diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/ThrowHelper.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/ThrowHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a832645334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/ThrowHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+namespace ImageSharp
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Helps removing exception throwing code from hot path by providing non-inlined exception thrower methods.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class ThrowHelper
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
+        public static void ThrowArgumentNullException(string paramName)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(paramName));
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Memory/ArrayPointer{T}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Memory/ArrayPointer{T}.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3fc32234a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Memory/ArrayPointer{T}.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+namespace ImageSharp
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides access to elements in an array from a given position. 
+    /// This struct shares many similarities with corefx System.Span&lt;T&gt; but there are differences in functionalities and semantics:
+    /// - It's not possible to use it with stack objects or pointers to unmanaged memory, only with managed arrays
+    /// - There is no bounds checking for performance reasons. Therefore we don't need to store length. (However this could be added as DEBUG-only feature.)
+    /// - Currently the arrays provided to ArrayPointer need to be pinned. This behaviour could be changed using C#7 features.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal unsafe struct ArrayPointer<T>
+        where T : struct
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public ArrayPointer(T[] array, void* pointerToArray, int offset)
+        {
+            // TODO: Use Guard.NotNull() here after optimizing it with ThrowHelper!
+            if (array == null)
+            {
+                ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentNullException(nameof(array));
+            }
+            this.Array = array;
+            this.Offset = offset;
+            this.PointerAtOffset = (IntPtr)pointerToArray + Unsafe.SizeOf<T>()*offset;
+        }
+
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public ArrayPointer(T[] array, void* pointerToArray)
+        {
+            // TODO: Use Guard.NotNull() here after optimizing it with ThrowHelper!
+            if (array == null)
+            {
+                ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentNullException(nameof(array));
+            }
+            this.Array = array;
+            this.Offset = 0;
+            this.PointerAtOffset = (IntPtr)pointerToArray;
+        }
+
+        public T[] Array { get; private set; }
+
+        public int Offset { get; private set; }
+
+        public IntPtr PointerAtOffset { get; private set; }
+
+        public ArrayPointer<T> Slice(int offset)
+        {
+            ArrayPointer<T> result = default(ArrayPointer<T>);
+            result.Array = this.Array;
+            result.Offset = this.Offset + offset;
+            result.PointerAtOffset = this.PointerAtOffset + Unsafe.SizeOf<T>() * offset;
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/Fast2DArray{T}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Memory/Fast2DArray{T}.cs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/Fast2DArray{T}.cs
rename to src/ImageSharp/Common/Memory/Fast2DArray{T}.cs
index 26ec816ce3..88a9797572 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/Fast2DArray{T}.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Memory/Fast2DArray{T}.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// <copyright file="Fast2DArray{T}.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// <copyright file="Fast2DArray{T}.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
 // Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 // </copyright>
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Common/ArrayPointerTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Common/ArrayPointerTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d229f86ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Common/ArrayPointerTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// ReSharper disable ObjectCreationAsStatement
+// ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
+namespace ImageSharp.Tests.Common
+{
+    using System;
+
+    using Xunit;
+
+    public unsafe class ArrayPointerTests
+    {
+        public struct Foo
+        {
+            private int a;
+
+            private double b;
+
+            internal static Foo[] CreateArray(int size)
+            {
+                Foo[] result = new Foo[size];
+                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+                {
+                    result[i] = new Foo() { a = i, b = i };
+                }
+                return result;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ConstructWithNullArray_Throws()
+        {
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(
+                () =>
+                    {
+                        new ArrayPointer<int>(null, (void*)0);
+                    });
+
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(
+                () =>
+                {
+                    new ArrayPointer<int>(null, (void*)0);
+                });
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ConstructWithoutOffset()
+        {
+            Foo[] array = Foo.CreateArray(3);
+            fixed (Foo* p = array)
+            {
+                // Act:
+                ArrayPointer<Foo> ap = new ArrayPointer<Foo>(array, p);
+
+                // Assert:
+                Assert.Equal(array, ap.Array);
+                Assert.Equal((IntPtr)p, ap.PointerAtOffset);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ConstructWithOffset()
+        {
+            Foo[] array = Foo.CreateArray(3);
+            int offset = 2;
+            fixed (Foo* p = array)
+            {
+                // Act:
+                ArrayPointer<Foo> ap = new ArrayPointer<Foo>(array, p, offset);
+
+                // Assert:
+                Assert.Equal(array, ap.Array);
+                Assert.Equal(offset, ap.Offset);
+                Assert.Equal((IntPtr)(p+offset), ap.PointerAtOffset);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Slice()
+        {
+            Foo[] array = Foo.CreateArray(5);
+            int offset0 = 2;
+            int offset1 = 2;
+            int totalOffset = offset0 + offset1;
+            fixed (Foo* p = array)
+            {
+                ArrayPointer<Foo> ap = new ArrayPointer<Foo>(array, p, offset0);
+
+                // Act:
+                ap = ap.Slice(offset1);
+
+                // Assert:
+                Assert.Equal(array, ap.Array);
+                Assert.Equal(totalOffset, ap.Offset);
+                Assert.Equal((IntPtr)(p + totalOffset), ap.PointerAtOffset);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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