diff --git a/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkImage.cpp b/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkImage.cpp
index 2122b13a6c..bbfee0b44d 100644
--- a/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkImage.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkImage.cpp
@@ -1,1267 +1,1277 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
 Version:   $Revision$
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkImage.h"
 
 #include "mitkImageStatisticsHolder.h"
 #include "mitkPixelTypeMultiplex.h"
 
 #include <vtkImageData.h>
 
 #define FILL_C_ARRAY( _arr, _size, _value) for(unsigned int i=0u; i<_size; i++) \
 { _arr[i] = _value; }
 
 
 mitk::Image::Image() : 
 m_Dimension(0), m_Dimensions(NULL), m_ImageDescriptor(NULL), m_OffsetTable(NULL), m_CompleteData(NULL),
   m_ImageStatistics(NULL)
 {
   m_Dimensions = new unsigned int[MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSIONS];
   FILL_C_ARRAY( m_Dimensions, MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSIONS, 0u);
 
   m_Initialized = false;
 }
 
 mitk::Image::Image(const Image &other) : SlicedData(other), m_Dimension(0), m_Dimensions(NULL),
 m_ImageDescriptor(NULL), m_OffsetTable(NULL), m_CompleteData(NULL), m_ImageStatistics(NULL)
 {
   m_Dimensions = new unsigned int[MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSIONS];
   FILL_C_ARRAY( m_Dimensions, MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSIONS, 0u);
 
   this->Initialize(&other);
 
   if (this->GetDimension() > 3)
   {
     const unsigned int time_steps = this->GetDimension(3);
 
     for (unsigned int i = 0u; i < time_steps; ++i)
     {
       ImageDataItemPointer volume = const_cast<Image&>(other).GetVolumeData(i);
 
       this->SetVolume(volume->GetData(), i);
     }
   }
   else
   {
     ImageDataItemPointer volume = const_cast<Image&>(other).GetVolumeData(0);
 
     this->SetVolume(volume->GetData(), 0);
   }
 }
 
 mitk::Image::~Image()
 {
   Clear();
   m_ReferenceCountLock.Lock();
   m_ReferenceCount = 3;
   m_ReferenceCountLock.Unlock();
   m_ReferenceCountLock.Lock();
   m_ReferenceCount = 0;
   m_ReferenceCountLock.Unlock();
   if(m_OffsetTable != NULL)
     delete [] m_OffsetTable;
 
   if(m_ImageStatistics != NULL)
     delete m_ImageStatistics;
 }
 
 const mitk::PixelType mitk::Image::GetPixelType(int n) const
 {
   return this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n);
 }
 
 unsigned int mitk::Image::GetDimension() const
 {
   return m_Dimension;
 }
 
 unsigned int mitk::Image::GetDimension(int i) const
 {
   if((i>=0) && (i<(int)m_Dimension))
     return m_Dimensions[i];
   return 1;
 }
 
 void* mitk::Image::GetData()
 {
   if(m_Initialized==false)
   {
     if(GetSource().IsNull())
       return NULL;
     if(GetSource()->Updating()==false)
       GetSource()->UpdateOutputInformation();
   }
   m_CompleteData=GetChannelData();
 
   // update channel's data
   // if data was not available at creation point, the m_Data of channel descriptor is NULL
   // if data present, it won't be overwritten
   m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelDescriptor(0).SetData(m_CompleteData->GetData());
 
   return m_CompleteData->GetData();
 }
 
 
 template <class T>
 void AccessPixel( const mitk::PixelType ptype, void* data, const unsigned int offset, double& value )
 {
   value = 0.0;
   if( data == NULL ) return;
 
   if(ptype.GetBpe() != 24)
   {
     value = (double) (((T*) data)[ offset ]);
  }
   else
   {
     const unsigned int rgboffset = 3 * offset;
 
     double returnvalue = (((T*) data)[rgboffset ]);
     returnvalue += (((T*) data)[rgboffset + 1]);
     returnvalue += (((T*) data)[rgboffset + 2]);
     value = returnvalue;
   }
 
 }
 
 double mitk::Image::GetPixelValueByIndex(const mitk::Index3D &position, unsigned int timestep)
 {
   double value = 0;
   if (this->GetTimeSteps() < timestep)
   {
     timestep = this->GetTimeSteps();
   }
 
   value = 0.0;
 
   const unsigned int* imageDims = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetDimensions();
   const mitk::PixelType ptype = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(0);
 
   // Comparison ?>=0 not needed since all position[i] and timestep are unsigned int
   // (position[0]>=0 && position[1] >=0 && position[2]>=0 && timestep>=0)
   // &&
   if ( (unsigned int)position[0] < imageDims[0] && (unsigned int)position[1] < imageDims[1] &&
        ( (imageDims[2] == 0) || (unsigned int)position[2] < imageDims[2]) // in case a 2D Image passed in, the third dimension could be set to 0 causing the if() to fail
     /*&& (unsigned int)timestep < imageDims[3]*/ )
   {
     const unsigned int offset = position[0] + position[1]*imageDims[0] + position[2]*imageDims[0]*imageDims[1] + timestep*imageDims[0]*imageDims[1]*imageDims[2];
 
     mitkPixelTypeMultiplex3( AccessPixel, ptype, this->GetData(), offset, value );
   }
 
   return value;
 }
 
 double mitk::Image::GetPixelValueByWorldCoordinate(const mitk::Point3D& position, unsigned int timestep)
 {
   double value = 0;
   if (this->GetTimeSteps() < timestep)
   {
     timestep = this->GetTimeSteps();
   }
 
   Index3D itkIndex;
   this->GetGeometry()->WorldToIndex(position,itkIndex);
 
   value = 0.0;
 
   const unsigned int* imageDims = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetDimensions();
   const mitk::PixelType ptype = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(0);
 
