diff --git a/Modules/Core/include/mitkItkImageIO.h b/Modules/Core/include/mitkItkImageIO.h
index ad24678d03..2207ca5d39 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/include/mitkItkImageIO.h
+++ b/Modules/Core/include/mitkItkImageIO.h
@@ -1,70 +1,71 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 MITKITKFILEIO_H
 #define MITKITKFILEIO_H
 
 #include "mitkAbstractFileIO.h"
 
 #include <itkImageIOBase.h>
 
 namespace mitk
 {
   /**
    * This class wraps ITK image IO objects as mitk::IFileReader and
    * mitk::IFileWriter objects.
    *
    * Instantiating this class with a given itk::ImageIOBase instance
    * will register corresponding MITK reader/writer services for that
    * ITK ImageIO object.
    */
   class MITKCORE_EXPORT ItkImageIO : public AbstractFileIO
   {
   public:
     ItkImageIO(itk::ImageIOBase::Pointer imageIO);
     ItkImageIO(const CustomMimeType &mimeType, itk::ImageIOBase::Pointer imageIO, int rank);
 
     // -------------- AbstractFileReader -------------
 
     using AbstractFileReader::Read;
     std::vector<itk::SmartPointer<BaseData>> Read() override;
 
     ConfidenceLevel GetReaderConfidenceLevel() const override;
 
     // -------------- AbstractFileWriter -------------
 
     void Write() override;
     ConfidenceLevel GetWriterConfidenceLevel() const override;
 
   protected:
     virtual std::vector<std::string> FixUpImageIOExtensions(const std::string &imageIOName);
+    virtual void FixUpCustomMimeTypeName(const std::string &imageIOName, CustomMimeType &customMimeType);
 
     // Fills the m_DefaultMetaDataKeys vector with default values
     virtual void InitializeDefaultMetaDataKeys();
 
   private:
     ItkImageIO(const ItkImageIO &other);
 
     ItkImageIO *IOClone() const override;
 
     itk::ImageIOBase::Pointer m_ImageIO;
 
     std::vector<std::string> m_DefaultMetaDataKeys;
   };
 
 } // namespace mitk
 
 #endif /* MITKITKFILEIO_H */
diff --git a/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkFileReaderWriterBase.cpp b/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkFileReaderWriterBase.cpp
index 8c076b9293..ccc7d2627e 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkFileReaderWriterBase.cpp
+++ b/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkFileReaderWriterBase.cpp
@@ -1,212 +1,212 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 "mitkFileReaderWriterBase.h"
 
 #include "mitkCoreServices.h"
 #include "mitkIMimeTypeProvider.h"
 #include "mitkIOMimeTypes.h"
 #include "mitkLogMacros.h"
 
 #include <usGetModuleContext.h>
 #include <usLDAPProp.h>
 
 namespace mitk
 {
   FileReaderWriterBase::FileReaderWriterBase() : m_Ranking(0), m_MimeTypePrefix(IOMimeTypes::DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".")
   {
   }
 
   FileReaderWriterBase::~FileReaderWriterBase() { this->UnregisterMimeType(); }
   FileReaderWriterBase::FileReaderWriterBase(const FileReaderWriterBase &other)
     : m_Description(other.m_Description),
       m_Ranking(other.m_Ranking),
       m_MimeTypePrefix(other.m_MimeTypePrefix),
       m_Options(other.m_Options),
       m_DefaultOptions(other.m_DefaultOptions),
       m_CustomMimeType(other.m_CustomMimeType->Clone())
   {
   }
 
   FileReaderWriterBase::Options FileReaderWriterBase::GetOptions() const
   {
     Options options = m_Options;
     options.insert(m_DefaultOptions.begin(), m_DefaultOptions.end());
     return options;
   }
 
   us::Any FileReaderWriterBase::GetOption(const std::string &name) const
   {
     auto iter = m_Options.find(name);
     if (iter != m_Options.end())
     {
       return iter->second;
     }
     iter = m_DefaultOptions.find(name);
     if (iter != m_DefaultOptions.end())
     {
       return iter->second;
     }
     return us::Any();
   }
 
   void FileReaderWriterBase::SetOptions(const FileReaderWriterBase::Options &options)
   {
     for (const auto &option : options)
     {
       this->SetOption(option.first, option.second);
     }
   }
 
   void FileReaderWriterBase::SetOption(const std::string &name, const us::Any &value)
   {
     if (m_DefaultOptions.find(name) == m_DefaultOptions.end())
     {
       MITK_WARN << "Ignoring unknown IFileReader option '" << name << "'";
     }
     else
     {
       if (value.Empty())
       {
         // an empty Any signals 'reset to default value'
         m_Options.erase(name);
       }
       else
       {
         m_Options[name] = value;
       }
     }
   }
 
   void FileReaderWriterBase::SetDefaultOptions(const FileReaderWriterBase::Options &defaultOptions)
   {
     m_DefaultOptions = defaultOptions;
   }
 
