diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatistics/files.cmake b/Modules/ImageStatistics/files.cmake
index 74cde7da0d..343ee8d404 100644
--- a/Modules/ImageStatistics/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatistics/files.cmake
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 SET(CPP_FILES
   mitkImageStatisticsCalculator.cpp
+  mitkPointSetStatisticsCalculator.cpp
 )
 
 IF ( ${VTK_MAJOR_VERSION}.${VTK_MINOR_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 5.8 )
   MESSAGE(STATUS "Using VTK 5.8 classes from MITK respository")
   SET(CPP_FILES ${CPP_FILES}
     vtkImageStencilRaster.cxx
     vtkLassoStencilSource.cxx
     )
-ENDIF ( ${VTK_MAJOR_VERSION}.${VTK_MINOR_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 5.8 )
+ENDIF ( ${VTK_MAJOR_VERSION}.${VTK_MINOR_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 5.8 )
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diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkPointSetStatisticsCalculator.cpp b/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkPointSetStatisticsCalculator.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4695c93783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkPointSetStatisticsCalculator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
+Language:  C++
+Date:      $Date: 2009-05-12 19:56:03 +0200 (Di, 12 Mai 2009) $
+Version:   $Revision: 17179 $
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
+Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
+See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+
+
+#include "mitkPointSetStatisticsCalculator.h"
+
+mitk::PointSetStatisticsCalculator::PointSetStatisticsCalculator()
+{
+}
+
+
+mitk::PointSetStatisticsCalculator::~PointSetStatisticsCalculator()
+{
+}
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diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkPointSetStatisticsCalculator.h b/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkPointSetStatisticsCalculator.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa1f0c36fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkPointSetStatisticsCalculator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
+Language:  C++
+Date:      $Date: 2009-05-12 19:56:03 +0200 (Di, 12 Mai 2009) $
+Version:   $Revision: 17179 $
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
+Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
+See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+
+
+#ifndef _MITK_PointSetSTATISTICSCALCULATOR_H
+#define _MITK_PointSetSTATISTICSCALCULATOR_H
+
+#include <itkObject.h>
+#include "ImageStatisticsExports.h"
+#include <mitkPointSet.h>
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+
+/**
+ * \brief Class for calculating statistics (like standard derivation, RMS, mean, etc.) for a PointSet.
+ */
+class ImageStatistics_EXPORT PointSetStatisticsCalculator : public itk::Object
+{
+public:
+
+  //TODO: move this to an abstract class?
+  struct Statistics
+  {
+    unsigned int N;
+    double Min;
+    double Max;
+    double Mean;
+    double Median;
+    double StandardDerivation;
+    double SampleStandardDerivation;
+    double RMS;
+
+    void Reset()
+    {
+      N = 0;
+      Min = 0.0;
+      Max = 0.0;
+      Mean = 0.0;
+      Median = 0.0;
+      StandardDerivation = 0.0;
+      SampleStandardDerivation = 0.0;
+      RMS = 0.0;
+    }
+  };
+
+
+  mitkClassMacro( PointSetStatisticsCalculator, itk::Object );
+  itkNewMacro( PointSetStatisticsCalculator );
+
+ 
+protected:
+  
+  PointSetStatisticsCalculator();
+  virtual ~PointSetStatisticsCalculator();
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // #define _MITK_PointSetSTATISTICSCALCULATOR_H
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