diff --git a/io/loader.js b/io/loader.js
index fcae4cb3..6e4e35d8 100644
--- a/io/loader.js
+++ b/io/loader.js
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ X.loader.prototype.parse = function(request, container, object) {
     // call the parse function and pass in the container, the object and the
     // data stream and some additional value
     _parser.parse(container, object, _data, flags);
+    container._filedata = null;
 
   }.bind(this), 100);
 
diff --git a/io/parser.js b/io/parser.js
index a6c6c45f..27b42b97 100644
--- a/io/parser.js
+++ b/io/parser.js
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ X.parser.createIJKVolume = function(_data, _dims, _max, _min){
   // initiate variables
   // allocate images
   var _image = new Array(_dims[2]);
-  var _imageN = new Array(_dims[2]);
   var _nb_pix_per_slice = _dims[1] * _dims[0];
   var _pix_value = 0;
   var _i = 0;
@@ -477,17 +476,14 @@ X.parser.createIJKVolume = function(_data, _dims, _max, _min){
     _data_pointer = 0;
 
     // allocate images
-    _imageN[_k] = new Array(_dims[1]);
     _image[_k] = new Array(_dims[1]);
 
     for (_j = 0; _j < _dims[1]; _j++) {
 
       // allocate images
-      _imageN[_k][_j] = new _data.constructor(_dims[0]);
       _image[_k][_j] = new _data.constructor(_dims[0]);
       for (_i = 0; _i < _dims[0]; _i++) {
         _pix_value = _current_k[_data_pointer];
-        _imageN[_k][_j][_i] = 255 * ((_pix_value - _min) / (_max - _min));
         _image[_k][_j][_i] = _pix_value;
         _data_pointer++;
 
@@ -495,7 +491,7 @@ X.parser.createIJKVolume = function(_data, _dims, _max, _min){
     }
   }
 
-  return [_image, _imageN];
+  return _image;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1144,11 +1140,8 @@ X.parser.prototype.reslice = function(object) {
   // Step 1: create 2 IJK volumes
   // 1 full res, 1 normalized [0-255]
   
-  var _IJKVolumes = X.parser.createIJKVolume(object._data, object._dimensions, object._max, object._min);
   // real volume
-  object._IJKVolume = _IJKVolumes[0];
-  // normalized volume
-  object._IJKVolumeN = _IJKVolumes[1];
+  object._IJKVolume = X.parser.createIJKVolume(object._data, object._dimensions, object._max, object._min);
   X.TIMER(this._classname + '.reslice');
 
   // ------------------------------------------
diff --git a/io/parserIMAGEJS.js b/io/parserIMAGEJS.js
index f0f61819..355b12eb 100644
--- a/io/parserIMAGEJS.js
+++ b/io/parserIMAGEJS.js
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ X.parserIMAGEJS.prototype.parse = function (container, object, data, flag) {
 
     }
 
+    imageSeriesPushed = null;
+
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // At this point:
     // -> slices are ordered by series
@@ -556,13 +558,25 @@ X.parserIMAGEJS.prototype.parse = function (container, object, data, flag) {
     volumeAttributes.RASOrigin = [_rasBB[0], _rasBB[2], _rasBB[4]];
 
 
-    X.dicomUtils.initColorTableFromLUT(data.image, object.colortable, X.dicomUtils.calculateLookupTable(data.image));
+    var centerImage = object.slices[Math.ceil(object.slices.length / 2)].ref_image;
+    X.dicomUtils.initColorTableFromLUT(centerImage, object.colortable, X.dicomUtils.calculateLookupTable(centerImage));
 
     // create the volume object
     object.create_(volumeAttributes);
 
+    for(var i = 0; i < object.slices.length; i++){
+        delete object.slices[i]['ref_image'];
+        delete object.slices[i]['data'];
+    }
+    delete object['slices'];
+    volumeAttributes = null;
+    first_image = null;
+    first_image_data = null;
+    series = null;
+
     // re-slice the data in SAGITTAL, CORONAL and AXIAL directions
     object._image = this.reslice(object);
+    object._data = null;
 
   }
 
@@ -587,7 +601,7 @@ X.parserIMAGEJS.prototype.parse = function (container, object, data, flag) {
  */
 X.parserIMAGEJS.prototype.parseStream = function (data, object) {
   // attach the given data
-  this._data = data;
+  //object._data = data;
 
   var image = data.image;
   var pixelData = data.pixelData;
@@ -654,6 +668,7 @@ X.parserIMAGEJS.prototype.parseStream = function (data, object) {
   }
 
   slice['data'] = _data;
+  slice['ref_image'] = data.image;
 
   object.slices.push(slice);