   FileReaderWriterBase::Options FileReaderWriterBase::GetDefaultOptions() const { return m_DefaultOptions; }
   void FileReaderWriterBase::SetRanking(int ranking) { m_Ranking = ranking; }
   int FileReaderWriterBase::GetRanking() const { return m_Ranking; }
   void FileReaderWriterBase::SetMimeType(const CustomMimeType &mimeType) { m_CustomMimeType.reset(mimeType.Clone()); }
   const CustomMimeType *FileReaderWriterBase::GetMimeType() const { return m_CustomMimeType.get(); }
   CustomMimeType *FileReaderWriterBase::GetMimeType() { return m_CustomMimeType.get(); }
   MimeType FileReaderWriterBase::GetRegisteredMimeType() const
   {
     MimeType result;
     if (!m_MimeTypeReg)
     {
       if (!m_CustomMimeType->GetName().empty())
       {
         CoreServicePointer<IMimeTypeProvider> mimeTypeProvider(
           CoreServices::GetMimeTypeProvider(us::GetModuleContext()));
         return mimeTypeProvider->GetMimeTypeForName(m_CustomMimeType->GetName());
       }
       return result;
     }
 
     us::ServiceReferenceU reference = m_MimeTypeReg.GetReference();
     try
     {
       int rank = 0;
       us::Any rankProp = reference.GetProperty(us::ServiceConstants::SERVICE_RANKING());
       if (!rankProp.Empty())
       {
         rank = us::any_cast<int>(rankProp);
       }
       auto id = us::any_cast<long>(reference.GetProperty(us::ServiceConstants::SERVICE_ID()));
       result = MimeType(*m_CustomMimeType, rank, id);
     }
     catch (const us::BadAnyCastException &e)
     {
       MITK_WARN << "Unexpected exception: " << e.what();
     }
     return result;
   }
 
   void FileReaderWriterBase::SetMimeTypePrefix(const std::string &prefix) { m_MimeTypePrefix = prefix; }
   std::string FileReaderWriterBase::GetMimeTypePrefix() const { return m_MimeTypePrefix; }
   void FileReaderWriterBase::SetDescription(const std::string &description) { m_Description = description; }
   std::string FileReaderWriterBase::GetDescription() const { return m_Description; }
   void FileReaderWriterBase::AddProgressCallback(const FileReaderWriterBase::ProgressCallback &callback)
   {
     m_ProgressMessage += callback;
   }
 
   void FileReaderWriterBase::RemoveProgressCallback(const FileReaderWriterBase::ProgressCallback &callback)
   {
     m_ProgressMessage -= callback;
   }
 
   us::ServiceRegistration<CustomMimeType> FileReaderWriterBase::RegisterMimeType(us::ModuleContext *context)
   {
     if (context == nullptr)
       throw std::invalid_argument("The context argument must not be nullptr.");
 
     CoreServicePointer<IMimeTypeProvider> mimeTypeProvider(CoreServices::GetMimeTypeProvider(context));
 
     const std::vector<std::string> extensions = m_CustomMimeType->GetExtensions();
 
     // If the mime type name is set and the list of extensions is empty,
     // look up the mime type in the registry and print a warning if
     // there is none
-    if (!m_CustomMimeType->GetName().empty() && extensions.empty())
+    /*if (!m_CustomMimeType->GetName().empty() && extensions.empty())
     {
       if (!mimeTypeProvider->GetMimeTypeForName(m_CustomMimeType->GetName()).IsValid())
       {
         MITK_WARN << "Registering a MITK reader or writer with an unknown MIME type " << m_CustomMimeType->GetName();
       }
       return m_MimeTypeReg;
-    }
+    }*/
 
     // If the mime type name and extensions list is empty, print a warning
     if (m_CustomMimeType->GetName().empty() && extensions.empty())
     {
       MITK_WARN << "Trying to register a MITK reader or writer with an empty mime type name and empty extension list.";
       return m_MimeTypeReg;
     }
 
     // extensions is not empty
 
     if (m_CustomMimeType->GetName().empty())
     {
       // Create a synthetic mime type name from the
       // first extension in the list
       m_CustomMimeType->SetName(m_MimeTypePrefix + extensions.front());
     }
 
