diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/src/mitkITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper.cpp b/Modules/DICOMReader/src/mitkITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper.cpp
index 2784bc6a4e..4036938b29 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/src/mitkITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper.cpp
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/src/mitkITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper.cpp
@@ -1,490 +1,490 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 //#define MBILOG_ENABLE_DEBUG
 
 #include <dcvrdt.h>
 
 #define BOOST_DATE_TIME_NO_LIB
 //Prevent unnecessary/unwanted auto link in this compilation when activating boost libraries in the MITK superbuild
 //It is necessary because BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK overwrites BOOST_DATE_TIME_NO_LIB
 #if defined(BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK)
   #undef BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK
 #endif
 
 #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_types.hpp>
 
 #include "mitkITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper.h"
 #include "mitkITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper.txx"
 
 #include "mitkDICOMGDCMTagScanner.h"
 #include "mitkArbitraryTimeGeometry.h"
 
 #include "dcvrda.h"
 
 
 const mitk::DICOMTag mitk::ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::AcquisitionDateTag = mitk::DICOMTag( 0x0008, 0x0022 );
 const mitk::DICOMTag mitk::ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::AcquisitionTimeTag = mitk::DICOMTag( 0x0008, 0x0032 );
 const mitk::DICOMTag mitk::ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::TriggerTimeTag = mitk::DICOMTag( 0x0018, 0x1060 );
 
 #define switch3DCase( IOType, T ) \
   case IOType:                    \
     return LoadDICOMByITK<T>( filenames, correctTilt, tiltInfo, io );
 
 bool mitk::ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::CanHandleFile( const std::string& filename )
 {
   MITK_DEBUG << "ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::CanHandleFile " << filename;
   itk::GDCMImageIO::Pointer tester = itk::GDCMImageIO::New();
   return tester->CanReadFile( filename.c_str() );
 }
 
 mitk::Image::Pointer mitk::ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::Load( const StringContainer& filenames,
                                                              bool correctTilt,
                                                              const GantryTiltInformation& tiltInfo )
 {
   if ( filenames.empty() )
   {
     MITK_DEBUG
       << "Calling LoadDicomSeries with empty filename string container. Probably invalid application logic.";
     return nullptr; // this is not actually an error but the result is very simple
   }
 
   typedef itk::GDCMImageIO DcmIoType;
   DcmIoType::Pointer io = DcmIoType::New();
 
   try
   {
     if ( io->CanReadFile( filenames.front().c_str() ) )
     {
       io->SetFileName( filenames.front().c_str() );
       io->ReadImageInformation();
 
       if ( io->GetPixelType() == itk::ImageIOBase::SCALAR )
       {
         switch ( io->GetComponentType() )
         {
           switch3DCase(DcmIoType::UCHAR, unsigned char) switch3DCase(DcmIoType::CHAR, char) switch3DCase(
             DcmIoType::USHORT, unsigned short) switch3DCase(DcmIoType::SHORT, short)
               switch3DCase(DcmIoType::UINT, unsigned int) switch3DCase(DcmIoType::INT, int) switch3DCase(
                 DcmIoType::ULONG, long unsigned int) switch3DCase(DcmIoType::LONG, long int)
                 switch3DCase(DcmIoType::FLOAT, float) switch3DCase(DcmIoType::DOUBLE, double) default
             : MITK_ERROR
               << "Found unsupported DICOM scalar pixel type: (enum value) "
               << io->GetComponentType();
         }
       }
       else if ( io->GetPixelType() == itk::ImageIOBase::RGB )
       {
         switch ( io->GetComponentType() )
         {
           switch3DCase(DcmIoType::UCHAR, itk::RGBPixel<unsigned char>) switch3DCase(
             DcmIoType::CHAR, itk::RGBPixel<char>) switch3DCase(DcmIoType::USHORT,
                                                                itk::RGBPixel<unsigned short>)
               switch3DCase(DcmIoType::SHORT, itk::RGBPixel<short>) switch3DCase(
                 DcmIoType::UINT, itk::RGBPixel<unsigned int>) switch3DCase(DcmIoType::INT, itk::RGBPixel<int>)
                 switch3DCase(DcmIoType::ULONG, itk::RGBPixel<long unsigned int>)
                   switch3DCase(DcmIoType::LONG, itk::RGBPixel<long int>) switch3DCase(
                     DcmIoType::FLOAT, itk::RGBPixel<float>) switch3DCase(DcmIoType::DOUBLE,
                                                                          itk::RGBPixel<double>) default
             : MITK_ERROR
               << "Found unsupported DICOM scalar pixel type: (enum value) "
               << io->GetComponentType();
         }
       }
 
