diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Algorithms/itkSplitDWImageFilter.h b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Algorithms/itkSplitDWImageFilter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..549bc1549d
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+++ b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Algorithms/itkSplitDWImageFilter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 ITKSPLITDWIMAGEFILTER_H
+#define ITKSPLITDWIMAGEFILTER_H
+
+#include "itkImageToImageFilter.h"
+#include <itkVectorImage.h>
+
+namespace itk
+{
+
+/** \class SplitDWImageFilter
+ *
+ * \brief Splits a DW-Image passed in as input into a 3D-t image where each volume coresponds to a
+ * gradient image ( or the unweighted b0 )
+ */
+
+template< class TInputImagePixelType,
+          class TOutputImagePixelType >
+class SplitDWImageFilter :
+    public ImageToImageFilter< VectorImage<TInputImagePixelType, 3>,
+    Image< TOutputImagePixelType, 4 > >
+{
+public:
+
+  typedef SplitDWImageFilter  Self;
+  typedef SmartPointer<Self>                      Pointer;
+  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>                ConstPointer;
+
+  typedef TInputImagePixelType                    InputPixelType;
+  typedef TOutputImagePixelType                   OutputPixelType;
+
+  typedef ImageToImageFilter< VectorImage<TInputImagePixelType, 3>,
+      Image< TOutputImagePixelType, 4 > >         Superclass;
+
+  /** typedefs from superclass */
+  typedef typename Superclass::InputImageType     InputImageType;
+  //typedef typename Superclass::OutputImageType    OutputImageType;
+  typedef Image< TOutputImagePixelType, 4 >       OutputImageType;
+  typedef typename OutputImageType::RegionType    OutputImageRegionType;
+
+
+  /** Method for creation through the object factory. */
+  itkNewMacro(Self);
+
+  /** Runtime information support. */
+  itkTypeMacro(SplitDWImageFilter, ImageToImageFilter);
+
+protected:
+
+  SplitDWImageFilter();
+  virtual ~SplitDWImageFilter(){};
+
+  void GenerateData();
+
+  /** The dimension of the output does not match the dimension of the input
+    hence we need to re-implement the CopyInformation method to avoid
+    executing the default implementation which tries to copy the input information to the
+    output
+  */
+  virtual void CopyInformation( const DataObject *data);
+
+  /** Override of the ProcessObject::GenerateOutputInformation() because of different
+    dimensionality of the input and the output
+  */
+  virtual void GenerateOutputInformation();
+};
+
+} //end namespace itk
+
+#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
+#include "itkSplitDWImageFilter.txx"
+#endif
+
+#endif // ITKSPLITDWIMAGEFILTER_H
diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Algorithms/itkSplitDWImageFilter.txx b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Algorithms/itkSplitDWImageFilter.txx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc55d58f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Algorithms/itkSplitDWImageFilter.txx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 __itkSplitDWImageFilter_txx
+#define __itkSplitDWImageFilter_txx
+
+#include "itkSplitDWImageFilter.h"
+
+template< class TInputImagePixelType,
+          class TOutputImagePixelType>
+itk::SplitDWImageFilter< TInputImagePixelType, TOutputImagePixelType >
+::SplitDWImageFilter()
+{
+  this->SetNumberOfRequiredInputs(1);
+}
+
+template< class TInputImagePixelType,
+          class TOutputImagePixelType>
+void itk::SplitDWImageFilter< TInputImagePixelType, TOutputImagePixelType >
+::CopyInformation( const DataObject* data)
+{
+
+}
+
+template< class TInputImagePixelType,
+          class TOutputImagePixelType>
+void itk::SplitDWImageFilter<
+TInputImagePixelType, TOutputImagePixelType >::GenerateOutputInformation()
+{
+
+}
+
+template< class TInputImagePixelType,
+          class TOutputImagePixelType>
+void itk::SplitDWImageFilter<
+TInputImagePixelType, TOutputImagePixelType >::GenerateData()
+{
+
+}
+
+
+#endif // __itkSplitDWImageFilter_txx
diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/files.cmake b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/files.cmake
index 148d22eb19..c46cbcea09 100644
--- a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/files.cmake
@@ -1,126 +1,128 @@
 set(CPP_FILES
 
   # DicomImport
   DicomImport/mitkDicomDiffusionImageReader.cpp
   # DicomImport/mitkGroupDiffusionHeadersFilter.cpp
   DicomImport/mitkDicomDiffusionImageHeaderReader.cpp
   DicomImport/mitkGEDicomDiffusionImageHeaderReader.cpp
   DicomImport/mitkPhilipsDicomDiffusionImageHeaderReader.cpp
   DicomImport/mitkSiemensDicomDiffusionImageHeaderReader.cpp
   DicomImport/mitkSiemensMosaicDicomDiffusionImageHeaderReader.cpp
 
