diff --git a/src/src/base/DICOMDirectoryHelper.cpp b/src/src/base/DICOMDirectoryHelper.cpp
index 86a9060..220f537 100644
--- a/src/src/base/DICOMDirectoryHelper.cpp
+++ b/src/src/base/DICOMDirectoryHelper.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,15 @@ void DICOMDirectoryHelper::getFileProperty(const std::string &path, DICOMFileMap
             dataset->findAndGetFloat64(DcmTagKey(0x0028, 0x0030), Spacing[1], 1);
             seriesProperty->SetSpacing(Spacing);
 
+            double orientation[6] = {.0, .0, .0, .0, .0, .0};
+            dataset->findAndGetFloat64(DcmTagKey(0x0020, 0x0037), orientation[0], 0);
+            dataset->findAndGetFloat64(DcmTagKey(0x0020, 0x0037), orientation[1], 1);
+            dataset->findAndGetFloat64(DcmTagKey(0x0020, 0x0037), orientation[2], 2);
+            dataset->findAndGetFloat64(DcmTagKey(0x0020, 0x0037), orientation[3], 3);
+            dataset->findAndGetFloat64(DcmTagKey(0x0020, 0x0037), orientation[4], 4);
+            dataset->findAndGetFloat64(DcmTagKey(0x0020, 0x0037), orientation[5], 5);
+            seriesProperty->SetDirectionCosine(orientation);
+
             unsigned short SamplePerPixel = 0;
             dataset->findAndGetUint16(DcmTagKey(0x0028, 0x0002), SamplePerPixel);
             seriesProperty->SetSamplePerPixel(SamplePerPixel);