       MITK_ERROR << "Unsupported DICOM pixel type";
       return nullptr;
     }
   }
   catch ( const itk::MemoryAllocationError& e )
   {
     MITK_ERROR << "Out of memory. Cannot load DICOM series: " << e.what();
   }
   catch ( const std::exception& e )
   {
     MITK_ERROR << "Error encountered when loading DICOM series:" << e.what();
   }
   catch ( ... )
   {
     MITK_ERROR << "Unspecified error encountered when loading DICOM series.";
   }
 
   return nullptr;
 }
 
 #define switch3DnTCase( IOType, T ) \
   case IOType:                      \
     return LoadDICOMByITK3DnT<T>( filenamesLists, correctTilt, tiltInfo, io );
 
 mitk::Image::Pointer mitk::ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::Load3DnT( const StringContainerList& filenamesLists,
                                                                  bool correctTilt,
                                                                  const GantryTiltInformation& tiltInfo )
 {
   if ( filenamesLists.empty() || filenamesLists.front().empty() )
   {
     MITK_DEBUG
       << "Calling LoadDicomSeries with empty filename string container. Probably invalid application logic.";
     return nullptr; // this is not actually an error but the result is very simple
   }
 
   typedef itk::GDCMImageIO DcmIoType;
   DcmIoType::Pointer io = DcmIoType::New();
 
   try
   {
     if ( io->CanReadFile( filenamesLists.front().front().c_str() ) )
     {
       io->SetFileName( filenamesLists.front().front().c_str() );
       io->ReadImageInformation();
 
       if ( io->GetPixelType() == itk::ImageIOBase::SCALAR )
       {
         switch ( io->GetComponentType() )
         {
           switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::UCHAR, unsigned char) switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::CHAR, char)
               switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::USHORT, unsigned short) switch3DnTCase(
                 DcmIoType::SHORT, short) switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::UINT,
                                                         unsigned int) switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::INT, int)
                 switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::ULONG, long unsigned int) switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::LONG, long int)
                   switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::FLOAT, float) switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::DOUBLE, double) default
             : MITK_ERROR
               << "Found unsupported DICOM scalar pixel type: (enum value) "
               << io->GetComponentType();
         }
       }
       else if ( io->GetPixelType() == itk::ImageIOBase::RGB )
       {
         switch ( io->GetComponentType() )
         {
           switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::UCHAR, itk::RGBPixel<unsigned char>)
               switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::CHAR, itk::RGBPixel<char>) switch3DnTCase(
                 DcmIoType::USHORT, itk::RGBPixel<unsigned short>) switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::SHORT,
                                                                                  itk::RGBPixel<short>)
                 switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::UINT, itk::RGBPixel<unsigned int>) switch3DnTCase(
                   DcmIoType::INT, itk::RGBPixel<int>) switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::ULONG,
                                                                      itk::RGBPixel<long unsigned int>)
                   switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::LONG, itk::RGBPixel<long int>) switch3DnTCase(
                     DcmIoType::FLOAT, itk::RGBPixel<float>) switch3DnTCase(DcmIoType::DOUBLE,
                                                                            itk::RGBPixel<double>) default
             : MITK_ERROR
               << "Found unsupported DICOM scalar pixel type: (enum value) "
               << io->GetComponentType();
         }
       }
 
       MITK_ERROR << "Unsupported DICOM pixel type";
       return nullptr;
     }
   }
   catch ( const itk::MemoryAllocationError& e )
   {
     MITK_ERROR << "Out of memory. Cannot load DICOM series: " << e.what();
   }
   catch ( const std::exception& e )
   {
     MITK_ERROR << "Error encountered when loading DICOM series:" << e.what();
   }
   catch ( ... )
   {
     MITK_ERROR << "Unspecified error encountered when loading DICOM series.";
   }
 
   return nullptr;
 }
 
 bool ConvertDICOMDateTimeString( const std::string& dateString,
                                  const std::string& timeString,
                                  OFDateTime& time )
 {
   OFString content( timeString.c_str() );
 
   if ( !dateString.empty() )
   {
     content = OFString( dateString.c_str() ).append( content );
   }
   else
   {
     // This is a workaround for DICOM data that has an AquisitionTime but no AquisitionDate.
     // In this case, we use the current date. That's not really nice, but is absolutely OK
     // as we're only interested in the time anyways...
     OFString currentDate;
     DcmDate::getCurrentDate( currentDate );
     content = currentDate.append( content );
   }
 
   const OFCondition result = DcmDateTime::getOFDateTimeFromString( content, time );
 
   return result.good();
 }
 
 boost::posix_time::ptime ConvertOFDateTimeToPTime( const OFDateTime& time )
 {
   const boost::gregorian::date boostDate(
     time.getDate().getYear(), time.getDate().getMonth(), time.getDate().getDay() );
 
