void NrrdQBallImageReader
    ::GenerateData()
  {
    if ( m_FileName == "")
    {
      throw itk::ImageFileReaderException(__FILE__, __LINE__, "Sorry, the filename of the vessel tree to be read is empty!");
    }
    else
    {
      try
      {
        const std::string& locale = "C";
        const std::string& currLocale = setlocale( LC_ALL, NULL );

        if ( locale.compare(currLocale)!=0 )
        {
          try
          {
            setlocale(LC_ALL, locale.c_str());
          }
          catch(...)
          {
            MITK_INFO << "Could not set locale " << locale;
          }
        }

        typedef itk::VectorImage<float,3> ImageType;
        itk::NrrdImageIO::Pointer io = itk::NrrdImageIO::New();
        typedef itk::ImageFileReader<ImageType> FileReaderType;
        FileReaderType::Pointer reader = FileReaderType::New();
        reader->SetImageIO(io);
        reader->SetFileName(this->m_FileName);
        reader->Update();
        ImageType::Pointer img = reader->GetOutput();

        typedef itk::Image<itk::Vector<float,QBALL_ODFSIZE>,3> VecImgType;
        VecImgType::Pointer vecImg = VecImgType::New();
        vecImg->SetSpacing( img->GetSpacing() );   // Set the image spacing
        vecImg->SetOrigin( img->GetOrigin() );     // Set the image origin
        vecImg->SetDirection( img->GetDirection() );  // Set the image direction
        vecImg->SetLargestPossibleRegion( img->GetLargestPossibleRegion());
        vecImg->SetBufferedRegion( img->GetLargestPossibleRegion() );
        vecImg->Allocate();

        itk::ImageRegionIterator<VecImgType> ot (vecImg, vecImg->GetLargestPossibleRegion() );
        ot = ot.Begin();

        itk::ImageRegionIterator<ImageType> it (img, img->GetLargestPossibleRegion() );

        typedef ImageType::PixelType  VarPixType;
        typedef VecImgType::PixelType FixPixType;

        for (it = it.Begin(); !it.IsAtEnd(); ++it)
        {
          VarPixType vec = it.Get();
          FixPixType fixVec(vec.GetDataPointer());
          ot.Set(fixVec);
          ++ot;
        }

        this->GetOutput()->InitializeByItk(vecImg.GetPointer());
        this->GetOutput()->SetVolume(vecImg->GetBufferPointer());

        try
        {
          setlocale(LC_ALL, currLocale.c_str());
        }
        catch(...)
        {
          MITK_INFO << "Could not reset locale " << currLocale;
        }
      }
      catch(std::exception& e)
      {
        throw itk::ImageFileReaderException(__FILE__, __LINE__, e.what());
      }
      catch(...)
      {
        throw itk::ImageFileReaderException(__FILE__, __LINE__, "Sorry, an error occurred while reading the requested vessel tree file!");
      }
    }
  }