diff --git a/Modules/ContourModel/Algorithms/mitkImageToContourModelFilter.cpp b/Modules/ContourModel/Algorithms/mitkImageToContourModelFilter.cpp
index 5468ca98c7..b780fab934 100644
--- a/Modules/ContourModel/Algorithms/mitkImageToContourModelFilter.cpp
+++ b/Modules/ContourModel/Algorithms/mitkImageToContourModelFilter.cpp
@@ -1,76 +1,142 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 "mitkImageToContourModelFilter.h"
+#include "mitkImageAccessByItk.h"
+
+#include <itkContourExtractor2DImageFilter.h>
 
 
 
 mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::ImageToContourModelFilter()
+  : m_SliceGeometry(0)
 {
 }
 
 
 
 mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::~ImageToContourModelFilter()
 {
 
 }
 
 
 
 void mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::SetInput ( const mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::InputType* input )
 {
   this->SetInput( 0, input );
 }
 
 
 
 void mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::SetInput ( unsigned int idx, const mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::InputType* input )
 {
   if ( idx + 1 > this->GetNumberOfInputs() )
   {
     this->SetNumberOfRequiredInputs(idx + 1);
   }
   if ( input != static_cast<InputType*> ( this->ProcessObject::GetInput ( idx ) ) )
   {
     this->ProcessObject::SetNthInput ( idx, const_cast<InputType*> ( input ) );
     this->Modified();
   }
 }
 
 
 
 const mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::InputType* mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::GetInput( void )
 {
   if (this->GetNumberOfInputs() < 1)
     return NULL;
   return static_cast<const mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::InputType*>(this->ProcessObject::GetInput(0));
 }
 
 
 
 const mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::InputType* mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::GetInput( unsigned int idx )
 {
   if (this->GetNumberOfInputs() < 1)
     return NULL;
   return static_cast<const mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::InputType*>(this->ProcessObject::GetInput(idx));
 }
 
 
 void mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::GenerateData()
 {
+  mitk::Image::ConstPointer sliceImage = this->GetInput();
+
+  if ( !sliceImage )
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << "mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter: No input available. Please set the input!" << std::endl;
+    itkExceptionMacro("mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter: No input available. Please set the input!");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if ( sliceImage->GetDimension() > 2 || sliceImage->GetDimension() < 2)
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << "mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::GenerateData() works only with 2D images. Please assure that your input image is 2D!" << std::endl;
+    itkExceptionMacro("mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::GenerateData() works only with 2D images. Please assure that your input image is 2D!");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  m_SliceGeometry = sliceImage->GetGeometry();
+
+  AccessFixedDimensionByItk(sliceImage, Itk2DContourExtraction, 2);
+}
+
+template<typename TPixel, unsigned int VImageDimension>
+void mitk::ImageToContourModelFilter::Itk2DContourExtraction (itk::Image<TPixel, VImageDimension>* sliceImage)
+{
+  typedef itk::Image<TPixel, VImageDimension> ImageType;
+  typedef itk::ContourExtractor2DImageFilter<ImageType> ContourExtractor;
+
+  typedef itk::PolyLineParametricPath<2> PolyLineParametricPath2D;
+  typedef PolyLineParametricPath2D::VertexListType ContourPath;
+
+  typename ContourExtractor::Pointer contourExtractor = ContourExtractor::New();
+  contourExtractor->SetInput(sliceImage);
+  contourExtractor->SetContourValue(0.5);
+
+  contourExtractor->Update();
+
+  unsigned int foundPaths = contourExtractor->GetNumberOfOutputs();
+  this->SetNumberOfIndexedOutputs(foundPaths);
+
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < foundPaths; i++)
+  {
+    const ContourPath* currentPath = contourExtractor->GetOutput(i)->GetVertexList();
+
+    mitk::Point3D currentPoint;
+    mitk::Point3D currentWorldPoint;
+
+    mitk::ContourModel::Pointer contour = this->GetOutput(i);
+
+    for (unsigned int j = 0; j < currentPath->Size(); j++)
+    {
+
+      currentPoint[0] = currentPath->ElementAt(j)[0];
+      currentPoint[1] = currentPath->ElementAt(j)[1];
+      currentPoint[2] = 0;
+
+      m_SliceGeometry->IndexToWorld(currentPoint, currentWorldPoint);
+
+      contour->AddVertex(currentWorldPoint);
+    }//for2
+
+    contour->Close();
 
+  }//for1
 }
diff --git a/Modules/ContourModel/Algorithms/mitkImageToContourModelFilter.h b/Modules/ContourModel/Algorithms/mitkImageToContourModelFilter.h
index 0c6f66c1b3..d8bb7fbb83 100644
--- a/Modules/ContourModel/Algorithms/mitkImageToContourModelFilter.h
+++ b/Modules/ContourModel/Algorithms/mitkImageToContourModelFilter.h
@@ -1,69 +1,75 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 _mitkImageToContourModelFilter_h__
 #define _mitkImageToContourModelFilter_h__
 
 #include "mitkCommon.h"
 #include <MitkContourModelExports.h>
 #include "mitkContourModel.h"
 #include "mitkContourModelSource.h"
 #include <mitkImage.h>
 
 
 namespace mitk {
 
   /**
   *
   * \brief Base class for all filters with mitk::Image as input and mitk::ContourModel
   *
   * \ingroup ContourModelFilters
   * \ingroup Process
   */
   class MitkContourModel_EXPORT ImageToContourModelFilter : public ContourModelSource
   {
 
   public:
 
     mitkClassMacro(ImageToContourModelFilter, ContourModelSource);
     itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self)
     itkCloneMacro(Self)
 
     typedef mitk::Image InputType;
 
 
     using Superclass::SetInput;
 
     virtual void SetInput( const InputType *input);
 
     virtual void SetInput( unsigned int idx, const InputType * input);
 
     const InputType* GetInput(void);
 
     const InputType* GetInput(unsigned int idx);
 
   protected:
     ImageToContourModelFilter();
 
     virtual ~ImageToContourModelFilter();
 
     void GenerateData();
 
+    template<typename TPixel, unsigned int VImageDimension>
+    void Itk2DContourExtraction (itk::Image<TPixel, VImageDimension>* sliceImage);
+
+  private:
+    const Geometry3D* m_SliceGeometry;
+
   };
 
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Modules/ContourModel/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/ContourModel/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c41d28911..a7cceae9fc 100644
--- a/Modules/ContourModel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/ContourModel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 MITK_CREATE_MODULE(
   INCLUDE_DIRS Algorithms DataManagement IO Rendering
   DEPENDS MitkCore
+  PACKAGE_DEPENDS ITK|ITKReview
   WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS
 )
 
 add_subdirectory(Testing)