     // Register a new mime type
     // us::ServiceProperties props;
     // props["name"] = m_CustomMimeType.GetName();
     // props["extensions"] = m_CustomMimeType.GetExtensions();
     m_MimeTypeReg = context->RegisterService<CustomMimeType>(m_CustomMimeType.get());
 
     return m_MimeTypeReg;
   }
 
   void FileReaderWriterBase::UnregisterMimeType()
   {
     if (m_MimeTypeReg)
     {
       try
       {
         m_MimeTypeReg.Unregister();
       }
       catch (const std::logic_error &)
       {
         // service already unregistered
       }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkItkImageIO.cpp b/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkItkImageIO.cpp
index a8f927532c..103e5153bc 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkItkImageIO.cpp
+++ b/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkItkImageIO.cpp
@@ -1,671 +1,697 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 "mitkItkImageIO.h"
 
 #include <mitkArbitraryTimeGeometry.h>
 #include <mitkCoreServices.h>
 #include <mitkCustomMimeType.h>
 #include <mitkIOMimeTypes.h>
 #include <mitkIPropertyPersistence.h>
 #include <mitkImage.h>
 #include <mitkImageReadAccessor.h>
 #include <mitkLocaleSwitch.h>
 
 #include <itkImage.h>
 #include <itkImageFileReader.h>
 #include <itkImageIOFactory.h>
 #include <itkImageIORegion.h>
 #include <itkMetaDataObject.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
 namespace mitk
 {
   const char *const PROPERTY_NAME_TIMEGEOMETRY_TYPE = "org.mitk.timegeometry.type";
   const char *const PROPERTY_NAME_TIMEGEOMETRY_TIMEPOINTS = "org.mitk.timegeometry.timepoints";
   const char *const PROPERTY_KEY_TIMEGEOMETRY_TYPE = "org_mitk_timegeometry_type";
   const char *const PROPERTY_KEY_TIMEGEOMETRY_TIMEPOINTS = "org_mitk_timegeometry_timepoints";
 
   ItkImageIO::ItkImageIO(const ItkImageIO &other)
     : AbstractFileIO(other), m_ImageIO(dynamic_cast<itk::ImageIOBase *>(other.m_ImageIO->Clone().GetPointer()))
   {
     this->InitializeDefaultMetaDataKeys();
   }
 
   std::vector<std::string> ItkImageIO::FixUpImageIOExtensions(const std::string &imageIOName)
   {
     std::vector<std::string> extensions;
     // Try to fix-up some known ITK image IO classes
     if (imageIOName == "GiplImageIO")
     {
       extensions.push_back("gipl");
       extensions.push_back("gipl.gz");
     }
     else if (imageIOName == "GDCMImageIO")
     {
       extensions.push_back("gdcm");
       extensions.push_back("dcm");
       extensions.push_back("DCM");
       extensions.push_back("dc3");
       extensions.push_back("DC3");
       extensions.push_back("ima");
       extensions.push_back("img");
     }
     else if (imageIOName == "PNGImageIO")
     {
       extensions.push_back("png");
       extensions.push_back("PNG");
     }
     else if (imageIOName == "StimulateImageIO")
     {
       extensions.push_back("spr");
     }
     else if (imageIOName == "HDF5ImageIO")
     {
       extensions.push_back("hdf");
       extensions.push_back("h4");
       extensions.push_back("hdf4");
       extensions.push_back("h5");
       extensions.push_back("hdf5");
       extensions.push_back("he4");
       extensions.push_back("he5");
       extensions.push_back("hd5");
     }
-    else if (imageIOName == "GE4ImageIO" || imageIOName == "GE5ImageIO")
-    {
-      extensions.push_back("");
-    }
 
     if (!extensions.empty())
     {
       MITK_DEBUG << "Fixing up known extensions for " << imageIOName;
     }
 
     return extensions;
   }
 
+  void ItkImageIO::FixUpCustomMimeTypeName(const std::string &imageIOName, CustomMimeType &customMimeType)
+  {
+    if ("GE4ImageIO" == imageIOName)
+    {
+      customMimeType.SetName(this->AbstractFileReader::GetMimeTypePrefix() + "ge4");
+    }
+    else if ("GE5ImageIO" == imageIOName)
+    {
+      customMimeType.SetName(this->AbstractFileReader::GetMimeTypePrefix() + "ge5");
+    }
+    else if ("Bruker2dseqImageIO" == imageIOName)
+    {
+      customMimeType.SetName(this->AbstractFileReader::GetMimeTypePrefix() + "bruker2dseq");
+    }
+  }
+
   ItkImageIO::ItkImageIO(itk::ImageIOBase::Pointer imageIO)
     : AbstractFileIO(Image::GetStaticNameOfClass()), m_ImageIO(imageIO)
   {
     if (m_ImageIO.IsNull())
     {
       mitkThrow() << "ITK ImageIOBase argument must not be nullptr";
     }
 
     this->AbstractFileReader::SetMimeTypePrefix(IOMimeTypes::DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".image.");
     this->InitializeDefaultMetaDataKeys();
 
     std::vector<std::string> readExtensions = m_ImageIO->GetSupportedReadExtensions();
 
     if (readExtensions.empty())
     {
       std::string imageIOName = m_ImageIO->GetNameOfClass();
       MITK_DEBUG << "ITK ImageIOBase " << imageIOName << " does not provide read extensions";
       readExtensions = FixUpImageIOExtensions(imageIOName);
     }
 