   const boost::posix_time::time_duration boostTime =
     boost::posix_time::hours( time.getTime().getHour() )
     + boost::posix_time::minutes( time.getTime().getMinute() )
     + boost::posix_time::seconds( time.getTime().getSecond() )
     + boost::posix_time::milliseconds( time.getTime().getMilliSecond() );
 
   boost::posix_time::ptime result( boostDate, boostTime );
 
   return result;
 }
 
 OFDateTime GetLowerDateTime( const OFDateTime& time1, const OFDateTime& time2 )
 {
   OFDateTime result = time1;
 
   if ( ( time2.getDate() < time1.getDate() )
        || ( ( time2.getDate() == time1.getDate() ) && ( time2.getTime() < time1.getTime() ) ) )
   {
     result = time2;
   }
 
   return result;
 }
 
 OFDateTime GetUpperDateTime( const OFDateTime& time1, const OFDateTime& time2 )
 {
   OFDateTime result = time1;
 
   if ( ( time2.getDate() > time1.getDate() )
        || ( ( time2.getDate() == time1.getDate() ) && ( time2.getTime() > time1.getTime() ) ) )
   {
     result = time2;
   }
 
   return result;
 }
 
 double ComputeMiliSecDuration( const OFDateTime& start, const OFDateTime& stop )
 {
   const boost::posix_time::ptime startTime = ConvertOFDateTimeToPTime( start );
   const boost::posix_time::ptime stopTime  = ConvertOFDateTimeToPTime( stop );
 
   ::boost::posix_time::time_duration duration = stopTime - startTime;
 
   return duration.total_milliseconds();
 }
 
 bool mitk::ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::ExtractDateTimeBoundsOfTimeStep(
   const StringContainer& filenamesOfTimeStep, DateTimeBounds& bounds )
 {
   DICOMGDCMTagScanner::Pointer filescanner = DICOMGDCMTagScanner::New();
   filescanner->SetInputFiles( filenamesOfTimeStep );
   filescanner->AddTag( AcquisitionDateTag );
   filescanner->AddTag( AcquisitionTimeTag );
   filescanner->Scan();
 
   const DICOMGDCMImageFrameList frameList = filescanner->GetFrameInfoList();
 
   bool result = false;
   bool first  = true;
 
   for ( auto pos = frameList.cbegin(); pos != frameList.cend(); ++pos )
   {
-    const std::string dateStr = ( *pos )->GetTagValueAsString( AcquisitionDateTag );
-    const std::string timeStr = ( *pos )->GetTagValueAsString( AcquisitionTimeTag );
+    const std::string dateStr = ( *pos )->GetTagValueAsString( AcquisitionDateTag ).value;
+    const std::string timeStr = ( *pos )->GetTagValueAsString( AcquisitionTimeTag ).value;
 
     OFDateTime time;
     const bool convertResult = ConvertDICOMDateTimeString( dateStr, timeStr, time );
 
     if ( convertResult )
     {
       if ( first )
       {
         bounds[0] = time;
         bounds[1] = time;
         first     = false;
       }
       else
       {
         bounds[0] = GetLowerDateTime( bounds[0], time );
         bounds[1] = GetUpperDateTime( bounds[1], time );
       }
       result = true;
     }
   }
 
   return result;
 };
 
 bool mitk::ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::ExtractDateTimeBoundsOfTimeStep(
   const StringContainer& filenamesOfTimeStep, TimeBounds& bounds, const OFDateTime& baselineDateTime )
 {
   DICOMGDCMTagScanner::Pointer filescanner = DICOMGDCMTagScanner::New();
   filescanner->SetInputFiles( filenamesOfTimeStep );
   filescanner->AddTag( AcquisitionDateTag );
   filescanner->AddTag( AcquisitionTimeTag );
   filescanner->AddTag( TriggerTimeTag );
   filescanner->Scan();
 
   const DICOMGDCMImageFrameList frameList = filescanner->GetFrameInfoList();
 
   bool result = false;
   bool firstAq  = true;
   bool firstTr  = true;
 
   DateTimeBounds aqDTBounds;
   TimeBounds triggerDTBounds;
 
 
   for ( DICOMGDCMImageFrameList::const_iterator pos = frameList.cbegin(); pos != frameList.cend(); ++pos )
   {
-    const std::string aqDateStr = ( *pos )->GetTagValueAsString( AcquisitionDateTag );
-    const std::string aqTimeStr = ( *pos )->GetTagValueAsString( AcquisitionTimeTag );
-    const std::string triggerTimeStr = ( *pos )->GetTagValueAsString( TriggerTimeTag );
+    const std::string aqDateStr = ( *pos )->GetTagValueAsString( AcquisitionDateTag ).value;
+    const std::string aqTimeStr = ( *pos )->GetTagValueAsString( AcquisitionTimeTag ).value;
+    const std::string triggerTimeStr = ( *pos )->GetTagValueAsString( TriggerTimeTag ).value;
 
