Index: Code/IO/itkImageIOBase.cxx
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RCS file: /cvsroot/Insight/Insight/Code/IO/itkImageIOBase.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.89
diff -u -r1.89 itkImageIOBase.cxx
--- Code/IO/itkImageIOBase.cxx	24 Feb 2010 14:40:36 -0000	1.89
+++ Code/IO/itkImageIOBase.cxx	18 May 2010 22:46:59 -0000
@@ -348,6 +348,13 @@
     This->SetComponentType(ntype);
     return true;
     }
+  else if ( ptype == typeid(SymmetricSecondRankTensor<T,2>) )
+    {
+    This->SetNumberOfComponents(3);
+    This->SetPixelType(ImageIOBase::SYMMETRICSECONDRANKTENSOR);
+    This->SetComponentType(ntype);
+    return true;
+    }
   else if ( ptype == typeid(SymmetricSecondRankTensor<T,3>) )
     {
     This->SetNumberOfComponents(6);