diff --git a/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/test/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/test/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MITK_CREATE_MODULE_TESTS()
diff --git a/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/test/files.cmake b/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/test/files.cmake
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+++ b/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/test/files.cmake
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+set(MODULE_TESTS
+  mitkPhotoacousticMotionCorrectionFilterTest.cpp
+  )
+
+set(RESOURCE_FILES
+
+  )
diff --git a/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/test/mitkPhotoacousticMotionCorrectionFilterTest.cpp b/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/test/mitkPhotoacousticMotionCorrectionFilterTest.cpp
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+++ b/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/test/mitkPhotoacousticMotionCorrectionFilterTest.cpp
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+/*===================================================================
+
+  The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+  Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+  Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+  All rights reserved.
+
+  This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+  even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+  A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+  See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+  ===================================================================*/
+
+#include <mitkTestFixture.h>
+#include <mitkTestingMacros.h>
+
+#include <mitkPhotoacousticMotionCorrectionFilter.h>
+
+class mitkPhotoacousticMotionCorrectionFilterTestSuite : public mitk::TestFixture
+{
+  CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(mitkPhotoacousticMotionCorrectionFilterTestSuite);
+  MITK_TEST(testSomething);
+  CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
+
+private:
+  mitk::PhotoacousticMotionCorrectionFilter::Pointer filter;
+  mitk::Image::Pointer image;
+
+public:
+  void setUp() override {
+    // get the filter I need
+    filter = mitk::PhotoacousticMotionCorrectionFilter::New();
+    // get a 3d mitk image
+    image = mitk::Image::New();
+    unsigned int * dimensions = new unsigned int[3] {2, 2, 2,};
+    mitk::PixelType pt = mitk::MakeScalarPixelType<float>();
+    image->Initialize(pt, 3, dimensions);
+    delete[] dimensions;
+    double * data = new double[8];
+    image->SetVolume(data);
+    delete[] data;
+  }
+
+  void tearDown() override {
+  }
+
+  void testSomething() {
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(true);
+  }
+
+  void testSettingFirstInput() {
+    
+  }
+};
+
+MITK_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(mitkPhotoacousticMotionCorrectionFilter)