diff --git a/Modules/Core/include/mitkImageToItk.txx b/Modules/Core/include/mitkImageToItk.txx
index c99f9dc6a0..3b2b49d897 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/include/mitkImageToItk.txx
+++ b/Modules/Core/include/mitkImageToItk.txx
@@ -1,294 +1,294 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 IMAGETOITK_TXX_INCLUDED_C1C2FCD2
 #define IMAGETOITK_TXX_INCLUDED_C1C2FCD2
 
 #include "itkImportMitkImageContainer.h"
 #include "mitkBaseProcess.h"
 #include "mitkException.h"
 #include "mitkImageReadAccessor.h"
 #include "mitkImageToItk.h"
 #include "mitkImageWriteAccessor.h"
 
+#include <memory>
+
 template <typename TImageType>
 struct SetLengthHelper
 {
   SetLengthHelper(TImageType *in) { m_Image = in; }
 private:
   TImageType *m_Image;
 };
 
 template <typename T, unsigned int VDimension>
 struct SetLengthHelper<itk::Image<T, VDimension>>
 {
   typedef itk::Image<T, VDimension> TImageType;
 
   SetLengthHelper(TImageType *in) { m_Image = in; }
   void SetVectorLength(size_t) {}
 private:
   TImageType *m_Image;
 };
 
 template <typename T, unsigned int VDimension>
 struct SetLengthHelper<itk::VectorImage<T, VDimension>>
 {
   typedef itk::VectorImage<T, VDimension> TImageType;
 
   SetLengthHelper(TImageType *in) { m_Image = in; }
   void SetVectorLength(size_t len) { m_Image->SetVectorLength(len); }
 private:
   TImageType *m_Image;
 };
 
 template <class TOutputImage>
 void mitk::ImageToItk<TOutputImage>::SetInput(mitk::Image *input)
 {
   this->SetInput(static_cast<const Image *>(input));
   m_ConstInput = false;
 }
 
 template <class TOutputImage>
 void mitk::ImageToItk<TOutputImage>::SetInput(const mitk::Image *input)
 {
   this->CheckInput(input);
   // Process object is not const-correct so the const_cast is required here
   itk::ProcessObject::PushFrontInput(input);
   m_ConstInput = true;
 }
 
 template <class TOutputImage>
 mitk::Image *mitk::ImageToItk<TOutputImage>::GetInput(void)
 {
   if (this->GetNumberOfInputs() < 1)
   {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
   return static_cast<mitk::Image *>(itk::ProcessObject::GetInput(0));
 }
 
 template <class TOutputImage>
 const mitk::Image *mitk::ImageToItk<TOutputImage>::GetInput() const
 {
   if (this->GetNumberOfInputs() < 1)
   {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
   return static_cast<const mitk::Image *>(itk::ProcessObject::GetInput(0));
 }
 
 template <class TOutputImage>
 void mitk::ImageToItk<TOutputImage>::GenerateData()
 {
   // Allocate output
   mitk::Image::Pointer input = this->GetInput();
   typename Superclass::OutputImageType::Pointer output = this->GetOutput();
 
   unsigned long noBytes = input->GetDimension(0);
   for (unsigned int i = 1; i < TOutputImage::GetImageDimension(); ++i)
   {
     noBytes = noBytes * input->GetDimension(i);
   }
   const mitk::PixelType pixelType = input->GetPixelType();
   if (pixelType.GetPixelType() == itk::ImageIOBase::VECTOR)
   {
     noBytes *= pixelType.GetNumberOfComponents();
     SetLengthHelper<typename Superclass::OutputImageType> helper(output.GetPointer());
     helper.SetVectorLength(pixelType.GetNumberOfComponents());
   }
 
-  mitk::ImageAccessorBase *imageAccess;
+  std::unique_ptr<mitk::ImageAccessorBase> imageAccess;
   if (m_ConstInput)
   {
-    imageAccess = new mitk::ImageReadAccessor(input, static_cast<const ImageDataItem *>(nullptr), m_Options);
+    imageAccess.reset(new mitk::ImageReadAccessor(input, nullptr, m_Options));
   }
   else
   {
-    imageAccess = new mitk::ImageWriteAccessor(input, static_cast<const ImageDataItem *>(nullptr), m_Options);
+    imageAccess.reset(new mitk::ImageWriteAccessor(input, nullptr, m_Options));
   }
 
   // hier wird momentan wohl nur der erste Channel verwendet??!!
   if (imageAccess->GetData() == nullptr)
   {
     itkWarningMacro(<< "no image data to import in ITK image");
 
     RegionType bufferedRegion;
     output->SetBufferedRegion(bufferedRegion);
     return;
   }
 
   if (m_CopyMemFlag)
   {
     itkDebugMacro("copyMem ...");
 
     output->Allocate();
 
     memcpy(output->GetBufferPointer(), imageAccess->GetData(), sizeof(InternalPixelType) * noBytes);
-
-    delete imageAccess;
   }
   else
   {
     itkDebugMacro("do not copyMem ...");
     typedef itk::ImportMitkImageContainer<itk::SizeValueType, InternalPixelType> ImportContainerType;
     typename ImportContainerType::Pointer import;
 
     import = ImportContainerType::New();
     import->Initialize();
 
     itkDebugMacro(<< "size of container = " << import->Size());
     // import->SetImageDataItem(m_ImageDataItem);
-    import->SetImageAccessor(imageAccess, sizeof(InternalPixelType) * noBytes);
+    import->SetImageAccessor(imageAccess.release(), sizeof(InternalPixelType) * noBytes);
 