   //if ( (itkIndex[0]>=0 && itkIndex[1] >=0 && itkIndex[2]>=0 && timestep>=0)
   //     &&
   // lines above taken from comparison since allways true due to usigned type
   if( (unsigned int)itkIndex[0] < imageDims[0] && (unsigned int)itkIndex[1] < imageDims[1] &&
       ( (imageDims[2] == 0) || (unsigned int)itkIndex[2] < imageDims[2]) // in case a 2D Image passed in, the third dimension could be set to 0 causing the if() to fail
   )
   {
     const unsigned int offset = itkIndex[0] + itkIndex[1]*imageDims[0] + itkIndex[2]*imageDims[0]*imageDims[1] + timestep*imageDims[0]*imageDims[1]*imageDims[2];
 
     mitkPixelTypeMultiplex3( AccessPixel, ptype, this->GetData(), offset, value );
   }
 
   return value;
 }
 
 vtkImageData* mitk::Image::GetVtkImageData(int t, int n)
 {
   if(m_Initialized==false)
   {
     if(GetSource().IsNull())
       return NULL;
     if(GetSource()->Updating()==false)
       GetSource()->UpdateOutputInformation();
   }
   ImageDataItemPointer volume=GetVolumeData(t, n);
   if(volume.GetPointer()==NULL || volume->GetVtkImageData() == NULL)
     return NULL;
 
 
   float *fspacing = const_cast<float *>(GetSlicedGeometry(t)->GetFloatSpacing());
   double dspacing[3] = {fspacing[0],fspacing[1],fspacing[2]};
   volume->GetVtkImageData()->SetSpacing( dspacing );
 
   return volume->GetVtkImageData();
 }
 
 mitk::Image::ImageDataItemPointer mitk::Image::GetSliceData(int s, int t, int n, void *data, ImportMemoryManagementType importMemoryManagement)
 {
   if(IsValidSlice(s,t,n)==false) return NULL;
 
   const size_t ptypeSize = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n).GetSize();
 
   // slice directly available?
   int pos=GetSliceIndex(s,t,n);
   if(m_Slices[pos].GetPointer()!=NULL)
     return m_Slices[pos];
 
   // is slice available as part of a volume that is available?
   ImageDataItemPointer sl, ch, vol;
   vol=m_Volumes[GetVolumeIndex(t,n)];
   if((vol.GetPointer()!=NULL) && (vol->IsComplete()))
   {
     sl=new ImageDataItem(*vol, m_ImageDescriptor, 2, data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory, ((size_t) s)*m_OffsetTable[2]*(ptypeSize));
     sl->SetComplete(true);
     return m_Slices[pos]=sl;
   }
 
   // is slice available as part of a channel that is available?
   ch=m_Channels[n];
   if((ch.GetPointer()!=NULL) && (ch->IsComplete()))
   {
     sl=new ImageDataItem(*ch, m_ImageDescriptor, 2, data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory, (((size_t) s)*m_OffsetTable[2]+((size_t) t)*m_OffsetTable[3])*(ptypeSize));
     sl->SetComplete(true);
     return m_Slices[pos]=sl;
   }
 
   // slice is unavailable. Can we calculate it?
   if((GetSource().IsNotNull()) && (GetSource()->Updating()==false))
   {
     // ... wir mussen rechnen!!! ....
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(0, 0);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(1, 0);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(2, s);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(3, t);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(4, n);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(0, m_Dimensions[0]);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(1, m_Dimensions[1]);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(2, 1);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(3, 1);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(4, 1);
     m_RequestedRegionInitialized=true;
     GetSource()->Update();
     if(IsSliceSet(s,t,n))
       //yes: now we can call ourselves without the risk of a endless loop (see "if" above)
       return GetSliceData(s,t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     else
       return NULL;
   }
   else
   {
     ImageDataItemPointer item = AllocateSliceData(s,t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     item->SetComplete(true);
     return item;
   }
 }
 
 mitk::Image::ImageDataItemPointer mitk::Image::GetVolumeData(int t, int n, void *data, ImportMemoryManagementType importMemoryManagement)
 {
   if(IsValidVolume(t,n)==false) return NULL;
 
   ImageDataItemPointer ch, vol;
 
   // volume directly available?
   int pos=GetVolumeIndex(t,n);
   vol=m_Volumes[pos];
   if((vol.GetPointer()!=NULL) && (vol->IsComplete()))
     return vol;
 
   const size_t ptypeSize = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n).GetSize();
 
   // is volume available as part of a channel that is available?
   ch=m_Channels[n];
   if((ch.GetPointer()!=NULL) && (ch->IsComplete()))
   {
     vol=new ImageDataItem(*ch, m_ImageDescriptor, 3, data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory, (((size_t) t)*m_OffsetTable[3])*(ptypeSize));
     vol->SetComplete(true);
     return m_Volumes[pos]=vol;
   }
 
   // let's see if all slices of the volume are set, so that we can (could) combine them to a volume
   bool complete=true;
   unsigned int s;
   for(s=0;s<m_Dimensions[2];++s)
   {
     if(m_Slices[GetSliceIndex(s,t,n)].GetPointer()==NULL)
     {
       complete=false;
       break;
     }
   }
   if(complete)
   {
     // if there is only single slice we do not need to combine anything
     if(m_Dimensions[2]<=1)
     {
       ImageDataItemPointer sl;
       sl=GetSliceData(0,t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
       vol=new ImageDataItem(*sl, m_ImageDescriptor, 3, data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory);
       vol->SetComplete(true);
     }
     else
     {
       mitk::PixelType chPixelType = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n);
 
       vol=m_Volumes[pos];
       // ok, let's combine the slices!
       if(vol.GetPointer()==NULL)
         vol=new ImageDataItem( chPixelType, 3, m_Dimensions, NULL, true);
       vol->SetComplete(true);
       size_t size=m_OffsetTable[2]*(ptypeSize);
       for(s=0;s<m_Dimensions[2];++s)
       {
         int posSl;
         ImageDataItemPointer sl;
         posSl=GetSliceIndex(s,t,n);
 
         sl=m_Slices[posSl];
         if(sl->GetParent()!=vol)
         {
           // copy data of slices in volume
           size_t offset = ((size_t) s)*size;
           std::memcpy(static_cast<char*>(vol->GetData())+offset, sl->GetData(), size);
 
