diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/classicreader.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/classicreader.xml
index 2765df8827..7ed3332f6a 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/classicreader.xml
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/classicreader.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
 <DICOMFileReader
   label="2013 default sorting"
   description="Sort images by Image Position, then by Acquisition Number, Acq. Time, Trigger time, group tilted images"
   class="ClassicDICOMSeriesReader"
-  version="1"
+  version="2"
   group3DnT="false"
   fixTiltByShearing="true"
   >
 </DICOMFileReader>
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imageposition.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imageposition.xml
index 2f12235624..c00d4cd8e2 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imageposition.xml
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imageposition.xml
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
 <DICOMFileReader
   label="Image Position"
   description="Sort images by Image Position (Patient)"
   class="DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader"
-  version="1"
+  version="2"
   fixTiltByShearing="true">
 <DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter" strictSorting="false" expectDistanceOne="false">
   <Distinguishing>
    <Tag name="SeriesInstanceUID" group="0020" element="000e"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesDescription" group="0008" element="103e"/>
    <Tag name="ProtocolName" group="0018" element="1030"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesNumber" group="0020" element="0011"/>
    <Tag name="Modality" group="0x0008" element="0x0060"/>
    <Tag name="BodyPartExamined" group="0x0018" element="0x0015"/>
    <Tag name="SequenceName" group="0x0018" element="0x0024"/>
   </Distinguishing>
   <Sorting>
    <ImagePositionPatient/>
    <Tag name="AcquisitionTime" group="0x0008" element="0x0032"/>
    <Tag name="TriggerTime" group="0x0018" element="0x1060"/>
    <Tag name="SOPInstanceUID" group="0x0008" element="0x0018"/>
   </Sorting>
 </DICOMDatasetSorter>
 </DICOMFileReader>
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imageposition_byacquisition.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imageposition_byacquisition.xml
index 0ae9f9995e..54b9f6377a 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imageposition_byacquisition.xml
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imageposition_byacquisition.xml
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
 <DICOMFileReader
   label="Image Position by Acquisition"
   description="Group images by Acquistion, then sort groups by Image Position (Patient)"
   class="DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader"
-  version="1"
+  version="2"
   fixTiltByShearing="true">
 <DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter" strictSorting="false" expectDistanceOne="false">
   <Distinguishing>
    <Tag name="SeriesInstanceUID" group="0020" element="000e"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesDescription" group="0008" element="103e"/>
    <Tag name="ProtocolName" group="0018" element="1030"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesNumber" group="0020" element="0011"/>
    <Tag name="AcquisitionNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0012"/>
    <Tag name="Modality" group="0x0008" element="0x0060"/>
    <Tag name="BodyPartExamined" group="0x0018" element="0x0015"/>
    <Tag name="SequenceName" group="0x0018" element="0x0024"/>
   </Distinguishing>
   <Sorting>
    <ImagePositionPatient/>
    <Tag name="AcquisitionTime" group="0x0008" element="0x0032"/>
    <Tag name="TriggerTime" group="0x0018" element="0x1060"/>
    <Tag name="SOPInstanceUID" group="0x0008" element="0x0018"/>
   </Sorting>
 </DICOMDatasetSorter>
 </DICOMFileReader>
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imagetime.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imagetime.xml
index ded67081e6..83cdb1c1b0 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imagetime.xml
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/imagetime.xml
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
 <DICOMFileReader
   label="Image Time"
   description="Sort images by Acqusition Time"
   class="DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader"
-  version="1"
+  version="2"
   fixTiltByShearing="true">
-<DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter">
+<DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter" strictSorting="true" expectDistanceOne="true">
   <Distinguishing>
    <Tag name="SeriesInstanceUID" group="0020" element="000e"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesDescription" group="0008" element="103e"/>
