diff --git a/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkBilateralFilter.cpp b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkBilateralFilter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b17ac997c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkBilateralFilter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+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 "mitkBilateralFilter.h"
+#include <itkBilateralImageFilter.h>
+#include "mitkImageAccessByItk.h"
+#include "mitkITKImageImport.h"
+
+mitk::BilateralFilter::BilateralFilter()
+  : m_DomainSigma(2.0f), m_RangeSigma(50.0f), m_AutoKernel(true), m_KernelRadius(1u)
+{
+  //default parameters DomainSigma: 2 , RangeSigma: 50, AutoKernel: true, KernelRadius: 1
+}
+
+mitk::BilateralFilter::~BilateralFilter()
+{
+}
+
+void mitk::BilateralFilter::GenerateData()
+{
+  mitk::Image::ConstPointer inputImage = this->GetInput(0);
+  if ( (inputImage->GetDimension() > 4) || (inputImage->GetDimension() < 2) )
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << "mitk::BilateralFilter:GenerateData works only with 2D, 2D+t, 3D, 3D+t and 4D images, sorry." << std::endl;
+    itkExceptionMacro("mitk::BilateralFilter:GenerateData works only with 2D, 2D+t, 3D, 3D+t and 4D images, sorry.");
+    return;
+  }
+  switch(inputImage->GetDimension())
+  {
+  case 2:
+    {
+      AccessFixedDimensionByItk( inputImage.GetPointer(), ItkImageProcessing, 2 ); break;
+    }
+  case 3:
+    {
+      AccessFixedDimensionByItk( inputImage.GetPointer(), ItkImageProcessing, 3 ); break;
+    }
+  case 4:
+    {
+      AccessFixedDimensionByItk( inputImage.GetPointer(), ItkImageProcessing, 4 ); break;
+    }
+  default: break;
+  }
+}
+
+template<typename TPixel, unsigned int VImageDimension>
+void mitk::BilateralFilter::ItkImageProcessing( itk::Image<TPixel,VImageDimension>* itkImage )
+{
+  //ITK Image type given from the input image
+  typedef itk::Image< TPixel, VImageDimension >   ItkImageType;
+  //bilateral filter with same type
+  typedef itk::BilateralImageFilter<ItkImageType,ItkImageType>        BilateralFilterType;
+  typename BilateralFilterType::Pointer bilateralFilter = BilateralFilterType::New();
+  bilateralFilter->SetInput(itkImage);
+  //set parameters
+  if(!m_AutoKernel){
+    bilateralFilter->SetAutomaticKernelSize(m_AutoKernel);
+    bilateralFilter->SetRadius(m_KernelRadius);
+  }
+  bilateralFilter->SetDomainSigma(m_DomainSigma);
+  bilateralFilter->SetRangeSigma(m_RangeSigma);
+  bilateralFilter->UpdateLargestPossibleRegion();
+  //get  Pointer to output image
+  mitk::Image::Pointer resultImage = this->GetOutput();
+  //write into output image
+  mitk::CastToMitkImage(bilateralFilter->GetOutput(), resultImage);
+}
+
+void mitk::BilateralFilter::GenerateOutputInformation()
+{
+  mitk::Image::Pointer inputImage  = (mitk::Image*) this->GetInput();
+  mitk::Image::Pointer output = this->GetOutput();
+  itkDebugMacro(<<"GenerateOutputInformation()");
+  if(inputImage.IsNull()) return;
+}
diff --git a/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkBilateralFilter.h b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkBilateralFilter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6cd48309e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkBilateralFilter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
+Module:    $RCSfile$
+Language:  C++
+Date:      $Date$
+Version:   $Revision$
+
+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 __mitkBilateralFilter_h
+#define __mitkBilateralFilter_h
+
+//MITK
+#include <mitkImage.h>
+#include "mitkImageToImageFilter.h"
+
+#include <itkImage.h>
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+
+  class MITK_CORE_EXPORT BilateralFilter : public ImageToImageFilter
+  {
+  public: 
+
+    mitkClassMacro( BilateralFilter , ImageToImageFilter );
+    itkNewMacro( Self );
+
+    itkSetMacro(DomainSigma,float);
+    itkSetMacro(RangeSigma,float);
+    itkSetMacro(AutoKernel,bool);
+    itkSetMacro(KernelRadius,unsigned int);
+
+    itkGetMacro(DomainSigma,float);
+    itkGetMacro(RangeSigma,float);
+    itkGetMacro(AutoKernel,bool);
+    itkGetMacro(KernelRadius,unsigned int);
+
+  protected:
+    /*!
+    \brief standard constructor
+    */
+    BilateralFilter();
+    /*!
+    \brief standard destructor
+    */
+    ~BilateralFilter();
+    /*!
+    \brief Method generating the output information of this filter (e.g. image dimension, image type, etc.).
+    The interface ImageToImageFilter requires this implementation. Everything is taken from the input image.
+    */
+    virtual void GenerateOutputInformation();
+    /*!
+    \brief Method generating the output of this filter. Called in the updated process of the pipeline.
+    This method generates the smoothed output image.
+    */
+    virtual void GenerateData();
+
+    /*!
+    \brief Internal templated method calling the ITK bilteral filter. Here the actual filtering is performed.
+    */
+    template<typename TPixel, unsigned int VImageDimension>
+    void ItkImageProcessing( itk::Image<TPixel,VImageDimension>* itkImage );
+
+    float m_DomainSigma; ///Sigma of the gaussian kernel. See ITK docu
+    float m_RangeSigma; ///Sigma of the range mask kernel. See ITK docu
+    bool m_AutoKernel; //true: kernel size is calculated from DomainSigma. See ITK Doc; false: set by m_KernelRadius
+    unsigned int m_KernelRadius; //use in combination with m_AutoKernel = true
+  };
+} //END mitk namespace
+#endif
diff --git a/Core/Code/files.cmake b/Core/Code/files.cmake
index b17a9bd424..8efff5eebe 100644
--- a/Core/Code/files.cmake
+++ b/Core/Code/files.cmake
@@ -1,324 +1,326 @@
 SET(H_FILES
   Algorithms/itkImportMitkImageContainer.h
   Algorithms/itkImportMitkImageContainer.txx
   Algorithms/itkLocalVariationImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkLocalVariationImageFilter.txx
   Algorithms/itkMITKScalarImageToHistogramGenerator.h
   Algorithms/itkMITKScalarImageToHistogramGenerator.txx
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationDenoisingImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationDenoisingImageFilter.txx
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationSingleIterationImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationSingleIterationImageFilter.txx
+  Algorithms/mitkBilateralFilter.h
+  Algorithms/mitkBilateralFilter.cpp
 