           // FIXME mitkIpPicDescriptor * pic = sl->GetPicDescriptor();
 
           // replace old slice with reference to volume
           sl=new ImageDataItem(*vol, m_ImageDescriptor, 2, data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory, ((size_t) s)*size);
           sl->SetComplete(true);
           //mitkIpFuncCopyTags(sl->GetPicDescriptor(), pic);
           m_Slices[posSl]=sl;
         }
       }
       //if(vol->GetPicDescriptor()->info->tags_head==NULL)
       //  mitkIpFuncCopyTags(vol->GetPicDescriptor(), m_Slices[GetSliceIndex(0,t,n)]->GetPicDescriptor());
     }
     return m_Volumes[pos]=vol;
   }
 
   // volume is unavailable. Can we calculate it?
   if((GetSource().IsNotNull()) && (GetSource()->Updating()==false))
   {
     // ... wir muessen rechnen!!! ....
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(0, 0);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(1, 0);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(2, 0);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(3, t);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(4, n);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(0, m_Dimensions[0]);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(1, m_Dimensions[1]);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(2, m_Dimensions[2]);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(3, 1);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(4, 1);
     m_RequestedRegionInitialized=true;
     GetSource()->Update();
     if(IsVolumeSet(t,n))
       //yes: now we can call ourselves without the risk of a endless loop (see "if" above)
       return GetVolumeData(t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     else
       return NULL;
   }
   else
   {
     ImageDataItemPointer item = AllocateVolumeData(t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     item->SetComplete(true);
     return item;
   }
 
 }
 
 mitk::Image::ImageDataItemPointer mitk::Image::GetChannelData(int n, void *data, ImportMemoryManagementType importMemoryManagement)
 {
   if(IsValidChannel(n)==false) return NULL;
   ImageDataItemPointer ch, vol;
   ch=m_Channels[n];
   if((ch.GetPointer()!=NULL) && (ch->IsComplete()))
     return ch;
 
   // let's see if all volumes are set, so that we can (could) combine them to a channel
   if(IsChannelSet(n))
   {
     // if there is only one time frame we do not need to combine anything
     if(m_Dimensions[3]<=1)
     {
       vol=GetVolumeData(0,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
       ch=new ImageDataItem(*vol, m_ImageDescriptor, m_ImageDescriptor->GetNumberOfDimensions(), data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory);
       ch->SetComplete(true);
     }
     else
     {
       const size_t ptypeSize = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n).GetSize();
 
       ch=m_Channels[n];
       // ok, let's combine the volumes!
       if(ch.GetPointer()==NULL)
         ch=new ImageDataItem(this->m_ImageDescriptor, NULL, true);
       ch->SetComplete(true);
       size_t size=m_OffsetTable[m_Dimension-1]*(ptypeSize);
       unsigned int t;
       ImageDataItemPointerArray::iterator slicesIt = m_Slices.begin()+n*m_Dimensions[2]*m_Dimensions[3];
       for(t=0;t<m_Dimensions[3];++t)
       {
         int posVol;
         ImageDataItemPointer vol;
 
         posVol=GetVolumeIndex(t,n);
         vol=GetVolumeData(t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
 
         if(vol->GetParent()!=ch)
         {
           // copy data of volume in channel
           size_t offset = ((size_t) t)*m_OffsetTable[3]*(ptypeSize);
           std::memcpy(static_cast<char*>(ch->GetData())+offset, vol->GetData(), size);
 
           // REVEIW FIX mitkIpPicDescriptor * pic = vol->GetPicDescriptor();
 
           // replace old volume with reference to channel
           vol=new ImageDataItem(*ch, m_ImageDescriptor, 3, data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory, offset);
           vol->SetComplete(true);
           //mitkIpFuncCopyTags(vol->GetPicDescriptor(), pic);
 
           m_Volumes[posVol]=vol;
 
           // get rid of slices - they may point to old volume
           ImageDataItemPointer dnull=NULL;
           for(unsigned int i = 0; i < m_Dimensions[2]; ++i, ++slicesIt)
           {
             assert(slicesIt != m_Slices.end());
             *slicesIt = dnull;
           }
         }
       }
    // REVIEW FIX
    //   if(ch->GetPicDescriptor()->info->tags_head==NULL)
    //     mitkIpFuncCopyTags(ch->GetPicDescriptor(), m_Volumes[GetVolumeIndex(0,n)]->GetPicDescriptor());
     }
     return m_Channels[n]=ch;
   }
 