     CustomMimeType customReaderMimeType;
     customReaderMimeType.SetCategory("Images");
     for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator iter = readExtensions.begin(), endIter = readExtensions.end();
          iter != endIter;
          ++iter)
     {
       std::string extension = *iter;
       if (!extension.empty() && extension[0] == '.')
       {
         extension.assign(iter->begin() + 1, iter->end());
       }
       customReaderMimeType.AddExtension(extension);
     }
+
+    if (customReaderMimeType.GetExtensions().empty())
+    {
+      std::string imageIOName = m_ImageIO->GetNameOfClass();
+      FixUpCustomMimeTypeName(imageIOName, customReaderMimeType);
+    }
+
     this->AbstractFileReader::SetMimeType(customReaderMimeType);
 
     std::vector<std::string> writeExtensions = imageIO->GetSupportedWriteExtensions();
     if (writeExtensions.empty())
     {
       std::string imageIOName = imageIO->GetNameOfClass();
       MITK_DEBUG << "ITK ImageIOBase " << imageIOName << " does not provide write extensions";
       writeExtensions = FixUpImageIOExtensions(imageIOName);
     }
 
     if (writeExtensions != readExtensions)
     {
       CustomMimeType customWriterMimeType;
       customWriterMimeType.SetCategory("Images");
       for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator iter = writeExtensions.begin(), endIter = writeExtensions.end();
            iter != endIter;
            ++iter)
       {
         std::string extension = *iter;
         if (!extension.empty() && extension[0] == '.')
         {
           extension.assign(iter->begin() + 1, iter->end());
         }
         customWriterMimeType.AddExtension(extension);
       }
+
+      if (customWriterMimeType.GetExtensions().empty())
+      {
+        std::string imageIOName = m_ImageIO->GetNameOfClass();
+        FixUpCustomMimeTypeName(imageIOName, customWriterMimeType);
+      }
+
       this->AbstractFileWriter::SetMimeType(customWriterMimeType);
     }
 
     std::string description = std::string("ITK ") + imageIO->GetNameOfClass();
     this->SetReaderDescription(description);
     this->SetWriterDescription(description);
 
     this->RegisterService();
   }
 
   ItkImageIO::ItkImageIO(const CustomMimeType &mimeType, itk::ImageIOBase::Pointer imageIO, int rank)
     : AbstractFileIO(Image::GetStaticNameOfClass(), mimeType, std::string("ITK ") + imageIO->GetNameOfClass()),
       m_ImageIO(imageIO)
   {
     if (m_ImageIO.IsNull())
     {
       mitkThrow() << "ITK ImageIOBase argument must not be nullptr";
     }
 
     this->AbstractFileReader::SetMimeTypePrefix(IOMimeTypes::DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".image.");
     this->InitializeDefaultMetaDataKeys();
 
     if (rank)
     {
       this->AbstractFileReader::SetRanking(rank);
       this->AbstractFileWriter::SetRanking(rank);
     }
 
     this->RegisterService();
   }
 
   /**Helper function that converts the content of a meta data into a time point vector.
    * If MetaData is not valid or cannot be converted an empty vector is returned.*/
   std::vector<TimePointType> ConvertMetaDataObjectToTimePointList(const itk::MetaDataObjectBase *data)
   {
     const auto *timeGeometryTimeData =
       dynamic_cast<const itk::MetaDataObject<std::string> *>(data);
     std::vector<TimePointType> result;
 
     if (timeGeometryTimeData)
     {
       std::string dataStr = timeGeometryTimeData->GetMetaDataObjectValue();
       std::stringstream stream(dataStr);
       TimePointType tp;
       while (stream >> tp)
       {
         result.push_back(tp);
       }
     }
 
     return result;
   };
 
   std::vector<BaseData::Pointer> ItkImageIO::Read()
   {
     std::vector<BaseData::Pointer> result;
     mitk::LocaleSwitch localeSwitch("C");
 
     Image::Pointer image = Image::New();
 
     const unsigned int MINDIM = 2;
     const unsigned int MAXDIM = 4;
 
     const std::string path = this->GetLocalFileName();
 
     MITK_INFO << "loading " << path << " via itk::ImageIOFactory... " << std::endl;
 
