+std::ostream& binary_write(std::ostream& os, const uint16_t& val)
+{
+#ifdef GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+ uint16_t swap;
+ swap = ((( val << 8 ) & 0x0ff00 ) | (( val >> 8 ) & 0x00ff ) );
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&swap), 2);
+#else
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&val), 2);
+#endif //GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+}
+
+std::ostream& binary_write(std::ostream& os, const uint32_t& val)
+{
+#ifdef GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+ uint32_t swap;
+ swap = ( ((val<<24) & 0xff000000) | ((val<<8) & 0x00ff0000) |
+ ((val>>8) & 0x0000ff00) | ((val>>24) & 0x000000ff) );
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&swap), 4);
+#else
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&val), 4);
+#endif //GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+}