   // channel is unavailable. Can we calculate it?
   if((GetSource().IsNotNull()) && (GetSource()->Updating()==false))
   {
     // ... wir muessen rechnen!!! ....
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(0, 0);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(1, 0);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(2, 0);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(3, 0);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetIndex(4, n);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(0, m_Dimensions[0]);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(1, m_Dimensions[1]);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(2, m_Dimensions[2]);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(3, m_Dimensions[3]);
     m_RequestedRegion.SetSize(4, 1);
     m_RequestedRegionInitialized=true;
     GetSource()->Update();
     // did it work?
     if(IsChannelSet(n))
       //yes: now we can call ourselves without the risk of a endless loop (see "if" above)
       return GetChannelData(n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     else
       return NULL;
   }
   else
   {
     ImageDataItemPointer item = AllocateChannelData(n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     item->SetComplete(true);
     return item;
   }
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::IsSliceSet(int s, int t, int n) const
 {
   if(IsValidSlice(s,t,n)==false) return false;
 
   if(m_Slices[GetSliceIndex(s,t,n)].GetPointer()!=NULL)
     return true;
 
   ImageDataItemPointer ch, vol;
   vol=m_Volumes[GetVolumeIndex(t,n)];
   if((vol.GetPointer()!=NULL) && (vol->IsComplete()))
     return true;
   ch=m_Channels[n];
   if((ch.GetPointer()!=NULL) && (ch->IsComplete()))
     return true;
   return false;
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::IsVolumeSet(int t, int n) const
 {
   if(IsValidVolume(t,n)==false) return false;
   ImageDataItemPointer ch, vol;
 
   // volume directly available?
   vol=m_Volumes[GetVolumeIndex(t,n)];
   if((vol.GetPointer()!=NULL) && (vol->IsComplete()))
     return true;
 
   // is volume available as part of a channel that is available?
   ch=m_Channels[n];
   if((ch.GetPointer()!=NULL) && (ch->IsComplete()))
     return true;
 
   // let's see if all slices of the volume are set, so that we can (could) combine them to a volume
   unsigned int s;
   for(s=0;s<m_Dimensions[2];++s)
     if(m_Slices[GetSliceIndex(s,t,n)].GetPointer()==NULL)
       return false;
   return true;
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::IsChannelSet(int n) const
 {
   if(IsValidChannel(n)==false) return false;
   ImageDataItemPointer ch, vol;
   ch=m_Channels[n];
   if((ch.GetPointer()!=NULL) && (ch->IsComplete()))
 
     return true;
   // let's see if all volumes are set, so that we can (could) combine them to a channel
   unsigned int t;
   for(t=0;t<m_Dimensions[3];++t)
     if(IsVolumeSet(t,n)==false)
       return false;
   return true;
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::SetSlice(const void *data, int s, int t, int n)
 {
   // const_cast is no risk for ImportMemoryManagementType == CopyMemory
   return SetImportSlice(const_cast<void*>(data), s, t, n, CopyMemory);
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::SetVolume(const void *data, int t, int n)
 {
   // const_cast is no risk for ImportMemoryManagementType == CopyMemory
   return SetImportVolume(const_cast<void*>(data), t, n, CopyMemory);
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::SetChannel(const void *data, int n)
 {
   // const_cast is no risk for ImportMemoryManagementType == CopyMemory
   return SetImportChannel(const_cast<void*>(data), n, CopyMemory);
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::SetImportSlice(void *data, int s, int t, int n, ImportMemoryManagementType importMemoryManagement)
 {
   if(IsValidSlice(s,t,n)==false) return false;
   ImageDataItemPointer sl;
   const size_t ptypeSize = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n).GetSize();
 
   if(IsSliceSet(s,t,n))
   {
     sl=GetSliceData(s,t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     if(sl->GetManageMemory()==false)
     {
       sl=AllocateSliceData(s,t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
       if(sl.GetPointer()==NULL) return false;
     }
     if ( sl->GetData() != data )
       std::memcpy(sl->GetData(), data, m_OffsetTable[2]*(ptypeSize));
     sl->Modified();
     //we have changed the data: call Modified()! 
     Modified();
   }
   else
   {
     sl=AllocateSliceData(s,t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     if(sl.GetPointer()==NULL) return false;
     if ( sl->GetData() != data )
       std::memcpy(sl->GetData(), data, m_OffsetTable[2]*(ptypeSize));
     //we just added a missing slice, which is not regarded as modification.
     //Therefore, we do not call Modified()!
   }
   return true;
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::SetImportVolume(void *data, int t, int n, ImportMemoryManagementType importMemoryManagement)
 {
   if(IsValidVolume(t,n)==false) return false;
 
   const size_t ptypeSize = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n).GetSize();
   ImageDataItemPointer vol;
   if(IsVolumeSet(t,n))
   {
     vol=GetVolumeData(t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     if(vol->GetManageMemory()==false)
     {
       vol=AllocateVolumeData(t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
       if(vol.GetPointer()==NULL) return false;
     }
     if ( vol->GetData() != data )
       std::memcpy(vol->GetData(), data, m_OffsetTable[3]*(ptypeSize));
     vol->Modified();
     vol->SetComplete(true);
     //we have changed the data: call Modified()! 
     Modified();
   }
   else
   {
     vol=AllocateVolumeData(t,n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     if(vol.GetPointer()==NULL) return false;
     if ( vol->GetData() != data )
     { 
       std::memcpy(vol->GetData(), data, m_OffsetTable[3]*(ptypeSize));
     }
     vol->SetComplete(true);
     this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelDescriptor(n).SetData( vol->GetData() );
     //we just added a missing Volume, which is not regarded as modification.
     //Therefore, we do not call Modified()!
   }
   return true;
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::SetImportChannel(void *data, int n, ImportMemoryManagementType importMemoryManagement)
 {
   if(IsValidChannel(n)==false) return false;
 
   // channel descriptor
 
   const size_t ptypeSize = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n).GetSize();
 