     // Check to see if we can read the file given the name or prefix
     if (path.empty())
     {
       mitkThrow() << "Empty filename in mitk::ItkImageIO ";
     }
 
     // Got to allocate space for the image. Determine the characteristics of
     // the image.
     m_ImageIO->SetFileName(path);
     m_ImageIO->ReadImageInformation();
 
     unsigned int ndim = m_ImageIO->GetNumberOfDimensions();
     if (ndim < MINDIM || ndim > MAXDIM)
     {
       MITK_WARN << "Sorry, only dimensions 2, 3 and 4 are supported. The given file has " << ndim
                 << " dimensions! Reading as 4D.";
       ndim = MAXDIM;
     }
 
     itk::ImageIORegion ioRegion(ndim);
     itk::ImageIORegion::SizeType ioSize = ioRegion.GetSize();
     itk::ImageIORegion::IndexType ioStart = ioRegion.GetIndex();
 
     unsigned int dimensions[MAXDIM];
     dimensions[0] = 0;
     dimensions[1] = 0;
     dimensions[2] = 0;
     dimensions[3] = 0;
 
     ScalarType spacing[MAXDIM];
     spacing[0] = 1.0f;
     spacing[1] = 1.0f;
     spacing[2] = 1.0f;
     spacing[3] = 1.0f;
 
     Point3D origin;
     origin.Fill(0);
 
     unsigned int i;
     for (i = 0; i < ndim; ++i)
     {
       ioStart[i] = 0;
       ioSize[i] = m_ImageIO->GetDimensions(i);
       if (i < MAXDIM)
       {
         dimensions[i] = m_ImageIO->GetDimensions(i);
         spacing[i] = m_ImageIO->GetSpacing(i);
         if (spacing[i] <= 0)
           spacing[i] = 1.0f;
       }
       if (i < 3)
       {
         origin[i] = m_ImageIO->GetOrigin(i);
       }
     }
 
     ioRegion.SetSize(ioSize);
     ioRegion.SetIndex(ioStart);
 
     MITK_INFO << "ioRegion: " << ioRegion << std::endl;
     m_ImageIO->SetIORegion(ioRegion);
     void *buffer = new unsigned char[m_ImageIO->GetImageSizeInBytes()];
     m_ImageIO->Read(buffer);
 
     image->Initialize(MakePixelType(m_ImageIO), ndim, dimensions);
     image->SetImportChannel(buffer, 0, Image::ManageMemory);
 
     const itk::MetaDataDictionary &dictionary = m_ImageIO->GetMetaDataDictionary();
 
     // access direction of itk::Image and include spacing
     mitk::Matrix3D matrix;
     matrix.SetIdentity();
     unsigned int j, itkDimMax3 = (ndim >= 3 ? 3 : ndim);
     for (i = 0; i < itkDimMax3; ++i)
       for (j = 0; j < itkDimMax3; ++j)
         matrix[i][j] = m_ImageIO->GetDirection(j)[i];
 
     // re-initialize PlaneGeometry with origin and direction
     PlaneGeometry *planeGeometry = image->GetSlicedGeometry(0)->GetPlaneGeometry(0);
     planeGeometry->SetOrigin(origin);
     planeGeometry->GetIndexToWorldTransform()->SetMatrix(matrix);
 
     // re-initialize SlicedGeometry3D
     SlicedGeometry3D *slicedGeometry = image->GetSlicedGeometry(0);
     slicedGeometry->InitializeEvenlySpaced(planeGeometry, image->GetDimension(2));
     slicedGeometry->SetSpacing(spacing);
 
     MITK_INFO << slicedGeometry->GetCornerPoint(false, false, false);
     MITK_INFO << slicedGeometry->GetCornerPoint(true, true, true);
 
     // re-initialize TimeGeometry
     TimeGeometry::Pointer timeGeometry;
 
     if (dictionary.HasKey(PROPERTY_NAME_TIMEGEOMETRY_TYPE) || dictionary.HasKey(PROPERTY_KEY_TIMEGEOMETRY_TYPE))
     { // also check for the name because of backwards compatibility. Past code version stored with the name and not with
       // the key
       itk::MetaDataObject<std::string>::ConstPointer timeGeometryTypeData = nullptr;
       if (dictionary.HasKey(PROPERTY_NAME_TIMEGEOMETRY_TYPE))
       {
         timeGeometryTypeData =
           dynamic_cast<const itk::MetaDataObject<std::string> *>(dictionary.Get(PROPERTY_NAME_TIMEGEOMETRY_TYPE));
       }
       else
       {
         timeGeometryTypeData =
           dynamic_cast<const itk::MetaDataObject<std::string> *>(dictionary.Get(PROPERTY_KEY_TIMEGEOMETRY_TYPE));
       }
 