   # DataStructures
   IODataStructures/mitkDiffusionCoreObjectFactory.cpp
 
   # DataStructures -> DWI
   IODataStructures/DiffusionWeightedImages/mitkDiffusionImageHeaderInformation.cpp
   IODataStructures/DiffusionWeightedImages/mitkDiffusionImageSource.cpp
   IODataStructures/DiffusionWeightedImages/mitkNrrdDiffusionImageReader.cpp
   IODataStructures/DiffusionWeightedImages/mitkNrrdDiffusionImageWriter.cpp
   IODataStructures/DiffusionWeightedImages/mitkNrrdDiffusionImageIOFactory.cpp
   IODataStructures/DiffusionWeightedImages/mitkNrrdDiffusionImageWriterFactory.cpp
   IODataStructures/DiffusionWeightedImages/mitkDiffusionImageSerializer.cpp
 
   # DataStructures -> QBall
   IODataStructures/QBallImages/mitkQBallImageSource.cpp
   IODataStructures/QBallImages/mitkNrrdQBallImageReader.cpp
   IODataStructures/QBallImages/mitkNrrdQBallImageWriter.cpp
   IODataStructures/QBallImages/mitkNrrdQBallImageIOFactory.cpp
   IODataStructures/QBallImages/mitkNrrdQBallImageWriterFactory.cpp
   IODataStructures/QBallImages/mitkQBallImage.cpp
   IODataStructures/QBallImages/mitkQBallImageSerializer.cpp
 
   # DataStructures -> Tensor
   IODataStructures/TensorImages/mitkTensorImageSource.cpp
   IODataStructures/TensorImages/mitkNrrdTensorImageReader.cpp
   IODataStructures/TensorImages/mitkNrrdTensorImageWriter.cpp
   IODataStructures/TensorImages/mitkNrrdTensorImageIOFactory.cpp
   IODataStructures/TensorImages/mitkNrrdTensorImageWriterFactory.cpp
   IODataStructures/TensorImages/mitkTensorImage.cpp
   IODataStructures/TensorImages/mitkTensorImageSerializer.cpp
 
   #IODataStructures/mitkRegistrationObject.cpp
 
   # Rendering
   Rendering/vtkMaskedProgrammableGlyphFilter.cpp
   Rendering/mitkCompositeMapper.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVectorImageVtkGlyphMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/vtkOdfSource.cxx
   Rendering/vtkThickPlane.cxx
   Rendering/mitkOdfNormalizationMethodProperty.cpp
   Rendering/mitkOdfScaleByProperty.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPlanarFigureMapper3D.cpp
 
   # Algorithms
   Algorithms/mitkPartialVolumeAnalysisHistogramCalculator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPartialVolumeAnalysisClusteringCalculator.cpp
   Algorithms/itkDwiGradientLengthCorrectionFilter.cpp
 
   # Registration Algorithms & Co.
   Algorithms/Registration/mitkPyramidImageRegistrationMethod.cpp
 
   # Function Collection
   mitkDiffusionFunctionCollection.cpp
 )
 
 set(H_FILES
   # function Collection
   mitkDiffusionFunctionCollection.h
 
   # Rendering
   Rendering/mitkDiffusionImageMapper.h
   Rendering/mitkOdfVtkMapper2D.h
   Rendering/mitkPlanarFigureMapper3D.h
 
   # Reconstruction
   Algorithms/Reconstruction/itkDiffusionQballReconstructionImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/Reconstruction/mitkTeemDiffusionTensor3DReconstructionImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/Reconstruction/itkAnalyticalDiffusionQballReconstructionImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/Reconstruction/itkDiffusionMultiShellQballReconstructionImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/Reconstruction/itkPointShell.h
   Algorithms/Reconstruction/itkOrientationDistributionFunction.h
   Algorithms/Reconstruction/itkDiffusionIntravoxelIncoherentMotionReconstructionImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/Reconstruction/itkMultiShellAdcAverageReconstructionImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/Reconstruction/itkMultiShellRadialAdcKurtosisImageFilter.h
 
   # IO Datastructures
   IODataStructures/DiffusionWeightedImages/mitkDiffusionImage.h
 
   # Algorithms
   Algorithms/itkDiffusionQballGeneralizedFaImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkDiffusionQballPrepareVisualizationImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkTensorDerivedMeasurementsFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkBrainMaskExtractionImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkB0ImageExtractionImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkB0ImageExtractionToSeparateImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkTensorImageToDiffusionImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkTensorToL2NormImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkGaussianInterpolateImageFunction.h
   Algorithms/mitkPartialVolumeAnalysisHistogramCalculator.h
   Algorithms/mitkPartialVolumeAnalysisClusteringCalculator.h
   Algorithms/itkDiffusionTensorPrincipalDirectionImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkCartesianToPolarVectorImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkPolarToCartesianVectorImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkDistanceMapFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkProjectionFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkResidualImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkExtractChannelFromRgbaImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkTensorReconstructionWithEigenvalueCorrectionFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkMergeDiffusionImagesFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkDwiPhantomGenerationFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkFiniteDiffOdfMaximaExtractionFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkMrtrixPeakImageConverter.h
   Algorithms/itkFslPeakImageConverter.h
   Algorithms/itkShCoefficientImageImporter.h
   Algorithms/itkOdfMaximaExtractionFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkResampleDwiImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkDwiGradientLengthCorrectionFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkAdcImageFilter.h
 
+  Algorithms/itkSplitDWImageFilter.h
+
 
 
 )
 
 set( TOOL_FILES
 )