bool itkDataTensorImageWriterBase::write(const QString& path, PixelType dummyArgument)
{
    typedef typename itk::Vector<PixelType, 6>     VectorType;
    typedef typename itk::Image<VectorType, 3>     VectorImageType;
    typedef typename itk::Tensor<PixelType, 3>     TensorType;
    typedef typename itk::Image<TensorType, 3>     TensorImageType;

    typedef typename VectorImageType::Pointer VectorImageTypePointer;
    VectorImageTypePointer myTensorImage = VectorImageType::New();

    typedef typename TensorImageType::Pointer TensorImageTypePointer;
    TensorImageTypePointer image = dynamic_cast< TensorImageType* >( (itk::Object*)(this->data()->output()) );

    typedef typename TensorImageType::RegionType TensorImageTypeRegionType;
    TensorImageTypeRegionType region = image->GetLargestPossibleRegion();

    myTensorImage->SetRegions (region);
    myTensorImage->SetSpacing (image->GetSpacing());
    myTensorImage->SetOrigin (image->GetOrigin());
    myTensorImage->SetDirection (image->GetDirection());
    try {
        myTensorImage->Allocate();
    }
    catch (itk::ExceptionObject &e) {
        std::cerr << e;
        throw itk::ExceptionObject (__FILE__,__LINE__,"Error during memory allocation.");
    }

    typedef itk::ImageRegionConstIterator<TensorImageType> IteratorType;
    IteratorType it (image, image->GetLargestPossibleRegion());

    itk::ImageRegionIteratorWithIndex<VectorImageType> itOut(myTensorImage, myTensorImage->GetLargestPossibleRegion());

    while( !it.IsAtEnd() )
    {
        TensorType tensor = it.Get();
        VectorType vec;

        for( unsigned int i=0; i<6; i++) {
            vec[i] = static_cast<float>(tensor[i]);
        }
        itOut.Set (vec);

        ++it;
        ++itOut;
    }

    typedef typename itk::ImageFileWriter<VectorImageType>::Pointer ImageFileWriterPointer;
    ImageFileWriterPointer myWriter = itk::ImageFileWriter<VectorImageType>::New();
    myWriter->SetFileName(path.toAscii().constData());
    myWriter->SetInput(myTensorImage);
    try {
        myWriter->Write();
    }
    catch(itk::ExceptionObject &e) {
        qDebug() << e.GetDescription();
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}