diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget.cpp b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget.cpp
index 0bed3d7614..6e39979abc 100644
--- a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget.cpp
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget.cpp
@@ -1,48 +1,58 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget.h"
+#include "mitkNodePredicateDataType.h"
+#include "mitkNodePredicateAnd.h"
+#include "mitkNodePredicateNot.h"
+#include "mitkNodePredicateProperty.h"
+#include "mitkImage.h"
 
 QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget::QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget(QWidget* parent)
 {
   m_Controls.setupUi(this);
 
+  auto isImage = mitk::TNodePredicateDataType<mitk::Image>::New();
+  auto isNotHelper = mitk::NodePredicateNot::New(mitk::NodePredicateProperty::New("helper object"));
+  auto isNotHidden = mitk::NodePredicateNot::New(mitk::NodePredicateProperty::New("hidden object"));
+  auto isValidImage = mitk::NodePredicateAnd::New(isImage, isNotHelper, isNotHidden);
+  m_Controls.dataSelector->SetNodePredicate(isValidImage);
   m_Controls.dataSelector->SetInvalidInfo(QStringLiteral("Please select images for the layout"));
   m_Controls.dataSelector->SetPopUpTitel(QStringLiteral("Select input images"));
   m_Controls.dataSelector->SetPopUpHint(QStringLiteral("Select as many images as you want to compare"));
 
   m_Controls.setLayoutButton->setEnabled(false);
 
   connect(m_Controls.dataSelector, &QmitkMultiNodeSelectionWidget::DialogClosed, this, &QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget::OnSelectionDialogClosed);
   connect(m_Controls.setLayoutButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget::OnSetLayoutClicked);
 }
 
 void QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget::SetDataStorage(mitk::DataStorage::Pointer dataStorage)
 {
   // smart pointer to data storage needs to be saved here because dataSelector makes it a regular pointer
   m_DataStorage = dataStorage;
   m_Controls.dataSelector->SetDataStorage(m_DataStorage);
 }
 
 void QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget::OnSetLayoutClicked()
 {
   auto selectedNodes = m_Controls.dataSelector->GetSelectedNodes();
   emit SetDataBasedLayout(selectedNodes);
   this->hide();
 }
 
 void QmitkAutomatedLayoutWidget::OnSelectionDialogClosed()
 {
   bool setLayoutEnabled = m_Controls.dataSelector->GetSelectedNodes().size() > 0;
   m_Controls.setLayoutButton->setEnabled(setLayoutEnabled);
   this->show();
 }