diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.exampleplugin/src/internal/ExampleView.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.exampleplugin/src/internal/ExampleView.cpp
index 70290874dd..b51576efb1 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.exampleplugin/src/internal/ExampleView.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.exampleplugin/src/internal/ExampleView.cpp
@@ -1,162 +1,168 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 <usModuleRegistry.h> <-research
 // Blueberry
 #include <berryISelectionService.h>
 #include <berryIWorkbenchWindow.h>
 
 // Qmitk
 #include "ExampleView.h"
 
 // Qt
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QSpinBox>
 #include <QInputDialog>
 #include <QLineEdit>
-
+#include <QmitkDataStorageComboBox.h>
+#include <qtablewidget.h>
 
 
 // mitk image
 #include <mitkImage.h>
 #include <mitkProperties.h>
 #include <mitkDataNodeObject.h>
 #include <mitkDataNodeSelection.h>
+#include <mitkImageStatisticsHolder.h>
 #include <mitkImageStatisticsCalculator.h>
 
 
 const std::string ExampleView::VIEW_ID = "org.mitk.views.exampleview";
 
 void ExampleView::SetFocus()
 {
   m_Controls.buttonPerformImageProcessing->setFocus();
 }
 
 void ExampleView::CreateQtPartControl(QWidget *parent)
 {
   // create GUI widgets from the Qt Designer's .ui file
   m_Controls.setupUi(parent);
   connect(m_Controls.buttonPerformImageProcessing, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ExampleView::DoImageStatistics);
   connect(m_Controls.buttonGenerate, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ExampleView::DoPixelMasking);
 }
 
 void ExampleView::OnSelectionChanged(berry::IWorkbenchPart::Pointer /*source*/,
                                                 const QList<mitk::DataNode::Pointer> &nodes)
 {
   // iterate all selected objects, adjust warning visibility
   foreach (mitk::DataNode::Pointer node, nodes)
   {
     if (node.IsNotNull() && dynamic_cast<mitk::Image *>(node->GetData()))
     {
       m_Controls.labelWarning->setVisible(false);
       m_Controls.buttonPerformImageProcessing->setEnabled(true);
+	  m_Controls.buttonGenerate->setEnabled(true);
       return;
     }
   }
 
   m_Controls.labelWarning->setVisible(true);
   m_Controls.buttonPerformImageProcessing->setEnabled(false);
+  m_Controls.buttonGenerate->setEnabled(false);
 }
 
 void ExampleView::DoImageStatistics()
 {
   QList<mitk::DataNode::Pointer> nodes = this->GetDataManagerSelection();
   if (nodes.empty())
     return;
 
   mitk::DataNode *node = nodes.front();
 
   if (node == nullptr)
   {
     // Nothing selected. Inform the user and return
     QMessageBox::information(nullptr, "Warning", "Please load and select an image before starting image processing.");
     return;
   }
 
   // here we have a valid mitk::DataNode
 
   // a node itself is not very useful, we need its data item (the image)
   mitk::BaseData *data = node->GetData();
   if (data)
   {
     // test if this data item is an image or not (could also be a surface or something totally different)
     mitk::Image *image = dynamic_cast<mitk::Image *>(data);
     if (image)
     {
-      //get max
-	  
-	  //get min
+		auto statistics = image->GetStatistics();
+		auto minPixelValue = statistics->GetScalarValueMin();
+		auto maxPixelValue = statistics->GetScalarValueMax();
 
 	  //get average
 
 	  //get dev
 
     }
   }
 }
 
 void ExampleView::DoPixelMasking()
 {
 	this->ProcessImage();
 }
 
 void ExampleView::ProcessImage()
 {
 	// check for valid node selected
 	QList<mitk::DataNode::Pointer> nodes = this->GetDataManagerSelection();
 
 	if (nodes.empty())
 		return;
 
 	mitk::DataNode *node = nodes.front();
 
 	if (node == nullptr)
 	{
 		// Nothing selected. Inform the user and return
 		QMessageBox::information(nullptr, "Warning", "Please load and select an image before starting image processing.");
 		return;
 	}
 
 	mitk::BaseData* data = node->GetData(); //get data from node
 	if (data != nullptr)
 	{
 		//Ask for the name of the mask
 		bool ok = false;
 		QString name = QInputDialog::getText(QApplication::activeWindow()
-			, tr("Add mask..."), tr("Enter name for the new mask"), QLineEdit::Normal, tr("mask"), &ok);
+			, tr("Add mask..."), tr("Enter name for the new mask"), QLineEdit::Normal, tr("Mask"), &ok);
 		if (!ok || name.isEmpty())
 			return;
 