       if (timeGeometryTypeData->GetMetaDataObjectValue() == ArbitraryTimeGeometry::GetStaticNameOfClass())
       {
         MITK_INFO << "used time geometry: " << ArbitraryTimeGeometry::GetStaticNameOfClass() << std::endl;
         typedef std::vector<TimePointType> TimePointVector;
         TimePointVector timePoints;
 
         if (dictionary.HasKey(PROPERTY_NAME_TIMEGEOMETRY_TIMEPOINTS))
         {
           timePoints = ConvertMetaDataObjectToTimePointList(dictionary.Get(PROPERTY_NAME_TIMEGEOMETRY_TIMEPOINTS));
         }
         else if (dictionary.HasKey(PROPERTY_KEY_TIMEGEOMETRY_TIMEPOINTS))
         {
           timePoints = ConvertMetaDataObjectToTimePointList(dictionary.Get(PROPERTY_KEY_TIMEGEOMETRY_TIMEPOINTS));
         }
 
         if (timePoints.size() - 1 != image->GetDimension(3))
         {
           MITK_ERROR << "Stored timepoints (" << timePoints.size() - 1 << ") and size of image time dimension ("
                      << image->GetDimension(3) << ") do not match. Switch to ProportionalTimeGeometry fallback"
                      << std::endl;
         }
         else
         {
           ArbitraryTimeGeometry::Pointer arbitraryTimeGeometry = ArbitraryTimeGeometry::New();
           TimePointVector::const_iterator pos = timePoints.begin();
           auto prePos = pos++;
 
           for (; pos != timePoints.end(); ++prePos, ++pos)
           {
             arbitraryTimeGeometry->AppendNewTimeStepClone(slicedGeometry, *prePos, *pos);
           }
 
           timeGeometry = arbitraryTimeGeometry;
         }
       }
     }
 
     if (timeGeometry.IsNull())
     { // Fallback. If no other valid time geometry has been created, create a ProportionalTimeGeometry
       MITK_INFO << "used time geometry: " << ProportionalTimeGeometry::GetStaticNameOfClass() << std::endl;
       ProportionalTimeGeometry::Pointer propTimeGeometry = ProportionalTimeGeometry::New();
       propTimeGeometry->Initialize(slicedGeometry, image->GetDimension(3));
       timeGeometry = propTimeGeometry;
     }
 
     image->SetTimeGeometry(timeGeometry);
 
     buffer = nullptr;
     MITK_INFO << "number of image components: " << image->GetPixelType().GetNumberOfComponents() << std::endl;
 
     for (auto iter = dictionary.Begin(), iterEnd = dictionary.End(); iter != iterEnd;
          ++iter)
     {
       if (iter->second->GetMetaDataObjectTypeInfo() == typeid(std::string))
       {
         const std::string &key = iter->first;
         std::string assumedPropertyName = key;
         std::replace(assumedPropertyName.begin(), assumedPropertyName.end(), '_', '.');
 
         std::string mimeTypeName = GetMimeType()->GetName();
 
         // Check if there is already a info for the key and our mime type.
         IPropertyPersistence::InfoResultType infoList = mitk::CoreServices::GetPropertyPersistence()->GetInfoByKey(key);
 
         auto predicate = [mimeTypeName](const PropertyPersistenceInfo::ConstPointer &x) {
           return x.IsNotNull() && x->GetMimeTypeName() == mimeTypeName;
         };
         auto finding = std::find_if(infoList.begin(), infoList.end(), predicate);
 
         if (finding == infoList.end())
         {
           auto predicateWild = [](const PropertyPersistenceInfo::ConstPointer &x) {
             return x.IsNotNull() && x->GetMimeTypeName() == PropertyPersistenceInfo::ANY_MIMETYPE_NAME();
           };
           finding = std::find_if(infoList.begin(), infoList.end(), predicateWild);
         }
 
         PropertyPersistenceInfo::ConstPointer info;
 
         if (finding != infoList.end())
         {
           assumedPropertyName = (*finding)->GetName();
           info = *finding;
         }
         else
         { // we have not found anything suitable so we generate our own info
           PropertyPersistenceInfo::Pointer newInfo = PropertyPersistenceInfo::New();
           newInfo->SetNameAndKey(assumedPropertyName, key);
           newInfo->SetMimeTypeName(PropertyPersistenceInfo::ANY_MIMETYPE_NAME());
           info = newInfo;
         }
 
         std::string value =
           dynamic_cast<itk::MetaDataObject<std::string> *>(iter->second.GetPointer())->GetMetaDataObjectValue();
 
         mitk::BaseProperty::Pointer loadedProp = info->GetDeserializationFunction()(value);
 
         image->SetProperty(assumedPropertyName.c_str(), loadedProp);
 