   ImageDataItemPointer ch;
   if(IsChannelSet(n))
   {  
     ch=GetChannelData(n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     if(ch->GetManageMemory()==false)
     {
       ch=AllocateChannelData(n,data,importMemoryManagement);
       if(ch.GetPointer()==NULL) return false;
     }
     if ( ch->GetData() != data )
       std::memcpy(ch->GetData(), data, m_OffsetTable[4]*(ptypeSize));
     ch->Modified();
     ch->SetComplete(true);
     //we have changed the data: call Modified()! 
     Modified();
   }
   else
   {
     ch=AllocateChannelData(n,data,importMemoryManagement);
     if(ch.GetPointer()==NULL) return false;
     if ( ch->GetData() != data )
       std::memcpy(ch->GetData(), data, m_OffsetTable[4]*(ptypeSize));
     ch->SetComplete(true);
 
     this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelDescriptor(n).SetData( ch->GetData() );
     //we just added a missing Channel, which is not regarded as modification.
     //Therefore, we do not call Modified()!
   }
   return true;
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::Initialize()
 {
   ImageDataItemPointerArray::iterator it, end;
   for( it=m_Slices.begin(), end=m_Slices.end(); it!=end; ++it )
   {
     (*it)=NULL;
   }
   for( it=m_Volumes.begin(), end=m_Volumes.end(); it!=end; ++it )
   {
     (*it)=NULL;
   }
   for( it=m_Channels.begin(), end=m_Channels.end(); it!=end; ++it )
   {
     (*it)=NULL;
   }
   m_CompleteData = NULL;
  
   if( m_ImageStatistics == NULL)
   {
     m_ImageStatistics = new mitk::ImageStatisticsHolder( this );
   }
 
   SetRequestedRegionToLargestPossibleRegion();
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::Initialize(const mitk::ImageDescriptor::Pointer inDesc)
 {
   // store the descriptor
   this->m_ImageDescriptor = inDesc;
 
   // initialize image
   this->Initialize( inDesc->GetChannelDescriptor(0).GetPixelType(), inDesc->GetNumberOfDimensions(), inDesc->GetDimensions(), 1 );
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::Initialize(const mitk::PixelType& type, unsigned int dimension, const unsigned int *dimensions, unsigned int channels)
 {
   Clear();
 
   m_Dimension=dimension;
 
   if(!dimensions)
     itkExceptionMacro(<< "invalid zero dimension image");
 
   unsigned int i;
   for(i=0;i<dimension;++i)
   {
     if(dimensions[i]<1)
       itkExceptionMacro(<< "invalid dimension[" << i << "]: " << dimensions[i]);
   }
 
   // create new array since the old was deleted
   m_Dimensions = new unsigned int[MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSIONS];
 
   // initialize the first four dimensions to 1, the remaining 4 to 0
   FILL_C_ARRAY(m_Dimensions, 4, 1u);
   FILL_C_ARRAY((m_Dimensions+4), 4, 0u);
 
   // copy in the passed dimension information
   std::memcpy(m_Dimensions, dimensions, sizeof(unsigned int)*m_Dimension);
 
   this->m_ImageDescriptor = mitk::ImageDescriptor::New();
   this->m_ImageDescriptor->Initialize( this->m_Dimensions, this->m_Dimension );
 
   for(i=0;i<4;++i)
   {
     m_LargestPossibleRegion.SetIndex(i, 0);
     m_LargestPossibleRegion.SetSize (i, m_Dimensions[i]);
   }
   m_LargestPossibleRegion.SetIndex(i, 0);
   m_LargestPossibleRegion.SetSize(i, channels);
 
   if(m_LargestPossibleRegion.GetNumberOfPixels()==0)
   {
     delete [] m_Dimensions;
     m_Dimensions = NULL;
     return;
   }
 
   for( unsigned int i=0u; i<channels; i++)
   {
     this->m_ImageDescriptor->AddNewChannel( type );
   }
 
   PlaneGeometry::Pointer planegeometry = PlaneGeometry::New();
   planegeometry->InitializeStandardPlane(m_Dimensions[0], m_Dimensions[1]);
 
   SlicedGeometry3D::Pointer slicedGeometry = SlicedGeometry3D::New();
   slicedGeometry->InitializeEvenlySpaced(planegeometry, m_Dimensions[2]);
 
   if(dimension>=4)
   {
     TimeBounds timebounds;
     timebounds[0] = 0.0;
     timebounds[1] = 1.0;
     slicedGeometry->SetTimeBounds(timebounds);
   }
 
   TimeSlicedGeometry::Pointer timeSliceGeometry = TimeSlicedGeometry::New();
   timeSliceGeometry->InitializeEvenlyTimed(slicedGeometry, m_Dimensions[3]);
   timeSliceGeometry->ImageGeometryOn();
 
   SetGeometry(timeSliceGeometry);
 
   ImageDataItemPointer dnull=NULL;
 
   m_Channels.assign(GetNumberOfChannels(), dnull);
 
   m_Volumes.assign(GetNumberOfChannels()*m_Dimensions[3], dnull);
 
   m_Slices.assign(GetNumberOfChannels()*m_Dimensions[3]*m_Dimensions[2], dnull);
 
   ComputeOffsetTable();
 
   Initialize();
 
   m_Initialized = true;
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::Initialize(const mitk::PixelType& type, const mitk::Geometry3D& geometry, unsigned int channels, int tDim ) 
 {
   unsigned int dimensions[5];
   dimensions[0] = (unsigned int)(geometry.GetExtent(0)+0.5);
   dimensions[1] = (unsigned int)(geometry.GetExtent(1)+0.5);
   dimensions[2] = (unsigned int)(geometry.GetExtent(2)+0.5);
   dimensions[3] = 0;
   dimensions[4] = 0;
 
   unsigned int dimension = 2;
   if ( dimensions[2] > 1 )
     dimension = 3;
 
   if ( tDim > 0)
   {
     dimensions[3] = tDim;
   }
   else
   {
     const mitk::TimeSlicedGeometry* timeGeometry = dynamic_cast<const mitk::TimeSlicedGeometry*>(&geometry);
     if ( timeGeometry != NULL ) 
     {
       dimensions[3] = timeGeometry->GetTimeSteps();
     }
   }
 
   if ( dimensions[3] > 1 )
     dimension = 4;
 