   Algorithms/mitkImageAccessByItk.h
   Algorithms/mitkImageCast.h
   Algorithms/mitkImageToItk.h
   Algorithms/mitkImageToItk.txx
   Algorithms/mitkInstantiateAccessFunctions.h
   Algorithms/mitkITKImageImport.h
   Algorithms/mitkITKImageImport.txx
   Algorithms/mitkPixelTypeList.h
 
   # Preprocessor macros taken from Boost
   Algorithms/mitkPPArithmeticDec.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPArgCount.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPCat.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPConfig.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPControlExprIIf.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPControlIf.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPControlIIf.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPDebugError.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPDetailAutoRec.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPDetailDMCAutoRec.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPExpand.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPFacilitiesEmpty.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPFacilitiesExpand.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPLogicalBool.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailDMCFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailEDGFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailMSVCFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqElem.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqForEach.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqForEachProduct.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeq.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqEnum.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqSize.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqToTuple.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPStringize.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPTupleEat.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPTupleElem.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPTupleRem.h
   Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.h
 
   DataManagement/mitkCommon.h
   Interactions/mitkEventMapperAddOn.h
 
   Service/mitkAny.h
   Service/mitkGetModuleContext.h
   Service/mitkItkHashMap.h
   Service/mitkItkHashSet.h
   Service/mitkItkHashTable.h
   Service/mitkModuleAbstractTracked.h
   Service/mitkModuleAbstractTracked.tpp
   Service/mitkModuleActivator.h
   Service/mitkServiceFactory.h
   Service/mitkServiceTracker.h
   Service/mitkServiceTracker.tpp
   Service/mitkServiceTrackerCustomizer.h
   Service/mitkServiceTrackerPrivate.h
   Service/mitkServiceTrackerPrivate.tpp
   Service/mitkServiceUtils.h
   Service/mitkSharedData.h
   Service/mitkStaticInit.h
   Service/mitkTrackedService.h
   Service/mitkTrackedService.tpp
   Service/mitkTrackedServiceListener.h
 )
 
