diff --git a/Modules/Python/Testing/mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest.cpp b/Modules/Python/Testing/mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest.cpp
index bdc7f7d08b..ee06270166 100644
--- a/Modules/Python/Testing/mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest.cpp
+++ b/Modules/Python/Testing/mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest.cpp
@@ -1,61 +1,72 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 <mitkCommon.h>
 #include <usModuleContext.h>
 #include <usGetModuleContext.h>
 #include <usServiceReference.h>
 #include <mitkTestingMacros.h>
 #include <mitkPythonService.h>
 #include <mitkIPythonService.h>
 #include <mitkIOUtil.h>
 
 #include <mitkModuleRegistry.h>
 #include <mitkModule.h>
 #include <mitkServiceReference.h>
+#include <mitkImagePixelReadAccessor.h>
 
 int mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest(int /*argc*/, char* argv[])
 {
   MITK_TEST_BEGIN("mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest")
 
   //get the context of the python module
   mitk::Module* module = mitk::ModuleRegistry::GetModule("mitkPython");
   mitk::ModuleContext* context = module->GetModuleContext();
   //get the service which is generated in the PythonModuleActivator
   mitk::ServiceReference serviceRef = context->GetServiceReference<mitk::IPythonService>();
   mitk::PythonService* pythonService = dynamic_cast<mitk::PythonService*>( context->GetService<mitk::IPythonService>(serviceRef) );
   MITK_TEST_CONDITION(pythonService->IsItkPythonWrappingAvailable() == true, "Is Python available?");
 
   mitk::Image::Pointer testImage = mitk::IOUtil::LoadImage(std::string(argv[1]));
 
   //give it a name in python
   std::string nameOfImageInPython("mitkImage");
 
   MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonService->CopyToPythonAsItkImage( testImage, nameOfImageInPython) == true, "Valid image copied to python import should return true.");
   mitk::Image::Pointer pythonImage = pythonService->CopyItkImageFromPython(nameOfImageInPython);
 
-  //TODO Use the assert comparison methods once we have them implemented and remove GetPixelValueByIndex
-  MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImage->GetDimension(0) == 256, "Is the 1st dimension of Pic3D still 256?");
-  MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImage->GetDimension(1) == 256, "Is the 2nd dimension of Pic3D still 256?");
-  MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImage->GetDimension(2) == 49, "Is the 3rd dimension of Pic3D still 49?");
 
   mitk::Index3D index;
   index[0] = 128;
   index[1] = 128;
   index[2] = 24;
-  MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImage->GetPixelValueByIndex(index) == 96, "Is the value of Pic3D at (128,128,24) still 96?");
+
+  try{
+    // pic3D of type char
+    mitk::ImagePixelReadAccessor<char,3> pythonImageAccesor(pythonImage);
+
+    //TODO Use the assert comparison methods once we have them implemented and remove GetPixelValueByIndex
+    MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImageAccesor.GetDimension(0) == 256, "Is the 1st dimension of Pic3D still 256?");
+    MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImageAccesor.GetDimension(1) == 256, "Is the 2nd dimension of Pic3D still 256?");
+    MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImageAccesor.GetDimension(2) == 49, "Is the 3rd dimension of Pic3D still 49?");
+
+    MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImageAccesor.GetPixelByIndex(index) == 96, "Is the value of Pic3D at (128,128,24) still 96?");
+  }catch(...)
+  {
+    MITK_TEST_CONDITION( false, "Image is not readable! ");
+  }
 
   MITK_TEST_END()
 }