diff --git a/Modules/Segmentation/SegmentationUtilities/MorphologicalOperations/mitkMorphologicalOperations.h b/Modules/Segmentation/SegmentationUtilities/MorphologicalOperations/mitkMorphologicalOperations.h
index aa101c4b77..be98517f63 100644
--- a/Modules/Segmentation/SegmentationUtilities/MorphologicalOperations/mitkMorphologicalOperations.h
+++ b/Modules/Segmentation/SegmentationUtilities/MorphologicalOperations/mitkMorphologicalOperations.h
@@ -1,70 +1,116 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 mitkMorphologicalOperations_h
 #define mitkMorphologicalOperations_h
 
 #include <mitkImage.h>
 #include <MitkSegmentationExports.h>
 
 namespace mitk
 {
   /** \brief Encapsulates several morphological operations that can be performed on segmentations.
     */
   class MitkSegmentation_EXPORT MorphologicalOperations
   {
   public:
     enum StructuralElementType
     {
-       Ball,
-       Cross
+      Ball = 7,
+      Ball_Axial = 1,
+      Ball_Sagital = 2,
+      Ball_Coronal = 4,
+
+      Cross = 56,
+      Cross_Axial = 8,
+      Cross_Sagital = 16,
+      Cross_Coronal = 32
+
     };
 
+
+
     ///@{
     /** \brief Perform morphological operation on 2D, 3D or 3D+t segmentation.
      */
     static void Closing(mitk::Image::Pointer& image, int factor, StructuralElementType structuralElement);
     static void Erode(mitk::Image::Pointer& image, int factor, StructuralElementType structuralElement);
     static void Dilate(mitk::Image::Pointer& image, int factor, StructuralElementType structuralElement);
     static void Opening(mitk::Image::Pointer& image, int factor, StructuralElementType structuralElement);
     static void FillHoles(mitk::Image::Pointer& image);
     ///@}
 
   private:
     MorphologicalOperations();
 
+    template<class TStructuringElement>
+    static TStructuringElement CreateStructuringElement(StructuralElementType structuralElementFlag, int factor)
+    {
+      TStructuringElement strElem;
+      typename TStructuringElement::SizeType size;
+      size.Fill(0);
+      switch (structuralElementFlag) {
+      case Ball_Axial:
+      case Cross_Axial:
+        size.SetElement(0,factor);
+        size.SetElement(1,factor);
+        break;
+      case Ball_Coronal:
+      case Cross_Coronal:
+        size.SetElement(1,factor);
+        size.SetElement(2,factor);
+        break;
+      case Ball_Sagital:
+      case Cross_Sagital:
+        size.SetElement(0,factor);
+        size.SetElement(2,factor);
+        break;
+      case Ball:
+      case Cross:
+        size.Fill(factor);
+        break;
+      }
+
+      strElem.SetRadius(size);
+      strElem.CreateStructuringElement();
+      return strElem;
+    }
+
     ///@{
     /** \brief Perform morphological operation by using corresponding ITK filter.
      */
     template<typename TPixel, unsigned int VDimension>
     void static itkClosing(itk::Image<TPixel, VDimension>* sourceImage, mitk::Image::Pointer& resultImage, int factor, StructuralElementType structuralElement);
 
     template<typename TPixel, unsigned int VDimension>
     void static itkErode(itk::Image<TPixel, VDimension>* sourceImage, mitk::Image::Pointer& resultImage, int factor, StructuralElementType structuralElement);
 
     template<typename TPixel, unsigned int VDimension>
     void static itkDilate(itk::Image<TPixel, VDimension>* sourceImage, mitk::Image::Pointer& resultImage, int factor, StructuralElementType structuralElement);
 
     template<typename TPixel, unsigned int VDimension>
     void static itkOpening(itk::Image<TPixel, VDimension>* sourceImage, mitk::Image::Pointer& resultImage, int factor, StructuralElementType structuralElement);
 
     template<typename TPixel, unsigned int VDimension>
     void static itkFillHoles(itk::Image<TPixel, VDimension>* sourceImage, mitk::Image::Pointer& resultImage);
     ///@}
   };
+
 }
 
 #endif
+
+