   Initialize( type, dimension, dimensions, channels );
 
   SetGeometry(static_cast<Geometry3D*>(geometry.Clone().GetPointer()));
   
   mitk::BoundingBox::BoundsArrayType bounds = geometry.GetBoundingBox()->GetBounds();
   if( (bounds[0] != 0.0) || (bounds[2] != 0.0) || (bounds[4] != 0.0) )
   {
     SlicedGeometry3D* slicedGeometry = GetSlicedGeometry(0);
   
     mitk::Point3D origin; origin.Fill(0.0);
     slicedGeometry->IndexToWorld(origin, origin);
 
     bounds[1]-=bounds[0]; bounds[3]-=bounds[2]; bounds[5]-=bounds[4];
     bounds[0] = 0.0;      bounds[2] = 0.0;      bounds[4] = 0.0;
 this->m_ImageDescriptor->Initialize( this->m_Dimensions, this->m_Dimension );
     slicedGeometry->SetBounds(bounds);
     slicedGeometry->GetIndexToWorldTransform()->SetOffset(origin.Get_vnl_vector().data_block());  
   
     GetTimeSlicedGeometry()->InitializeEvenlyTimed(slicedGeometry, m_Dimensions[3]);
   }
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::Initialize(const mitk::PixelType& type, int sDim, const mitk::Geometry2D& geometry2d, bool flipped, unsigned int channels, int tDim )
 {
   SlicedGeometry3D::Pointer slicedGeometry = SlicedGeometry3D::New();
   slicedGeometry->InitializeEvenlySpaced(static_cast<Geometry2D*>(geometry2d.Clone().GetPointer()), sDim, flipped);
   Initialize(type, *slicedGeometry, channels, tDim);
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::Initialize(const mitk::Image* image) 
 {
   Initialize(image->GetPixelType(), *image->GetTimeSlicedGeometry());
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::Initialize(vtkImageData* vtkimagedata, int channels, int tDim, int sDim)
 {
   if(vtkimagedata==NULL) return;
 
   m_Dimension=vtkimagedata->GetDataDimension();
   unsigned int i, *tmpDimensions=new unsigned int[m_Dimension>4?m_Dimension:4];
   for(i=0;i<m_Dimension;++i) tmpDimensions[i]=vtkimagedata->GetDimensions()[i];
   if(m_Dimension<4)
   {
     unsigned int *p;
     for(i=0,p=tmpDimensions+m_Dimension;i<4-m_Dimension;++i, ++p)
       *p=1;
   }
 
   if(sDim>=0)
   {
     tmpDimensions[2]=sDim;
     if(m_Dimension < 3)
       m_Dimension = 3;
   }
   if(tDim>=0)
   {
     tmpDimensions[3]=tDim;
     if(m_Dimension < 4)
       m_Dimension = 4;
   }
 
-  mitk::PixelType pixelType = MakeScalarPixelType<int>();
-/* FIXME
+
   switch ( vtkimagedata->GetScalarType() ) 
   {
   case VTK_BIT: 
   case VTK_CHAR: 
-    pixelType.Initialize(typeid(char), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    //pixelType.Initialize(typeid(char), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    Initialize(mitk::MakeScalarPixelType<char>(), m_Dimension, tmpDimensions, channels);
     break;
   case VTK_UNSIGNED_CHAR: 
-    pixelType.Initialize(typeid(unsigned char), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    //pixelType.Initialize(typeid(unsigned char), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    Initialize(mitk::MakeScalarPixelType<unsigned char>(), m_Dimension, tmpDimensions, channels);
     break;
   case VTK_SHORT: 
-    pixelType.Initialize(typeid(short), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    //pixelType.Initialize(typeid(short), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    Initialize(mitk::MakeScalarPixelType<short>(), m_Dimension, tmpDimensions, channels);
     break;
   case VTK_UNSIGNED_SHORT: 
-    pixelType.Initialize(typeid(unsigned short), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    //pixelType.Initialize(typeid(unsigned short), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    Initialize(mitk::MakeScalarPixelType<unsigned short>(), m_Dimension, tmpDimensions, channels);
     break;
   case VTK_INT: 
-    pixelType.Initialize(typeid(int), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    //pixelType.Initialize(typeid(int), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    Initialize(mitk::MakeScalarPixelType<int>(), m_Dimension, tmpDimensions, channels);
     break;
   case VTK_UNSIGNED_INT: 
-    pixelType.Initialize(typeid(unsigned int), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    //pixelType.Initialize(typeid(unsigned int), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    Initialize(mitk::MakeScalarPixelType<unsigned int>(), m_Dimension, tmpDimensions, channels);
     break;
   case VTK_LONG: 
-    pixelType.Initialize(typeid(long), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    //pixelType.Initialize(typeid(long), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    Initialize(mitk::MakeScalarPixelType<long>(), m_Dimension, tmpDimensions, channels);
     break;
   case VTK_UNSIGNED_LONG: 
-    pixelType.Initialize(typeid(unsigned long), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    //pixelType.Initialize(typeid(unsigned long), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    Initialize(mitk::MakeScalarPixelType<unsigned long>(), m_Dimension, tmpDimensions, channels);
     break;
   case VTK_FLOAT:
-    pixelType.Initialize(typeid(float), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    //pixelType.Initialize(typeid(float), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    Initialize(mitk::MakeScalarPixelType<float>(), m_Dimension, tmpDimensions, channels);
     break;
   case VTK_DOUBLE: 
-    pixelType.Initialize(typeid(double), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    //pixelType.Initialize(typeid(double), vtkimagedata->GetNumberOfScalarComponents());
+    Initialize(mitk::MakeScalarPixelType<double>(), m_Dimension, tmpDimensions, channels);
     break;
   default:
     break;
-  }*/
+  }
+  /*
   Initialize(pixelType, 
     m_Dimension, 
     tmpDimensions,
     channels);
-
+*/
 
