--- a/CMakeLists.txt	Thu Sep 08 16:32:13 2016 +0200
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	Fri Sep 09 12:09:04 2016 +0200
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
   Core/Images/Font.cpp
   Core/Images/FontRegistry.cpp
   Core/Images/IImageWriter.cpp
+  Core/Images/Image.cpp
   Core/Images/ImageAccessor.cpp
   Core/Images/ImageBuffer.cpp
   Core/Images/ImageProcessing.cpp

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/Core/Images/Image.cpp	Fri Sep 09 12:09:04 2016 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ * Orthanc - A Lightweight, RESTful DICOM Store
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Sebastien Jodogne, Medical Physics
+ * Department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders of this
+ * program give permission to link the code of its release with the
+ * OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it
+ * that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute
+ * the linked executables. You must obey the GNU General Public License
+ * in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL". If you
+ * modify file(s) with this exception, you may extend this exception to
+ * your version of the file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If
+ * you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your
+ * version. If you delete this exception statement from all source files
+ * in the program, then also delete it here.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+
+#include "Image.h"
+
+#include "ImageProcessing.h"
+
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace Orthanc
+{
+  Image::Image(PixelFormat format,
+               unsigned int width,
+               unsigned int height) :
+    image_(format, width, height)
+  {
+    ImageAccessor accessor = image_.GetAccessor();
+    AssignWritable(format, width, height, accessor.GetPitch(), accessor.GetBuffer());
+  }
+
+
+  Image* Image::Clone(const ImageAccessor& source)
+  {
+    std::auto_ptr<Image> target(new Image(source.GetFormat(), source.GetWidth(), source.GetHeight()));
+    ImageProcessing::Copy(*target, source);
+    return target.release();
+  }
+}

--- a/Core/Images/Image.h	Thu Sep 08 16:32:13 2016 +0200
+++ b/Core/Images/Image.h	Fri Sep 09 12:09:04 2016 +0200
@@ -45,11 +45,8 @@
   public:
     Image(PixelFormat format,
           unsigned int width,
-          unsigned int height) :
-      image_(format, width, height)
-    {
-      ImageAccessor accessor = image_.GetAccessor();
-      AssignWritable(format, width, height, accessor.GetPitch(), accessor.GetBuffer());
-    }
+          unsigned int height);
+
+    static Image* Clone(const ImageAccessor& source);
   };
 }