diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader.cpp b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader.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 "mitkDiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader.h"
+
+mitk::DiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader
+::DiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader()
+{
+
+}
+
+mitk::DiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader
+::~DiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader()
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader.h b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/DicomImport/mitkDiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader.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 MITKDIFFUSIONHEADERFILEREADER_H
+#define MITKDIFFUSIONHEADERFILEREADER_H
+
+#include <DiffusionCoreExports.h>
+
+#include <itkLightObject.h>
+#include "mitkDiffusionImage.h"
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+
+class DiffusionCore_EXPORT DiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader
+    : public itk::LightObject
+{
+public:
+
+
+  mitkClassMacro( DiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader, itk::LightObject )
+
+  /**
+   * @brief IsDiffusionHeader Parse the given dicom file and collect the special diffusion image information
+   * @return
+   */
+  virtual bool ReadDiffusionHeader( std::string ) = 0;
+
+protected:
+  DiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader();
+
+  virtual ~DiffusionHeaderDICOMFileReader();
+};
+
+} // end namespace mitk
+
+#endif // MITKDIFFUSIONHEADERFILEREADER_H