diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionIO/mitkDicomSurfaceSegmentationReader.cpp b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionIO/mitkDicomSurfaceSegmentationReader.cpp
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--- a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionIO/mitkDicomSurfaceSegmentationReader.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 "mitkDicomSurfaceSegmentationReader.h"
-#include <itkMetaDataObject.h>
-#include <mitkCustomMimeType.h>
-#include "mitkDiffusionIOMimeTypes.h"
-#include "vtkGDCMPolyDataReader.h"
-#include <vtkAppendPolyData.h>
-#include <mitkSurface.h>
-
-mitk::DicomSurfaceSegmentationReader::DicomSurfaceSegmentationReader()
-  : mitk::AbstractFileReader( mitk::DiffusionIOMimeTypes::SURFACESEGMENTATION_DICOM_MIMETYPE_NAME(), "DICOM SegmentationSurface" )
-{
-  m_ServiceReg = this->RegisterService();
-}
-
-mitk::DicomSurfaceSegmentationReader::DicomSurfaceSegmentationReader(const DicomSurfaceSegmentationReader &other)
-  :mitk::AbstractFileReader(other)
-{
-}
-
-mitk::DicomSurfaceSegmentationReader * mitk::DicomSurfaceSegmentationReader::Clone() const
-{
-  return new DicomSurfaceSegmentationReader(*this);
-}
-
-
-std::vector<itk::SmartPointer<mitk::BaseData> > mitk::DicomSurfaceSegmentationReader::Read()
-{
-  std::vector<itk::SmartPointer<mitk::BaseData> > result;
-
-  const std::string& locale = "C";
-  const std::string& currLocale = setlocale( LC_ALL, nullptr );
-  setlocale(LC_ALL, locale.c_str());
-
-  std::string filename = this->GetInputLocation();
-
-  try
-  {
-    MITK_INFO << "Loading DICOM surface segmentation.";
-
-    vtkSmartPointer< vtkPolyData > test = vtkSmartPointer< vtkPolyData >::New();
-    vtkSmartPointer< vtkGDCMPolyDataReader > reader = vtkSmartPointer< vtkGDCMPolyDataReader >::New();
-    reader->SetFileName( filename.c_str() );
-    reader->Update();
-
-    vtkSmartPointer< vtkAppendPolyData > append = vtkSmartPointer< vtkAppendPolyData >::New();
-
-    int n = reader->GetNumberOfOutputPorts();
-    for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
-    {
-      append->AddInputData( reader->GetOutput(i) );
-    }
-    vtkSmartPointer< vtkPolyData > vtkSurface = append->GetOutput();
-
-    mitk::Surface::Pointer surface = mitk::Surface::New();
-    surface->SetVtkPolyData(vtkSurface);
-    result.push_back(surface.GetPointer());
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    setlocale(LC_ALL, currLocale.c_str());
-    MITK_INFO << "Reading DICOM segmentation surface failed";
-    throw;
-  }
-
-  setlocale(LC_ALL, currLocale.c_str());
-  MITK_INFO << "DICOM segmentation surface read";
-
-  return result;
-}