diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatistics/files.cmake b/Modules/ImageStatistics/files.cmake
index a19d564a8d..d41c612329 100644
--- a/Modules/ImageStatistics/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatistics/files.cmake
@@ -1,45 +1,47 @@
 set(CPP_FILES
   mitkImageStatisticsCalculator.cpp
   mitkImageStatisticsContainer.cpp
   mitkPointSetStatisticsCalculator.cpp
   mitkPointSetDifferenceStatisticsCalculator.cpp
   mitkIntensityProfile.cpp
   mitkHotspotMaskGenerator.cpp
   mitkMaskGenerator.cpp
   mitkPlanarFigureMaskGenerator.cpp
   mitkMultiLabelMaskGenerator.cpp
   mitkImageMaskGenerator.cpp
   mitkHistogramStatisticsCalculator.cpp
   mitkMaskUtilities.cpp
   mitkIgnorePixelMaskGenerator.cpp
   mitkImageStatisticsPredicateHelper.cpp
   mitkImageStatisticsContainerNodeHelper.cpp
   mitkImageStatisticsContainerManager.cpp
   mitkStatisticsToImageRelationRule.cpp
   mitkStatisticsToMaskRelationRule.cpp
+  mitkImageStatisticsConstants.cpp
 )
 
 set(H_FILES
   mitkImageStatisticsCalculator.h
   mitkImageStatisticsContainer.h
   mitkPointSetDifferenceStatisticsCalculator.h
   mitkPointSetStatisticsCalculator.h
   mitkExtendedStatisticsImageFilter.h
   mitkExtendedLabelStatisticsImageFilter.h
   mitkHotspotMaskGenerator.h
   mitkMaskGenerator.h
   mitkPlanarFigureMaskGenerator.h
   mitkMultiLabelMaskGenerator.h
   mitkImageMaskGenerator.h
   mitkHistogramStatisticsCalculator.h
   mitkMaskUtilities.h
   mitkitkMaskImageFilter.h
   mitkIgnorePixelMaskGenerator.h
   mitkMinMaxImageFilterWithIndex.h
   mitkMinMaxLabelmageFilterWithIndex.h
   mitkImageStatisticsPredicateHelper.h
   mitkImageStatisticsContainerNodeHelper.h
   mitkImageStatisticsContainerManager.h
   mitkStatisticsToImageRelationRule.h
   mitkStatisticsToMaskRelationRule.h
+  mitkImageStatisticsConstants.h
 )
diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkImageStatisticsConstants.cpp b/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkImageStatisticsConstants.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08cdbcb847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkImageStatisticsConstants.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 "mitkImageStatisticsConstants.h"
+
+const std::string MEAN{ "Mean" };
+const std::string MEDIAN{ "Median" };
+const std::string STANDARDDEVIATION{ "StandardDeviation" };
+const std::string VARIANCE{ "Variance" };
+const std::string RMS{ "RMS" };
+const std::string MAXIMUM{ "Max" };
+const std::string MAXIMUMPOSITION{ "MaxPosition" };
+const std::string MINIMUM{ "Min" };
+const std::string MINIMUMPOSITION{ "MinPosition" };
+const std::string NUMBEROFVOXELS{ "#Voxel" };
+const std::string VOLUME{ "Volume [mm^3]" };
+const std::string SKEWNESS{ "Skewness" };
+const std::string KURTOSIS{ "Kurtosis" };
+const std::string UNIFORMITY{ "Uniformity" };
+const std::string ENTROPY{ "Entropy" };
+const std::string MPP{ "MPP" };
+const std::string UPP{ "UPP" };
+const std::string LABEL{ "Label" };
+const std::string HISTOGRAM{ "Histogram" };
diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkImageStatisticsConstants.h b/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkImageStatisticsConstants.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..689f3639c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatistics/mitkImageStatisticsConstants.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 _MITK_IMAGE_STATISTICS_CONSTANTS_H_
+#define _MITK_IMAGE_STATISTICS_CONSTANTS_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include <MitkImageStatisticsExports.h>
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#  pragma warning(push)
+#  pragma warning(disable:4251)
+#endif
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+
+  struct MITKIMAGESTATISTICS_EXPORT ImageStatisticsConstants
+
+  {
+    static const std::string MEAN;
+    static const std::string MEDIAN;
+    static const std::string STANDARDDEVIATION;
+    static const std::string VARIANCE;
+    static const std::string RMS;
+    static const std::string MAXIMUM;
+    static const std::string MAXIMUMPOSITION;
+    static const std::string MINIMUM;
+    static const std::string MINIMUMPOSITION;
+    static const std::string NUMBEROFVOXELS;
+    static const std::string VOLUME;
+    static const std::string SKEWNESS;
+    static const std::string KURTOSIS;
+    static const std::string UNIFORMITY;
+    static const std::string ENTROPY;
+    static const std::string MPP;
+    static const std::string UPP;
+    static const std::string LABEL;
+    static const std::string HISTOGRAM;
+
+  };
+}
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#  pragma warning(pop)
+#endif
+
+#endif