void mitk::PicFileReader::GenerateData()
{
    Image::Pointer output = this->GetOutput();

    // Check to see if we can read the file given the name or prefix
    //
    if ( m_FileName == "" && m_FilePrefix == "" )
    {
        throw itk::ImageFileReaderException(__FILE__, __LINE__, "One of FileName or FilePrefix must be non-empty");
    }

    if( m_FileName != "")
    {
        mitkIpPicDescriptor* pic=MITKipPicGet(const_cast<char *>(m_FileName.c_str()), output->GetPic());
        // comes upside-down (in MITK coordinates) from PIC file
        ConvertHandedness(pic);

        mitkIpPicTSV_t *tsv;
        if ( (tsv = mitkIpPicQueryTag( pic, "SOURCE HEADER" )) != NULL)
        {
          if(tsv->n[0]>1e+06)
          {
            mitkIpPicTSV_t *tsvSH;
            tsvSH = mitkIpPicDelTag( pic, "SOURCE HEADER" );
            mitkIpPicFreeTag(tsvSH);
          }
        }
        if ( (tsv = mitkIpPicQueryTag( pic, "ICON80x80" )) != NULL)
        {
          mitkIpPicTSV_t *tsvSH;
          tsvSH = mitkIpPicDelTag( pic, "ICON80x80" );
          mitkIpPicFreeTag(tsvSH);
        }
        if ( (tsv = mitkIpPicQueryTag( pic, "VELOCITY" )) != NULL)
        {
          mitkIpPicDescriptor* header = mitkIpPicCopyHeader(pic, NULL);
          header->data = tsv->value;
          ConvertHandedness(header);
          output->SetChannel(header->data, 1);
          header->data = NULL;
          mitkIpPicFree(header);
          mitkIpPicDelTag( pic, "VELOCITY" );
        }

        //slice-wise reading
        //currently much too slow.
        //else
        //{
        //  int sstart, smax;
        //  int tstart, tmax;

        //  sstart=output->GetRequestedRegion().GetIndex(2);
        //  smax=sstart+output->GetRequestedRegion().GetSize(2);

        //  tstart=output->GetRequestedRegion().GetIndex(3);
        //  tmax=tstart+output->GetRequestedRegion().GetSize(3);

        //  int s,t;
        //  for(s=sstart; s<smax; ++s)
        //  {
        //    for(t=tstart; t<tmax; ++t)
        //    {
        //      mitkIpPicDescriptor* pic=mitkIpPicGetSlice(const_cast<char *>(m_FileName.c_str()), NULL, t*smax+s+1);
        //      output->SetPicSlice(pic,s,t);
        //    }
        //  }
        //}
    }
    else
    {
        int position;
        mitkIpPicDescriptor*  pic=NULL;

        int zDim=(output->GetDimension()>2?output->GetDimensions()[2]:1);
        printf("\n zdim is %u \n",zDim);

        for (position = 0; position < zDim; ++position) 
        {
            char fullName[1024];

            sprintf(fullName, m_FilePattern.c_str(), m_FilePrefix.c_str(), m_StartFileIndex+position);

            pic=MITKipPicGet(fullName, pic);
            if(pic==NULL)
            {
                itkDebugMacro("Pic file '" << fullName << "' does not exist."); 
            }
            else
            if(output->SetPicSlice(pic, position)==false)
            {
                itkDebugMacro("Image '" << fullName << "' could not be added to Image."); 
            }
       }
       if(pic!=NULL)
         mitkIpPicFree(pic);
    }
}