diff --git a/heudiconv/convert.py b/heudiconv/convert.py
index 69aada89..9bc6e0b7 100644
--- a/heudiconv/convert.py
+++ b/heudiconv/convert.py
@@ -979,10 +979,10 @@ def save_converted_files(
         is_uncombined = (
             len(set(filter(bool, channel_names))) > 1
         )  # Check for uncombined data
-        PARTS = ["M", "P", "IMAGINARY", "REAL"]
-        is_complex = (
-            len(set(filter(lambda x: [part in x for part in PARTS], image_types))) > 1
-        )  # Determine if data are complex (magnitude + phase)
+        CPLX_PARTS = ["MAGNITUDE", "PHASE", "IMAGINARY", "REAL"]
+        is_complex = len(set([
+            it for its in image_types for part in CPLX_PARTS if 'part'
+        ])) # Determine if data are complex (magnitude + phase or real + imag or all-4)
         echo_times_lst = sorted(echo_times)  # also converts to list
         channel_names_lst = sorted(channel_names)  # also converts to list
 
diff --git a/heudiconv/dicoms.py b/heudiconv/dicoms.py
index 2c3d8029..627fd92f 100644
--- a/heudiconv/dicoms.py
+++ b/heudiconv/dicoms.py
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ def create_seqinfo(
     else:
         sequence_name = ""
 
+    # GE data
+    # see https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix/tree/master/GE#complex-image-component
+    if dcminfo.get([0x43, 0x102F]):
+        GE_CPLX_CODING = ["PHASE", "MAGNITUDE", "REAL", "IMAGINARY"]
+        cplx_idx = int(dcminfo.get([0x43, 0x102F]).value)
+        part = GE_CPLX_CODING[cplx_idx]
+        if part not in image_type:
+            image_type = image_type + (part,)
+
     # initialized in `group_dicoms_to_seqinfos`
     global total_files
     total_files += len(series_files)