag t_sie_bvalue( 0x0019, 0x100c );
+
+   gdcmScanner.AddTag( t_sie_diffusion );
+   gdcmScanner.Scan( input_filenames );
+
+   const char* sie_diffusion = gdcmScanner.GetValue( filename.c_str(), t_sie_diffusion );
+   MITK_INFO << "got tag: " << sie_diffusion;*/
+
+   return true;
+
+
+}
diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader.h b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader.h
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+/*===================================================================
+
+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 MITKDIFFUSIONHEADERSIEMENSDICOMFILEREADER_H
+#define MITKDIFFUSIONHEADERSIEMENSDICOMFILEREADER_H
+
+#include "DiffusionCoreExports.h"
+
+#include "mitkDiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader.h"
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+
+class DiffusionCore_EXPORT DiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader
+    : public DiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader
+{
+public:
+
+  mitkClassMacro( DiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader, DiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader )
+  itkNewMacro( Self )
+
+  virtual bool ReadDiffusionHeader(std::string filename);
+
+protected:
+  DiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader();
+
+  ~DiffusionHeaderSiemensDICOMFileReader();
+};
+
+}
+#endif // MITKDIFFUSIONHEADERSIEMENSDICOMFILEREADER_H