public void setupSizedImages(
      HttpServletRequest request, String sizedImages, MasterImageMetaData mimd) {
    Collection<SizedImageMetaData> simds = mimd.getSizedImages().values();

    UserSessionData usd = getUserSessionData(request);
    if (!StringUtils.isBlank(sizedImages)) {
      log.debug("setupSizedImages: Handling the sized images...");
      // Images have been selected and we didn't have any images stored previously
      String[] sizedImagesArray = sizedImages.split(",");
      log.debug(
          "setupSizedImages: the bean has " + sizedImagesArray.length + " sized image(s) selected");

      if (simds.size() == 0) {
        log.debug("setupSizedImages: no simds were previously defined");
        for (int x = 1; x <= sizedImagesArray.length; x++) {
          SizedImageMetaData simd = new SizedImageMetaData();
          ImageSizeDefinition isd = imageSizeDefMgr.getImageSize(sizedImagesArray[x - 1]);
          simd.setSizeDefinition(isd);
          mimd.addSizedImage(simd);
          log.debug("setupSizedImages: adding new image size " + isd.getLabel());
          usd.setDirty(true);
        }

      } else
      // Images have been selected and there were others stored previously
      {
        log.debug("setupSizedImages: simds have been previously defined");

        Map<String, SizedImageMetaData> previousSimds = mimd.getSizedImages();
        Map<String, SizedImageMetaData> newSimds = new HashMap<String, SizedImageMetaData>();

        for (int x = 0; x < sizedImagesArray.length; x++) {
          SizedImageMetaData simd = null;

          String key = sizedImagesArray[x];
          if (previousSimds.containsKey(key)) {
            simd = previousSimds.get(key);
            log.debug(
                "setupSizedImages: Image of type ["
                    + key
                    + "] previously chosen, re-using existing one");
            previousSimds.remove(key);
          } else {
            simd = new SizedImageMetaData();
            ImageSizeDefinition isd = imageSizeDefMgr.getImageSize(key);
            simd.setSizeDefinition(isd);
            log.debug(
                "setupSizedImages: Image of type ["
                    + key
                    + "] not previously chosen, created a new one");
            usd.setDirty(true);
          }
          newSimds.put(simd.getSizeDefinition().getCode(), simd);
        }
        mimd.setSizedImages(newSimds);
        if (previousSimds.size() > 0) { // some SIMDs were "left over", something has changed.
          usd.setDirty(true);
        }
      }

      log.debug("setupSizedImages: Sized Images in MIMD: " + mimd.getSizedImages().size());
    } else {
      if (simds.size() > 0) {
        log.debug(
            "setupSizedImages: There were sized images selected, but none have been selected now, so clearing out sized images");
        mimd.setSizedImages(new LinkedHashMap<String, SizedImageMetaData>());
        usd.setDirty(true);
      }
    }
  }