diff --git a/tests/test_atlases.py b/tests/test_atlases.py
index 99e656e10f3a0e138645e92d2c2aa53c66d97a73..9fd37c229681a61634ef5714bb86ca040a661e92 100644
--- a/tests/test_atlases.py
+++ b/tests/test_atlases.py
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ dummy_atlas_desc = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
   <header>
     <name>{name}</name>
     <shortname>{shortname}</shortname>
-    <type>Label</type>
+    <type>{atlastype}</type>
+    {extraheader}
     <images>
       <imagefile>/{shortname}/{filename}</imagefile>
        <summaryimagefile>/{shortname}/My{filename}</summaryimagefile>
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ dummy_atlas_desc = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
   </data>
 </atlas>
 """
-def _make_dummy_atlas(savedir, name, shortName, filename):
+def _make_dummy_atlas(
+        savedir, name, shortName, filename, atlastype='Label', extraheader=''):
     mladir     = op.join(savedir, shortName)
     mlaxmlfile = op.join(savedir, '{}.xml'.format(shortName))
     mlaimgfile = op.join(savedir, shortName, '{}.nii.gz'.format(filename))
@@ -70,7 +72,9 @@ def _make_dummy_atlas(savedir, name, shortName, filename):
         desc = dummy_atlas_desc.format(
             name=name,
             shortname=shortName,
-            filename=filename)
+            filename=filename,
+            atlastype=atlastype,
+            extraheader=extraheader)
         f.write(desc)
 
     return mlaxmlfile
@@ -142,6 +146,29 @@ def test_AtlasDescription():
         registry.getAtlasDescription('non-existent-atlas')
 
 
+def test_StatisticHeader():
+    with tests.testdir() as testdir:
+        hdr = '<statistic>T</statistic>' \
+              '<units>M</units>' \
+              '<precision>3</precision>' \
+              '<lower>15</lower>' \
+              '<upper>75</upper>'
+        xmlfile = _make_dummy_atlas(testdir,
+                                    'statlas',
+                                    'STA',
+                                    'StAtlas',
+                                    atlastype='Statistic',
+                                    extraheader=hdr)
+
+        desc = atlases.AtlasDescription(xmlfile, 'StAtlas')
+        assert desc.atlasType == 'statistic'
+        assert desc.statistic == 'T'
+        assert desc.units     == 'M'
+        assert desc.precision == 3
+        assert desc.lower     == 15
+        assert desc.upper     == 75
+
+
 def test_add_remove_atlas():
 
     with tests.testdir() as testdir:
@@ -250,6 +277,9 @@ def test_get():
             assert (target == atlas.get(index=label.index).data).all()
             assert (target == atlas.get(value=label.value).data).all()
             assert (target == atlas.get(name=label.name).data).all()
+            if atlas is lblatlas:
+                target = target * label.value
+                assert (target == atlas.get(value=label.value, binary=False).data).all()
 
 
 def test_find():