   const double *spacinglist = vtkimagedata->GetSpacing();
   Vector3D spacing;
   FillVector3D(spacing, spacinglist[0], 1.0, 1.0);
   if(m_Dimension>=2)
     spacing[1]=spacinglist[1];
   if(m_Dimension>=3)
     spacing[2]=spacinglist[2];
 
   // access origin of vtkImage
     Point3D origin;
   vtkFloatingPointType vtkorigin[3];
   vtkimagedata->GetOrigin(vtkorigin);
   FillVector3D(origin, vtkorigin[0], 0.0, 0.0);
   if(m_Dimension>=2)
     origin[1]=vtkorigin[1];
   if(m_Dimension>=3)
     origin[2]=vtkorigin[2];
 
   SlicedGeometry3D* slicedGeometry = GetSlicedGeometry(0);
 
   // re-initialize PlaneGeometry with origin and direction
   PlaneGeometry* planeGeometry = static_cast<PlaneGeometry*>(slicedGeometry->GetGeometry2D(0));
   planeGeometry->SetOrigin(origin);
 
   // re-initialize SlicedGeometry3D
   slicedGeometry->SetOrigin(origin);
   slicedGeometry->SetSpacing(spacing);
   GetTimeSlicedGeometry()->InitializeEvenlyTimed(slicedGeometry, m_Dimensions[3]);
 
   delete [] tmpDimensions;
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::IsValidSlice(int s, int t, int n) const
 {
   if(m_Initialized)
     return ((s>=0) && (s<(int)m_Dimensions[2]) && (t>=0) && (t< (int) m_Dimensions[3]) && (n>=0) && (n< (int)GetNumberOfChannels()));
   else
     return false;
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::IsValidVolume(int t, int n) const
 {
   if(m_Initialized)
     return IsValidSlice(0, t, n);
   else
     return false;
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::IsValidChannel(int n) const
 {
   if(m_Initialized)
     return IsValidSlice(0, 0, n);
   else
     return false;
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::ComputeOffsetTable()
 {
   if(m_OffsetTable!=NULL)
     delete [] m_OffsetTable;
 
   m_OffsetTable=new size_t[m_Dimension>4 ? m_Dimension+1 : 4+1];
 
   unsigned int i;
   size_t num=1;
   m_OffsetTable[0] = 1;
   for (i=0; i < m_Dimension; ++i)
   {
     num *= m_Dimensions[i];
     m_OffsetTable[i+1] = num;
   }
   for (;i < 4; ++i)
     m_OffsetTable[i+1] = num;
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::IsValidTimeStep(int t) const
 {
   return ( ( m_Dimension >= 4 && t <= (int)m_Dimensions[3] && t > 0 ) || (t == 0) );
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::Expand(unsigned int timeSteps)
 {
   if(timeSteps < 1) itkExceptionMacro(<< "Invalid timestep in Image!");
   Superclass::Expand(timeSteps);
 }
 
 int mitk::Image::GetSliceIndex(int s, int t, int n) const
 {
   if(IsValidSlice(s,t,n)==false) return false;
   return ((size_t)s)+((size_t) t)*m_Dimensions[2]+((size_t) n)*m_Dimensions[3]*m_Dimensions[2]; //??
 }
 
 int mitk::Image::GetVolumeIndex(int t, int n) const
 {
   if(IsValidVolume(t,n)==false) return false;
   return ((size_t)t)+((size_t) n)*m_Dimensions[3]; //??
 }
 
 mitk::Image::ImageDataItemPointer mitk::Image::AllocateSliceData(int s, int t, int n, void *data, ImportMemoryManagementType importMemoryManagement)
 {
   int pos;
   pos=GetSliceIndex(s,t,n);
 
   const size_t ptypeSize = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n).GetSize();
 
   // is slice available as part of a volume that is available?
   ImageDataItemPointer sl, ch, vol;
   vol=m_Volumes[GetVolumeIndex(t,n)];
   if(vol.GetPointer()!=NULL)
   {
     sl=new ImageDataItem(*vol, m_ImageDescriptor, 2, data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory, ((size_t) s)*m_OffsetTable[2]*(ptypeSize));
     sl->SetComplete(true);
     return m_Slices[pos]=sl;
   }
 
   // is slice available as part of a channel that is available?
   ch=m_Channels[n];
   if(ch.GetPointer()!=NULL)
   {
     sl=new ImageDataItem(*ch, m_ImageDescriptor, 2, data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory, (((size_t) s)*m_OffsetTable[2]+((size_t) t)*m_OffsetTable[3])*(ptypeSize));
     sl->SetComplete(true);
     return m_Slices[pos]=sl;
   }
 
   // allocate new volume (instead of a single slice to keep data together!)
   m_Volumes[GetVolumeIndex(t,n)]=vol=AllocateVolumeData(t,n,NULL,importMemoryManagement);
   sl=new ImageDataItem(*vol, m_ImageDescriptor, 2, data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory, ((size_t) s)*m_OffsetTable[2]*(ptypeSize));
   sl->SetComplete(true);
   return m_Slices[pos]=sl;
 