     OFDateTime aqDateTime;
     const bool convertAqResult = ConvertDICOMDateTimeString( aqDateStr, aqTimeStr, aqDateTime );
 
     OFBool convertTriggerResult;
     mitk::ScalarType triggerTime = OFStandard::atof( triggerTimeStr.c_str(), &convertTriggerResult );
 
     if ( convertAqResult )
     {
       if ( firstAq )
       {
         aqDTBounds[0] = aqDateTime;
         aqDTBounds[1] = aqDateTime;
         firstAq     = false;
       }
       else
       {
         aqDTBounds[0] = GetLowerDateTime( aqDTBounds[0], aqDateTime );
         aqDTBounds[1] = GetUpperDateTime( aqDTBounds[1], aqDateTime );
       }
       result = true;
     }
 
     if ( convertTriggerResult )
     {
       if ( firstTr )
       {
         triggerDTBounds[0] = triggerTime;
         triggerDTBounds[1] = triggerTime;
         firstTr     = false;
       }
       else
       {
         triggerDTBounds[0] = std::min( triggerDTBounds[0], triggerTime );
         triggerDTBounds[1] = std::max( triggerDTBounds[1], triggerTime );
       }
       result = true;
     }
   }
 
   mitk::ScalarType lowerBound = ComputeMiliSecDuration( baselineDateTime, aqDTBounds[0] );
   mitk::ScalarType upperBound = ComputeMiliSecDuration( baselineDateTime, aqDTBounds[1] );
   if ( lowerBound < mitk::eps || upperBound < mitk::eps )
   {
     lowerBound = triggerDTBounds[0];
     upperBound = triggerDTBounds[1];
   }
 
   bounds[0] = lowerBound;
   bounds[1] = upperBound;
 
   return result;
 };
 
 mitk::ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::TimeBoundsList
   mitk::ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::ExtractTimeBoundsOfTimeSteps(
     const StringContainerList& filenamesOfTimeSteps )
 {
   TimeBoundsList result;
 
   OFDateTime baseLine;
   bool baseLineSet = false;
 
   // extract the timebounds
   DateTimeBounds baselineDateTimeBounds;
   StringContainerList::const_iterator pos = filenamesOfTimeSteps.cbegin();
   ExtractDateTimeBoundsOfTimeStep( *pos, baselineDateTimeBounds );
   baseLine = baselineDateTimeBounds[0];
   baseLineSet = true;
 
   // timebounds for baseline is 0
   TimeBounds bounds( 0.0 );
   result.push_back( bounds );
 
 
   // iterate over the remaining timesteps
   for ( ++pos;
         pos != filenamesOfTimeSteps.cend();
         ++pos )
   {
     TimeBounds bounds( 0.0 );
     TimeBounds dateTimeBounds;
 
     // extract the timebounds relative to the baseline
     if ( ExtractDateTimeBoundsOfTimeStep( *pos, dateTimeBounds, baseLine ) )
     {
 
       bounds[0] = dateTimeBounds[0];
       bounds[1] = dateTimeBounds[1];
     }
 
     result.push_back( bounds );
   }
 
   return result;
 };
 
 mitk::TimeGeometry::Pointer
   mitk::ITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper::GenerateTimeGeometry( const BaseGeometry* templateGeometry,
                                                           const TimeBoundsList& boundsList )
 {
   TimeGeometry::Pointer timeGeometry;
 
   double check = 0.0;
   const auto boundListSize = boundsList.size();
   for ( auto pos = 0; pos < boundListSize; ++pos )
   {
     check += boundsList[pos][0];
     check += boundsList[pos][1];
   }
 
   if ( check < mitk::eps )
   { // if all bounds are zero we assume that the bounds could not be correctly determined
     // and as a fallback generate a time geometry in the old mitk style
     ProportionalTimeGeometry::Pointer newTimeGeometry = ProportionalTimeGeometry::New();
     newTimeGeometry->Initialize( templateGeometry, boundListSize );
     timeGeometry = newTimeGeometry.GetPointer();
   }
   else
   {
     ArbitraryTimeGeometry::Pointer newTimeGeometry = ArbitraryTimeGeometry::New();
     newTimeGeometry->ClearAllGeometries();
     newTimeGeometry->ReserveSpaceForGeometries( boundListSize );
 
     for ( auto pos = 0; pos < boundListSize; ++pos )
     {
       TimeBounds bounds = boundsList[pos];
       if ( pos + 1 < boundListSize )
       {
         bounds[1] = boundsList[pos + 1][0];
       }
 
       newTimeGeometry->AppendTimeStepClone( templateGeometry, bounds[1], bounds[0] );
     }
     timeGeometry = newTimeGeometry.GetPointer();
   }
 
   return timeGeometry;
 };