-		//Create a new empty pointset
-		//
-		mitk::Image::Pointer mask = mitk::Image::New();
+		//Create copy image
+		mitk::Image *image = dynamic_cast<mitk::Image *>(data);
+		if (image)
+		{
+			mitk::Image::Pointer maskedImage = image;
+		}
 		//
 		// Create a new data tree node
 		//
-		mitk::DataNode::Pointer maskNode = mitk::DataNode::New();
+		mitk::DataNode::Pointer maskedImageNode = mitk::DataNode::New();
 		//
 		// fill the data tree node with the appropriate information
 		//
-		maskNode->SetData(mask);
-		maskNode->SetProperty("name", mitk::StringProperty::New(name.toStdString()));
-		maskNode->SetProperty("opacity", mitk::FloatProperty::New(1));
-		maskNode->SetColor(1.0, 1.0, 0.0);
+		maskedImageNode->SetData(image);
+		maskedImageNode->SetProperty("name", mitk::StringProperty::New(name.toStdString()));
+		maskedImageNode->SetProperty("opacity", mitk::FloatProperty::New(1));
 		//
 		// add the node to the ds
 		//
-		this->GetDataStorage()->Add(maskNode);
+		this->GetDataStorage()->Add(maskedImageNode);
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.exampleplugin/src/internal/ExampleViewControls.ui b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.exampleplugin/src/internal/ExampleViewControls.ui
index b6e5acd889..8fad0e0310 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.exampleplugin/src/internal/ExampleViewControls.ui
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.exampleplugin/src/internal/ExampleViewControls.ui
@@ -1,124 +1,171 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>ExampleViewControls</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="ExampleViewControls">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>222</width>
-    <height>284</height>
+    <height>481</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="minimumSize">
    <size>
     <width>0</width>
     <height>0</height>
    </size>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>QmitkTemplate</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <item>
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="horizontalGroupBox">
      <property name="layoutDirection">
       <enum>Qt::RightToLeft</enum>
      </property>
      <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
       <property name="leftMargin">
        <number>1</number>
       </property>
       <item>
        <widget class="QmitkDataStorageComboBox" name="comboBoxImageSelection">
         <property name="layoutDirection">
          <enum>Qt::LeftToRight</enum>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item alignment="Qt::AlignTop">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="labelImageSelection">
         <property name="text">
          <string>Image:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="labelWarning">
      <property name="styleSheet">
       <string notr="true">QLabel { color: rgb(255, 0, 0) }</string>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>Please select an image!</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QPushButton" name="buttonPerformImageProcessing">
+     <property name="enabled">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </property>
      <property name="toolTip">
       <string>Do image processing</string>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>Calculate</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="labelStatistics">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Statistics:</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <widget class="QListView" name="listView"/>
+    <widget class="QTableWidget" name="tableWidgetStatistics">
+     <property name="enabled">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </property>
+     <property name="rowCount">
+      <number>4</number>
+     </property>
+     <property name="columnCount">
+      <number>1</number>
+     </property>
+     <attribute name="horizontalHeaderVisible">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </attribute>
+     <attribute name="horizontalHeaderCascadingSectionResizes">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </attribute>
+     <row>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>max</string>
+      </property>
+     </row>
+     <row>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>min</string>
+      </property>
+     </row>
+     <row>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>dev</string>
+      </property>
+     </row>
+     <row>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>avg</string>
+      </property>
+     </row>
+     <column>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>0</string>
+      </property>
+     </column>
+    </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="labelThreshold">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Threshold</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item alignment="Qt::AlignRight">
     <widget class="QSpinBox" name="spinboxThreshold"/>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QPushButton" name="buttonGenerate">
+     <property name="enabled">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>Generate</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <spacer name="spacer1">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="sizeType">
       <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
       <size>
        <width>20</width>
        <height>220</height>
       </size>
      </property>
     </spacer>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
    <class>QmitkDataStorageComboBox</class>
    <extends>QComboBox</extends>
    <header location="global">QmitkDataStorageComboBox.h</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>