diff --git a/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/MiniApps/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/MiniApps/CMakeLists.txt
index c4254f4df3..e0aba755f2 100644
--- a/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/MiniApps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/MiniApps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,99 +1,14 @@
 option(BUILD_BasicImageProcessingMiniApps "Build commandline tools for Basic Image Processing" OFF)
 
 if(BUILD_BasicImageProcessingMiniApps OR MITK_BUILD_ALL_APPS)
-
-
-  include_directories(
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-    )
-
-    # list of miniapps
-    # if an app requires additional dependencies
-    # they are added after a "^^" and separated by "_"
-    set( basicImageProcessingMiniApps
-        FileConverter^^MitkCore
-        ImageTypeConverter^^MitkCore
-        RectifyImage^^MitkCore
-        SingleImageArithmetic^^MitkCore_MitkBasicImageProcessing
-        TwoImageArithmetic^^MitkCore_MitkBasicImageProcessing
-        ImageAndValueArithmetic^^MitkCore_MitkBasicImageProcessing
-        MaskRangeBasedFiltering^^MitkCore_MitkBasicImageProcessing
-        MaskOutlierFiltering^^MitkCore_MitkBasicImageProcessing
-        ResampleImage^^MitkCore_MitkBasicImageProcessing
-        ResampleMask^^MitkCore_MitkBasicImageProcessing
-        LaplacianOfGaussian^^MitkCore_MitkBasicImageProcessing
-        MultiResolutionPyramid^^MitkCore_MitkBasicImageProcessing
-        ForwardWavelet^^MitkCore_MitkBasicImageProcessing
-    )
-
-    foreach(basicImageProcessingMiniApp ${basicImageProcessingMiniApps})
-      # extract mini app name and dependencies
-      string(REPLACE "^^" "\\;" miniapp_info ${basicImageProcessingMiniApp})
-      set(miniapp_info_list ${miniapp_info})
-      list(GET miniapp_info_list 0 appname)
-      list(GET miniapp_info_list 1 raw_dependencies)
-      string(REPLACE "_" "\\;" dependencies "${raw_dependencies}")
-      set(dependencies_list ${dependencies})
-
-      mitk_create_executable(${appname}
-      DEPENDS MitkCore MitkCommandLine ${dependencies_list}
-      PACKAGE_DEPENDS ITK
-      CPP_FILES ${appname}.cpp
-      )
-      # CPP_FILES ${appname}.cpp mitkCommandLineParser.cpp
-
-      if(EXECUTABLE_IS_ENABLED)
-
-        # On Linux, create a shell script to start a relocatable application
-        if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-          install(PROGRAMS "${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/RunInstalledApp.sh" DESTINATION "." RENAME ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET}.sh)
-        endif()
-
-        get_target_property(_is_bundle ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET} MACOSX_BUNDLE)
-
-        if(APPLE)
-         if(_is_bundle)
-           set(_target_locations ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET}.app)
-           set(${_target_locations}_qt_plugins_install_dir ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET}.app/Contents/MacOS)
-           set(_bundle_dest_dir ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET}.app/Contents/MacOS)
-           set(_qt_plugins_for_current_bundle ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET}.app/Contents/MacOS)
-           set(_qt_conf_install_dirs ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET}.app/Contents/Resources)
-           install(TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET} BUNDLE DESTINATION . )
-         else()
-           if(NOT MACOSX_BUNDLE_NAMES)
-             set(_qt_conf_install_dirs bin)
-             set(_target_locations bin/${EXECUTABLE_TARGET})
-             set(${_target_locations}_qt_plugins_install_dir bin)
-             install(TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
-           else()
-             foreach(bundle_name ${MACOSX_BUNDLE_NAMES})
-               list(APPEND _qt_conf_install_dirs ${bundle_name}.app/Contents/Resources)
-               set(_current_target_location ${bundle_name}.app/Contents/MacOS/${EXECUTABLE_TARGET})
-               list(APPEND _target_locations ${_current_target_location})
-               set(${_current_target_location}_qt_plugins_install_dir ${bundle_name}.app/Contents/MacOS)
-               message( "  set(${_current_target_location}_qt_plugins_install_dir ${bundle_name}.app/Contents/MacOS) ")
-
-               install(TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION ${bundle_name}.app/Contents/MacOS/)
-             endforeach()
-           endif()
-         endif()
-       else()
-         set(_target_locations bin/${EXECUTABLE_TARGET}${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
-         set(${_target_locations}_qt_plugins_install_dir bin)
-         set(_qt_conf_install_dirs bin)
-         install(TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
-       endif()
-      endif()
-    endforeach()
-
-    # On Linux, create a shell script to start a relocatable application
-    if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-      install(PROGRAMS "${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/RunInstalledApp.sh" DESTINATION "." RENAME ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET}.sh)
-    endif()
-
-  if(EXECUTABLE_IS_ENABLED)
-    MITK_INSTALL_TARGETS(EXECUTABLES ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET})
-  endif()
-
+  mitkFunctionCreateCommandLineApp(NAME SingleImageArithmetic DEPENDS MitkBasicImageProcessing)
+  mitkFunctionCreateCommandLineApp(NAME TwoImageArithmetic DEPENDS MitkBasicImageProcessing)
+  mitkFunctionCreateCommandLineApp(NAME ImageAndValueArithmetic DEPENDS MitkBasicImageProcessing)
+  mitkFunctionCreateCommandLineApp(NAME MaskRangeBasedFiltering DEPENDS MitkBasicImageProcessing)
+  mitkFunctionCreateCommandLineApp(NAME MaskOutlierFiltering DEPENDS MitkBasicImageProcessing)
+  mitkFunctionCreateCommandLineApp(NAME ResampleImage DEPENDS MitkBasicImageProcessing)
+  mitkFunctionCreateCommandLineApp(NAME ResampleMask DEPENDS MitkBasicImageProcessing)
+  mitkFunctionCreateCommandLineApp(NAME LaplacianOfGaussian DEPENDS MitkBasicImageProcessing)
+  mitkFunctionCreateCommandLineApp(NAME MultiResolutionPyramid DEPENDS MitkBasicImageProcessing)
+  mitkFunctionCreateCommandLineApp(NAME ForwardWavelet DEPENDS MitkBasicImageProcessing)
 endif()