    <Tag name="ProtocolName" group="0018" element="1030"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesNumber" group="0020" element="0011"/>
    <Tag name="AcquisitionNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0012"/>
    <Tag name="Modality" group="0x0008" element="0x0060"/>
    <Tag name="BodyPartExamined" group="0x0018" element="0x0015"/>
    <Tag name="SequenceName" group="0x0018" element="0x0024"/>
   </Distinguishing>
   <Sorting>
    <Tag name="AcquisitionTime" group="0x0008" element="0x0032"/>
    <Tag name="SOPInstanceUID" group="0x0008" element="0x0018"/>
   </Sorting>
 </DICOMDatasetSorter>
 </DICOMFileReader>
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/instancenumber.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/instancenumber.xml
index 4734b3bafb..f83b56e3c8 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/instancenumber.xml
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/instancenumber.xml
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
 <DICOMFileReader
   label="Instance Number, consecutive"
   description="Sort images by Instance Number, require equal distances of 1"
   class="DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader"
-  version="1"
+  version="2"
   fixTiltByShearing="true">
 <DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter" strictSorting="true" expectDistanceOne="true">
   <Distinguishing>
    <Tag name="SeriesInstanceUID" group="0020" element="000e"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesDescription" group="0008" element="103e"/>
    <Tag name="ProtocolName" group="0018" element="1030"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesNumber" group="0020" element="0011"/>
    <Tag name="AcquisitionNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0012"/>
    <Tag name="Modality" group="0x0008" element="0x0060"/>
    <Tag name="BodyPartExamined" group="0x0018" element="0x0015"/>
    <Tag name="SequenceName" group="0x0018" element="0x0024"/>
   </Distinguishing>
   <Sorting>
    <Tag name="InstanceNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0013"/>
    <Tag name="SOPInstanceUID" group="0x0008" element="0x0018"/>
   </Sorting>
 </DICOMDatasetSorter>
 </DICOMFileReader>
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/instancenumber_soft.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/instancenumber_soft.xml
index 4e6d50f26f..1c2c660700 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/instancenumber_soft.xml
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/instancenumber_soft.xml
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
 <DICOMFileReader
   label="Instance Number, non-consecutive"
   description="Sort images by Instance Number, do not require consecutive numbers"
   class="DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader"
-  version="1"
+  version="2"
   fixTiltByShearing="true">
 <DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter" strictSorting="false" expectDistanceOne="false">
   <Distinguishing>
    <Tag name="SeriesInstanceUID" group="0020" element="000e"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesDescription" group="0008" element="103e"/>
    <Tag name="ProtocolName" group="0018" element="1030"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesNumber" group="0020" element="0011"/>
    <Tag name="AcquisitionNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0012"/>
    <Tag name="Modality" group="0x0008" element="0x0060"/>
    <Tag name="BodyPartExamined" group="0x0018" element="0x0015"/>
    <Tag name="SequenceName" group="0x0018" element="0x0024"/>
   </Distinguishing>
   <Sorting>
    <Tag name="InstanceNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0013"/>
    <Tag name="SOPInstanceUID" group="0x0008" element="0x0018"/>
   </Sorting>
 </DICOMDatasetSorter>
 </DICOMFileReader>
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/simpleinstancenumber_soft.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/simpleinstancenumber_soft.xml
index 32c6396cfa..79c636e78b 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/simpleinstancenumber_soft.xml
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/simpleinstancenumber_soft.xml
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
 <DICOMFileReader
   label="Instance Number, non-consecutive, simple import"
   description="Sort images by Instance Number, do not require consecutive numbers"
   class="DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader"
-  version="1"
+  version="2"
   fixTiltByShearing="true"
   simpleVolumeImport="true">
 <DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter" strictSorting="false" expectDistanceOne="false">
   <Distinguishing>
    <Tag name="SeriesInstanceUID" group="0020" element="000e"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesDescription" group="0008" element="103e"/>
