diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkTableModelToStringConverter.cpp b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkTableModelToStringConverter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f276e497bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkTableModelToStringConverter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 "QmitkTableModelToStringConverter.h"
+
+#include <mitkCommon.h>
+
+QmitkTableModelToStringConverter::QmitkTableModelToStringConverter() 
+{
+}
+
+void QmitkTableModelToStringConverter::SetTableModel(QAbstractTableModel* model)
+{
+  m_tableModel = model;
+}
+
+QString QmitkTableModelToStringConverter::GetString() const
+{
+  if (m_tableModel == nullptr) {
+    mitkThrow() << "Cannot convert TableModel to String: TableModel is nullptr";
+  }
+
+  if (m_transposeOutput) {
+    return GetStringTransposed();
+  }
+  else {
+    return GetStringNonTransposed();
+  }
+}
+
+void QmitkTableModelToStringConverter::SetTransposeOutput(bool transposeOutput)
+{
+  m_transposeOutput = transposeOutput;
+}
+
+void QmitkTableModelToStringConverter::SetLineDelimiter(QChar lineDelimiter)
+{
+  m_lineDelimiter = lineDelimiter;
+}
+
+void QmitkTableModelToStringConverter::SetColumnDelimiter(QChar columnDelimiter)
+{
+  m_columnDelimiterWithSpace = columnDelimiter + QString(" ");
+}
+
+void QmitkTableModelToStringConverter::SetIncludeHeaderData(bool includeHeaderData)
+{
+  m_includeHeaderData = includeHeaderData;
+}
+
+QString QmitkTableModelToStringConverter::GetStringTransposed() const
+{
+  QString textData;
+  int rows = m_tableModel->rowCount();
+  int columns = m_tableModel->columnCount();
+
+  if (m_includeHeaderData) {
+    textData += "  ";
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
+      textData += m_columnDelimiterWithSpace;
+      textData += m_tableModel->headerData(i, Qt::Vertical).toString();
+    }
+    textData += m_lineDelimiter;
+  }
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < columns; i++) {
+    if (i > 0) {
+      textData += m_lineDelimiter;
+    }
+    if (m_includeHeaderData) {
+      textData += m_tableModel->headerData(i, Qt::Horizontal).toString() + m_columnDelimiterWithSpace;
+    }
+    for (int j = 0; j < rows; j++) {
+      if (j > 0) {
+        textData += m_columnDelimiterWithSpace;
+      }
+      textData += m_tableModel->data(m_tableModel->index(j, i)).toString();
+      MITK_WARN << i << " " << j;
+    }
+  }
+  return textData;
+}
+
+QString QmitkTableModelToStringConverter::GetStringNonTransposed() const
+{
+  QString textData;
+  int rows = m_tableModel->rowCount();
+  int columns = m_tableModel->columnCount();
+
+  if (m_includeHeaderData) {
+    textData += "  ";
+    for (int i = 0; i < columns; i++) {
+      textData += m_columnDelimiterWithSpace;
+      textData += m_tableModel->headerData(i, Qt::Horizontal).toString();
+    }
+    textData += m_lineDelimiter;
+  }
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
+    if (i > 0) {
+      textData += m_lineDelimiter;
+    }
+    if (m_includeHeaderData) {
+      textData += m_tableModel->headerData(i, Qt::Vertical).toString() + m_columnDelimiterWithSpace;
+    }
+    for (int j = 0; j < columns; j++) {
+      if (j > 0) {
+        textData += m_columnDelimiterWithSpace;
+      }
+      textData += m_tableModel->data(m_tableModel->index(i, j)).toString();
+    }
+  }
+  return textData;
+}
diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkTableModelToStringConverter.h b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkTableModelToStringConverter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..637bf34f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkTableModelToStringConverter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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.
+
+===================================================================*/
+#ifndef QmitkTableModelToQString_H__INCLUDED
+#define QmitkTableModelToQString_H__INCLUDED
+
+#include <MitkImageStatisticsUIExports.h>
+#include <QAbstractTableModel>
+
+/**
+\brief Converts the content of a table model to a string
+
+\details
+The content of a table model is converted (as-is or transposed) to a string. Each cell of the table
+is converted to a string. Default oder: iteration over rows. The line separation delimiter (default:
+'\n' and the column separation delimiter (default: ',') can be chosen. It also can be chosen if
+the (colum/row) headers should be exported to the string.
+
+By default, the produced string is csv conform
+*/
+
+class MITKIMAGESTATISTICSUI_EXPORT QmitkTableModelToStringConverter
+{
+
+public:
+  QmitkTableModelToStringConverter();
+
+	void SetTableModel(QAbstractTableModel* model);
+  /**
+  \brief Returns the string
+  \exception throws exception if model is nullptr
+  */
+  QString GetString() const;
+  /**
+  \brief If the table should be transposed (iterate over columns instead of rows)
+  */
+  void SetTransposeOutput(bool transposeOutput);
+  void SetLineDelimiter(QChar lineDelimiter);
+  void SetColumnDelimiter(QChar columnDelimiter);
+  /**
+  \brief If header data (column/row captions) are exported
+  */
+  void SetIncludeHeaderData(bool includeHeaderData);
+
+private:
+  QString GetStringTransposed() const;
+  QString GetStringNonTransposed() const;
+
+  QAbstractTableModel* m_tableModel=nullptr;
+  bool m_transposeOutput=false;
+  QChar m_lineDelimiter = '\n';
+  bool m_includeHeaderData = false;
+  QString m_columnDelimiterWithSpace = ", ";
+};
+#endif // QmitkTableModelToQString_H__INCLUDED
diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/files.cmake b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/files.cmake
index e7f5a52732..9b02be1e28 100644
--- a/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/files.cmake
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 set(CPP_FILES
   Qmitk/QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.cpp
   Qmitk/QmitkIntensityProfileVisualizationWidget.cpp
   Qmitk/QmitkImageStatisticsTableModel.cpp
   Qmitk/QmitkImageStatisticsCalculationJob.cpp
+  Qmitk/QmitkTableModelToQString.cpp
 )
 
 set(H_FILES
+  Qmitk/QmitkTableModelToQString.h
 )
 
 set(TPP_FILES
 )
 
 set(UI_FILES
   Qmitk/QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.ui
   Qmitk/QmitkIntensityProfileVisualizationWidget.ui
 )
 
 set(MOC_H_FILES
   Qmitk/QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.h
   Qmitk/QmitkIntensityProfileVisualizationWidget.h
   Qmitk/QmitkImageStatisticsTableModel.h
   Qmitk/QmitkImageStatisticsCalculationJob.h
 )