diff --git a/parser/src/dataset/read.rs b/parser/src/dataset/read.rs
index 5805702a..22b72b41 100644
--- a/parser/src/dataset/read.rs
+++ b/parser/src/dataset/read.rs
@@ -377,7 +377,12 @@ where
                 Err(DecoderError::DecodeItemHeader {
                     source: dicom_encoding::decode::Error::ReadItemHeader { source, .. },
                     ..
-                }) if source.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => {
+                }) if source.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof
+                   && self.seq_delimiters.pop().map_or(false, |t| t.pixel_data)
+                 => {
+                    // Note: if `UnexpectedEof` was reached while inside a 
+                    // PixelData Sequence, then we assume that
+                    // the end of a DICOM object was reached gracefully.
                     self.hard_break = true;
                     None
                 }