 SET(CPP_FILES
   Algorithms/mitkBaseDataSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkBaseProcess.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkCoreObjectFactoryBase.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkCoreObjectFactory.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkDataNodeFactory.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkDataNodeSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkGeometry2DDataToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkHistogramGenerator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageCaster.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageCastPart1.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageCastPart2.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageCastPart3.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageCastPart4.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageChannelSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageSliceSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageTimeSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageToImageFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPointSetSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPointSetToPointSetFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkRGBToRGBACastImageFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSubImageSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSurfaceSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSurfaceToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkUIDGenerator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkVolumeCalculator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.cpp
   Controllers/mitkBaseController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCallbackFromGUIThread.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCameraController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCameraRotationController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkFocusManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkLimitedLinearUndo.cpp
   Controllers/mitkOperationEvent.cpp
   Controllers/mitkProgressBar.cpp
   Controllers/mitkRenderingManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSliceNavigationController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSlicesCoordinator.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSlicesRotator.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSlicesSwiveller.cpp
   Controllers/mitkStatusBar.cpp
   Controllers/mitkStepper.cpp
   Controllers/mitkTestManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkUndoController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkVerboseLimitedLinearUndo.cpp
   Controllers/mitkVtkInteractorCameraController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkVtkLayerController.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkAbstractTransformGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkAnnotationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkApplicationCursor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkBaseData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkBaseProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkClippingProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkColorProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDataStorage.cpp
   #DataManagement/mitkDataTree.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDataNode.cpp
   #DataManagement/mitkDataTreeStorage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDisplayGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkEnumerationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometry2D.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometry2DData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometry3D.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometryData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGroupTagProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageDataItem.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLandmarkBasedCurvedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjector.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindow.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowManager.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowPreset.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLookupTable.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLookupTables.cpp # specializations of GenericLookupTable
   DataManagement/mitkMemoryUtilities.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkModalityProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkModeOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateAnd.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateBase.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateCompositeBase.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateDataType.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateDimension.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateFirstLevel.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateNot.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateOr.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateSource.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneOrientationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPointOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPointSet.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkProperties.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyList.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkRotationOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSlicedData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSlicedGeometry3D.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSmartPointerProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkStandaloneDataStorage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkStateTransitionOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkStringProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSurface.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSurfaceOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkThinPlateSplineCurvedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTimeSlicedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTransferFunction.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTransferFunctionInitializer.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVector.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkInterpolationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkRepresentationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkResliceInterpolationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkScalarModeProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkVolumeRenderingProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkWeakPointerProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkShaderProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkResliceMethodProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkMaterial.cpp
   Interactions/mitkAction.cpp
   Interactions/mitkAffineInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkCoordinateSupplier.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayCoordinateOperation.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayPositionEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayVectorInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayVectorInteractorLevelWindow.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayVectorInteractorScroll.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventDescription.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventMapper.cpp
   Interactions/mitkGlobalInteraction.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseMovePointSetInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMoveSurfaceInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkNodeDepententPointSetInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPointSetInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPositionEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPositionTracker.cpp
   Interactions/mitkState.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachine.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineFactory.cpp
   Interactions/mitkTransition.cpp
   Interactions/mitkWheelEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkKeyEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkVtkEventAdapter.cpp
   Interactions/mitkCrosshairPositionEvent.cpp
   IO/mitkBaseDataIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSeriesReader.cpp
   IO/mitkFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkFileSeriesReader.cpp
   IO/mitkFileWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkIpPicGet.c 
   IO/mitkImageGenerator.cpp
   IO/mitkImageWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkImageWriterFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkItkImageFileIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkItkImageFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkItkPictureWrite.cpp
   IO/mitkLookupTableProperty.cpp
   IO/mitkOperation.cpp
   IO/mitkPicFileIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkPicFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkPicFileWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkPicHelper.cpp
   IO/mitkPicVolumeTimeSeriesIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkPicVolumeTimeSeriesReader.cpp
   IO/mitkPixelType.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetReader.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetWriterFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkRawImageFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkStandardFileLocations.cpp
   IO/mitkSTLFileIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkSTLFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkSurfaceVtkWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkSurfaceVtkWriterFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtiFileIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtiFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkImageIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkImageReader.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkSurfaceIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkSurfaceReader.cpp
   IO/vtkPointSetXMLParser.cpp
   IO/mitkLog.cpp
   Rendering/mitkBaseRenderer.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindowFrame.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGeometry2DDataMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGeometry2DDataVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGradientBackground.cpp
   Rendering/mitkManufacturerLogo.cpp
   Rendering/mitkMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkMapper.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPointSetGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPointSetVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPolyDataGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkSurfaceGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVolumeDataVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkPropRenderer.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkWidgetRendering.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkRectangleProp.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkRenderProp.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkEventProvider.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindow.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindowBase.cpp
   Rendering/mitkShaderRepository.cpp
   Rendering/mitkImageVtkMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkThickSlicesFilter.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter.cpp
   
   Service/mitkAny.cpp
   Service/mitkAtomicInt.cpp
   Service/mitkCoreActivator.cpp
   Service/mitkCoreModuleContext.cpp
   Service/mitkModule.cpp
   Service/mitkModuleContext.cpp
   Service/mitkModuleEvent.cpp
   Service/mitkModuleInfo.cpp
   Service/mitkModulePrivate.cpp
   Service/mitkModuleRegistry.cpp
   Service/mitkModuleUtils.cpp
   Service/mitkModuleVersion.cpp
   Service/mitkLDAPExpr.cpp
   Service/mitkLDAPFilter.cpp
   Service/mitkServiceEvent.cpp
   Service/mitkServiceException.cpp
   Service/mitkServiceListenerEntry.cpp
   Service/mitkServiceListeners.cpp
   Service/mitkServiceProperties.cpp
   Service/mitkServiceReference.cpp
   Service/mitkServiceReferencePrivate.cpp
   Service/mitkServiceRegistration.cpp
   Service/mitkServiceRegistrationPrivate.cpp
   Service/mitkServiceRegistry.cpp
 )