         // Read properties should be persisted unless they are default properties
         // which are written anyway
         bool isDefaultKey(false);
 
         for (const auto &defaultKey : m_DefaultMetaDataKeys)
         {
           if (defaultKey.length() <= assumedPropertyName.length())
           {
             // does the start match the default key
             if (assumedPropertyName.substr(0, defaultKey.length()).find(defaultKey) != std::string::npos)
             {
               isDefaultKey = true;
               break;
             }
           }
         }
 
         if (!isDefaultKey)
         {
           mitk::CoreServices::GetPropertyPersistence()->AddInfo(info);
         }
       }
     }
 
     MITK_INFO << "...finished!" << std::endl;
 
     result.push_back(image.GetPointer());
     return result;
   }
 
   AbstractFileIO::ConfidenceLevel ItkImageIO::GetReaderConfidenceLevel() const
   {
     return m_ImageIO->CanReadFile(GetLocalFileName().c_str()) ? IFileReader::Supported : IFileReader::Unsupported;
   }
 
   void ItkImageIO::Write()
   {
     const auto *image = dynamic_cast<const mitk::Image *>(this->GetInput());
 
     if (image == nullptr)
     {
       mitkThrow() << "Cannot write non-image data";
     }
 
     // Switch the current locale to "C"
     LocaleSwitch localeSwitch("C");
 
     // Clone the image geometry, because we might have to change it
     // for writing purposes
     BaseGeometry::Pointer geometry = image->GetGeometry()->Clone();
 
     // Check if geometry information will be lost
     if (image->GetDimension() == 2 && !geometry->Is2DConvertable())
     {
       MITK_WARN << "Saving a 2D image with 3D geometry information. Geometry information will be lost! You might "
                    "consider using Convert2Dto3DImageFilter before saving.";
 
       // set matrix to identity
       mitk::AffineTransform3D::Pointer affTrans = mitk::AffineTransform3D::New();
       affTrans->SetIdentity();
       mitk::Vector3D spacing = geometry->GetSpacing();
       mitk::Point3D origin = geometry->GetOrigin();
       geometry->SetIndexToWorldTransform(affTrans);
       geometry->SetSpacing(spacing);
       geometry->SetOrigin(origin);
     }
 
     LocalFile localFile(this);
     const std::string path = localFile.GetFileName();
 
     MITK_INFO << "Writing image: " << path << std::endl;
 
     try
     {
       // Implementation of writer using itkImageIO directly. This skips the use
       // of templated itkImageFileWriter, which saves the multiplexing on MITK side.
 
       const unsigned int dimension = image->GetDimension();
       const unsigned int *const dimensions = image->GetDimensions();
       const mitk::PixelType pixelType = image->GetPixelType();
       const mitk::Vector3D mitkSpacing = geometry->GetSpacing();
       const mitk::Point3D mitkOrigin = geometry->GetOrigin();
 
       // Due to templating in itk, we are forced to save a 4D spacing and 4D Origin,
       // though they are not supported in MITK
       itk::Vector<double, 4u> spacing4D;
       spacing4D[0] = mitkSpacing[0];
       spacing4D[1] = mitkSpacing[1];
       spacing4D[2] = mitkSpacing[2];
       spacing4D[3] = 1; // There is no support for a 4D spacing. However, we should have a valid value here
 
       itk::Vector<double, 4u> origin4D;
       origin4D[0] = mitkOrigin[0];
       origin4D[1] = mitkOrigin[1];
       origin4D[2] = mitkOrigin[2];
       origin4D[3] = 0; // There is no support for a 4D origin. However, we should have a valid value here
 
       // Set the necessary information for imageIO
       m_ImageIO->SetNumberOfDimensions(dimension);
       m_ImageIO->SetPixelType(pixelType.GetPixelType());
       m_ImageIO->SetComponentType(pixelType.GetComponentType() < PixelComponentUserType ?
                                     static_cast<itk::ImageIOBase::IOComponentType>(pixelType.GetComponentType()) :
                                     itk::ImageIOBase::UNKNOWNCOMPONENTTYPE);
       m_ImageIO->SetNumberOfComponents(pixelType.GetNumberOfComponents());
 
       itk::ImageIORegion ioRegion(dimension);
 
       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < dimension; i++)
       {
         m_ImageIO->SetDimensions(i, dimensions[i]);
         m_ImageIO->SetSpacing(i, spacing4D[i]);
         m_ImageIO->SetOrigin(i, origin4D[i]);
 
         mitk::Vector3D mitkDirection;
         mitkDirection.SetVnlVector(geometry->GetIndexToWorldTransform()->GetMatrix().GetVnlMatrix().get_column(i));
         itk::Vector<double, 4u> direction4D;
         direction4D[0] = mitkDirection[0];
         direction4D[1] = mitkDirection[1];
         direction4D[2] = mitkDirection[2];
 