     output->SetPixelContainer(import);
     itkDebugMacro(<< "size of container = " << import->Size());
   }
 }
 
 template <class TOutputImage>
 void mitk::ImageToItk<TOutputImage>::UpdateOutputInformation()
 {
   mitk::Image::Pointer input = this->GetInput();
   if (input.IsNotNull() && (input->GetSource().IsNotNull()) && input->GetSource()->Updating())
   {
     typename Superclass::OutputImageType::Pointer output = this->GetOutput();
     unsigned long t1 = input->GetUpdateMTime() + 1;
     if (t1 > this->m_OutputInformationMTime.GetMTime())
     {
       output->SetPipelineMTime(t1);
 
       this->GenerateOutputInformation();
 
       this->m_OutputInformationMTime.Modified();
     }
     return;
   }
   Superclass::UpdateOutputInformation();
 }
 
 template <class TOutputImage>
 void mitk::ImageToItk<TOutputImage>::GenerateOutputInformation()
 {
   mitk::Image::ConstPointer input = this->GetInput();
   typename Superclass::OutputImageType::Pointer output = this->GetOutput();
 
   // allocate size, origin, spacing, direction in types of output image
   SizeType size;
   const unsigned int itkDimMin3 = (TOutputImage::ImageDimension > 3 ? TOutputImage::ImageDimension : 3);
   const unsigned int itkDimMax3 = (TOutputImage::ImageDimension < 3 ? TOutputImage::ImageDimension : 3);
   typename Superclass::OutputImageType::PointType::ValueType origin[itkDimMin3];
   typename Superclass::OutputImageType::SpacingType::ComponentType spacing[itkDimMin3];
   typename Superclass::OutputImageType::DirectionType direction;
 
   // copy as much information as possible into size and spacing
   unsigned int i;
   for (i = 0; i < itkDimMax3; ++i)
   {
     size[i] = input->GetDimension(i);
     spacing[i] = input->GetGeometry()->GetSpacing()[i];
   }
   for (; i < TOutputImage::ImageDimension; ++i)
   {
     origin[i] = 0.0;
     size[i] = input->GetDimension(i);
     spacing[i] = 1.0;
   }
 
   // build region from size
   IndexType start;
   start.Fill(0);
   RegionType region;
   region.SetIndex(start);
   region.SetSize(size);
 
   // copy as much information as possible into origin
   const mitk::Point3D &mitkorigin = input->GetGeometry()->GetOrigin();
   itk2vtk(mitkorigin, origin);
 
   // copy as much information as possible into direction
   direction.SetIdentity();
   unsigned int j;
   const AffineTransform3D::MatrixType &matrix = input->GetGeometry()->GetIndexToWorldTransform()->GetMatrix();
 
   /// \warning 2D MITK images could have a 3D rotation, since they have a 3x3 geometry matrix.
   /// If it is only a rotation around the axial plane normal, it can be express with a 2x2 matrix.
   /// In this case, the ITK image conservs this information and is identical to the MITK image!
   /// If the MITK image contains any other rotation, the ITK image will have no rotation at all.
   /// Spacing is of course conserved in both cases.
 
   // the following loop devides by spacing now to normalize columns.
   // counterpart of InitializeByItk in mitkImage.h line 372 of revision 15092.
 
   // Check if information is lost
   if (TOutputImage::ImageDimension <= 2)
   {
     if ((TOutputImage::ImageDimension == 2) && ((matrix[0][2] != 0) || (matrix[1][2] != 0) || (matrix[2][0] != 0) ||
                                                 (matrix[2][1] != 0) || ((matrix[2][2] != 1) && (matrix[2][2] != -1))))
     {
       // The 2D MITK image contains 3D rotation information.
       // This cannot be expressed in a 2D ITK image, so the ITK image will have no rotation
     }
     else
     {
       // The 2D MITK image can be converted to an 2D ITK image without information loss!
       for (i = 0; i < itkDimMax3; ++i)
         for (j = 0; j < itkDimMax3; ++j)
           direction[i][j] = matrix[i][j] / spacing[j];
     }
   }
   else
   {
     // Normal 3D image. Conversion possible without problem!
     for (i = 0; i < itkDimMax3; ++i)
       for (j = 0; j < itkDimMax3; ++j)
         direction[i][j] = matrix[i][j] / spacing[j];
   }
 
   // set information into output image
   output->SetRegions(region);
   output->SetOrigin(origin);
   output->SetSpacing(spacing);
   output->SetDirection(direction);
 }
 
 template <class TOutputImage>
 void mitk::ImageToItk<TOutputImage>::CheckInput(const mitk::Image *input) const
 {
   if (input == nullptr)
   {
     itkExceptionMacro(<< "image is null");
   }
   if (input->GetDimension() != TOutputImage::GetImageDimension())
   {
     itkExceptionMacro(<< "image has dimension " << input->GetDimension() << " instead of "
                       << TOutputImage::GetImageDimension());
   }
 
   if (!(input->GetPixelType() == mitk::MakePixelType<TOutputImage>(input->GetPixelType().GetNumberOfComponents())))
   {
     itkExceptionMacro(<< "image has wrong pixel type ");
   }
 }
 
 template <class TOutputImage>
 void mitk::ImageToItk<TOutputImage>::PrintSelf(std::ostream &os, itk::Indent indent) const
 {
   Superclass::PrintSelf(os, indent);
 }
 
 #endif // IMAGETOITK_TXX_INCLUDED_C1C2FCD2