    <Tag name="ProtocolName" group="0018" element="1030"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesNumber" group="0020" element="0011"/>
    <Tag name="AcquisitionNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0012"/>
    <Tag name="Modality" group="0x0008" element="0x0060"/>
    <Tag name="BodyPartExamined" group="0x0018" element="0x0015"/>
    <Tag name="SequenceName" group="0x0018" element="0x0024"/>
   </Distinguishing>
   <Sorting>
    <Tag name="InstanceNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0013"/>
    <Tag name="SOPInstanceUID" group="0x0008" element="0x0018"/>
   </Sorting>
 </DICOMDatasetSorter>
 </DICOMFileReader>
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/slicelocation.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/slicelocation.xml
index 3949171ad6..967bb5af57 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/slicelocation.xml
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/slicelocation.xml
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
 <DICOMFileReader
   label="Slice Location"
   description="Sort images by Slice Location, require equal distance between locations"
   class="DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader"
-  version="1"
+  version="2"
   fixTiltByShearing="true">
 <DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter" strictSorting="true" expectDistanceOne="false">
   <Distinguishing>
    <Tag name="SeriesInstanceUID" group="0020" element="000e"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesDescription" group="0008" element="103e"/>
    <Tag name="ProtocolName" group="0018" element="1030"/>
    <Tag name="SeriesNumber" group="0020" element="0011"/>
    <Tag name="AcquisitionNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0012"/>
    <Tag name="Modality" group="0x0008" element="0x0060"/>
    <Tag name="BodyPartExamined" group="0x0018" element="0x0015"/>
    <Tag name="SequenceName" group="0x0018" element="0x0024"/>
   </Distinguishing>
   <Sorting>
    <Tag name="SliceLocation" group="0x0020" element="0x1041"/>
    <Tag name="SOPInstanceUID" group="0x0008" element="0x0018"/>
   </Sorting>
 </DICOMDatasetSorter>
 </DICOMFileReader>
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3DnT/imageposition_byacquisition.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3DnT/imageposition_byacquisition.xml
index bff9b2cbc6..1a356abfb1 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3DnT/imageposition_byacquisition.xml
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3DnT/imageposition_byacquisition.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
 <DICOMFileReader
   class="ThreeDnTDICOMSeriesReader"
-  version="1"
+  version="2"
   label="3D+t by AcquisitionNumber"  description="Group as 3D+t by AcquisitionTime, then sort by Image Position (Patient)"
   group3DnT="true"
   fixTiltByShearing="true">
-  <DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter">
+  <DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter" strictSorting="true" expectDistanceOne="true">
     <Distinguishing>
       <Tag name="SeriesInstanceUID" group="0020," element="000e"/>
       <Tag name="AcquisitionTime" group="0x0008," element="0x0032"/>
     </Distinguishing>
     <Sorting>
      <ImagePositionPatient/>
      <Tag name="InstanceNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0013"/>
      <Tag name="SOPInstanceUID" group="0x0008," element="0x0018"/>
     </Sorting>
   </DICOMDatasetSorter>
 </DICOMFileReader>
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diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3DnT/imageposition_bytriggertime.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3DnT/imageposition_bytriggertime.xml
index 0b052ceb8f..f8f636255c 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3DnT/imageposition_bytriggertime.xml
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3DnT/imageposition_bytriggertime.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
 <DICOMFileReader
   class="ThreeDnTDICOMSeriesReader"
-  version="1"
+  version="2"
   label="3D+t by TriggerTime"  description="Group as 3D+t by TriggerTime, then sort by Image Position (Patient)"
   group3DnT="true"
   fixTiltByShearing="true">
-  <DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter">
+  <DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter" strictSorting="true" expectDistanceOne="true">
     <Distinguishing>
       <Tag name="SeriesInstanceUID" group="0020," element="000e"/>
       <Tag name="TriggerTime" group="0x0018," element="0x1060"/>
     </Distinguishing>
     <Sorting>
      <ImagePositionPatient/>
      <Tag name="InstanceNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0013"/>
      <Tag name="SOPInstanceUID" group="0x0008," element="0x0018"/>
     </Sorting>
   </DICOMDatasetSorter>
 </DICOMFileReader>
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