         // MITK only supports a 3x3 direction matrix. Due to templating in itk, however, we must
         // save a 4x4 matrix for 4D images. in this case, add an homogneous component to the matrix.
         if (i == 3)
         {
           direction4D[3] = 1; // homogenous component
         }
         else
         {
           direction4D[3] = 0;
         }
         vnl_vector<double> axisDirection(dimension);
         for (unsigned int j = 0; j < dimension; j++)
         {
           axisDirection[j] = direction4D[j] / spacing4D[i];
         }
         m_ImageIO->SetDirection(i, axisDirection);
 
         ioRegion.SetSize(i, image->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetSize(i));
         ioRegion.SetIndex(i, image->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetIndex(i));
       }
 
       // use compression if available
       m_ImageIO->UseCompressionOn();
 
       m_ImageIO->SetIORegion(ioRegion);
       m_ImageIO->SetFileName(path);
 
       // Handle time geometry
       const auto *arbitraryTG = dynamic_cast<const ArbitraryTimeGeometry *>(image->GetTimeGeometry());
       if (arbitraryTG)
       {
         itk::EncapsulateMetaData<std::string>(m_ImageIO->GetMetaDataDictionary(),
                                               PROPERTY_KEY_TIMEGEOMETRY_TYPE,
                                               ArbitraryTimeGeometry::GetStaticNameOfClass());
 
         std::stringstream stream;
         stream << arbitraryTG->GetTimeBounds(0)[0];
         for (TimeStepType pos = 0; pos < arbitraryTG->CountTimeSteps(); ++pos)
         {
           stream << " " << arbitraryTG->GetTimeBounds(pos)[1];
         }
         std::string data = stream.str();
 
         itk::EncapsulateMetaData<std::string>(
           m_ImageIO->GetMetaDataDictionary(), PROPERTY_KEY_TIMEGEOMETRY_TIMEPOINTS, data);
       }
 
       // Handle properties
       mitk::PropertyList::Pointer imagePropertyList = image->GetPropertyList();
 
       for (const auto &property : *imagePropertyList->GetMap())
       {
         IPropertyPersistence::InfoResultType infoList =
           mitk::CoreServices::GetPropertyPersistence()->GetInfo(property.first, GetMimeType()->GetName(), true);
 
         if (infoList.empty())
         {
           continue;
         }
 
         std::string value = infoList.front()->GetSerializationFunction()(property.second);
 
         if (value == mitk::BaseProperty::VALUE_CANNOT_BE_CONVERTED_TO_STRING)
         {
           continue;
         }
 
         std::string key = infoList.front()->GetKey();
 
         itk::EncapsulateMetaData<std::string>(m_ImageIO->GetMetaDataDictionary(), key, value);
       }
 
       ImageReadAccessor imageAccess(image);
       m_ImageIO->Write(imageAccess.GetData());
     }
     catch (const std::exception &e)
     {
       mitkThrow() << e.what();
     }
   }
 
   AbstractFileIO::ConfidenceLevel ItkImageIO::GetWriterConfidenceLevel() const
   {
     // Check if the image dimension is supported
     const auto *image = dynamic_cast<const Image *>(this->GetInput());
     if (image == nullptr)
     {
       // We cannot write a null object, DUH!
       return IFileWriter::Unsupported;
     }
 
     if (!m_ImageIO->SupportsDimension(image->GetDimension()))
     {
       // okay, dimension is not supported. We have to look at a special case:
       // 3D-Image with one slice. We can treat that as a 2D image.
       if ((image->GetDimension() == 3) && (image->GetSlicedGeometry()->GetSlices() == 1))
         return IFileWriter::Supported;
       else
         return IFileWriter::Unsupported;
     }
 
     // Check if geometry information will be lost
     if (image->GetDimension() == 2 && !image->GetGeometry()->Is2DConvertable())
     {
       return IFileWriter::PartiallySupported;
     }
     return IFileWriter::Supported;
   }
 
   ItkImageIO *ItkImageIO::IOClone() const { return new ItkImageIO(*this); }
   void ItkImageIO::InitializeDefaultMetaDataKeys()
   {
     this->m_DefaultMetaDataKeys.push_back("NRRD.space");
     this->m_DefaultMetaDataKeys.push_back("NRRD.kinds");
     this->m_DefaultMetaDataKeys.push_back(PROPERTY_NAME_TIMEGEOMETRY_TYPE);
     this->m_DefaultMetaDataKeys.push_back(PROPERTY_NAME_TIMEGEOMETRY_TIMEPOINTS);
     this->m_DefaultMetaDataKeys.push_back("ITK.InputFilterName");
   }
 }