   ////ALTERNATIVE:
   //// allocate new slice
   //sl=new ImageDataItem(*m_PixelType, 2, m_Dimensions);
   //m_Slices[pos]=sl;
   //return vol;
 }
 
 mitk::Image::ImageDataItemPointer mitk::Image::AllocateVolumeData(int t, int n, void *data, ImportMemoryManagementType importMemoryManagement)
 {
   int pos;
   pos=GetVolumeIndex(t,n);
 
   const size_t ptypeSize = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n).GetSize();
 
   // is volume available as part of a channel that is available?
   ImageDataItemPointer ch, vol;
   ch=m_Channels[n];
   if(ch.GetPointer()!=NULL)
   {
     vol=new ImageDataItem(*ch, m_ImageDescriptor, 3, data,importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory, (((size_t) t)*m_OffsetTable[3])*(ptypeSize));
     return m_Volumes[pos]=vol;
   }
 
   mitk::PixelType chPixelType = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n);
 
   // allocate new volume
   if(importMemoryManagement == CopyMemory)
   {
     vol=new ImageDataItem( chPixelType, 3, m_Dimensions, NULL, true);
     if(data != NULL)
       std::memcpy(vol->GetData(), data, m_OffsetTable[3]*(ptypeSize));
   }
   else
   {
     vol=new ImageDataItem( chPixelType, 3, m_Dimensions, data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory);
   }
   m_Volumes[pos]=vol;
   return vol;
 }
 
 mitk::Image::ImageDataItemPointer mitk::Image::AllocateChannelData(int n, void *data, ImportMemoryManagementType importMemoryManagement)
 {
   ImageDataItemPointer ch;
   // allocate new channel
   if(importMemoryManagement == CopyMemory)
   {
     const size_t ptypeSize = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(n).GetSize();
 
     ch=new ImageDataItem(this->m_ImageDescriptor, NULL, true);
     if(data != NULL)
       std::memcpy(ch->GetData(), data, m_OffsetTable[4]*(ptypeSize));
   }
   else
   {
     ch=new ImageDataItem(this->m_ImageDescriptor, data, importMemoryManagement == ManageMemory);
   }
   m_Channels[n]=ch;
   return ch;
 }
 
 unsigned int* mitk::Image::GetDimensions() const
 {
   return m_Dimensions;
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::Clear()
 {
   Superclass::Clear();
   delete [] m_Dimensions;
   m_Dimensions = NULL;
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::SetGeometry(Geometry3D* aGeometry3D)
 {
   // Please be aware of the 0.5 offset/pixel-center issue! See Geometry documentation for further information
   
   if(aGeometry3D->GetImageGeometry()==false)
   {
     MITK_INFO << "WARNING: Applied a non-image geometry onto an image. Please be SURE that this geometry is pixel-center-based! If it is not, you need to call Geometry3D->ChangeImageGeometryConsideringOriginOffset(true) before calling image->setGeometry(..)\n";
   }  
   Superclass::SetGeometry(aGeometry3D);
   GetTimeSlicedGeometry()->ImageGeometryOn();
 }
 
 void mitk::Image::PrintSelf(std::ostream& os, itk::Indent indent) const
 {
   unsigned char i;
   if(m_Initialized)
   {
     os << indent << " Dimension: " << m_Dimension << std::endl;
     os << indent << " Dimensions: ";
     for(i=0; i < m_Dimension; ++i)
       os << GetDimension(i) << " ";
     os << std::endl;
 
     for(unsigned int ch=0; ch < this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetNumberOfChannels(); ch++)
     {
       mitk::PixelType chPixelType = this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelTypeById(ch);
 
       os << indent << " Channel: " << this->m_ImageDescriptor->GetChannelName(ch) << std::endl;
       os << indent << " PixelType: " << chPixelType.GetTypeId().name() << std::endl;
       os << indent << " BitsPerElement: " << chPixelType.GetSize() << std::endl;
       os << indent << " NumberOfComponents: " << chPixelType.GetNumberOfComponents() << std::endl;
       os << indent << " BitsPerComponent: " << chPixelType.GetBitsPerComponent() << std::endl;
     }
 
   }
   else
   {
     os << indent << " Image not initialized: m_Initialized: false" << std::endl;
   }
 
   Superclass::PrintSelf(os,indent);
 }
 
 bool mitk::Image::IsRotated() const
 {
   const mitk::Geometry3D* geo = this->GetGeometry();
   bool ret = false;
 
   if(geo)
   {
     const vnl_matrix_fixed<float, 3, 3> & mx = geo->GetIndexToWorldTransform()->GetMatrix().GetVnlMatrix();
     float ref = 0;
     for(short k = 0; k < 3; ++k)
       ref += mx[k][k];
     ref/=1000;  // Arbitrary value; if a non-diagonal (nd) element is bigger then this, matrix is considered nd.
 
     for(short i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
     {
       for(short j = 0; j < 3; ++j)
       {
         if(i != j)
         {
           if(abs(mx[i][j]) > ref) // matrix is nd
             ret = true;
         }
       }
     }
   }
   return ret;
 }
 
 #include "mitkImageStatisticsHolder.h"
 
 //##Documentation
 mitk::ScalarType mitk::Image::GetScalarValueMin(int t) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetScalarValueMin(t);
 }
 
 //##Documentation
 //## \brief Get the maximum for scalar images
 mitk::ScalarType mitk::Image::GetScalarValueMax(int t) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetScalarValueMax(t);
 }
 
 //##Documentation
 //## \brief Get the second smallest value for scalar images
 mitk::ScalarType mitk::Image::GetScalarValue2ndMin(int t) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetScalarValue2ndMin(t);
 }
 
 mitk::ScalarType mitk::Image::GetScalarValueMinNoRecompute( unsigned int t ) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetScalarValueMinNoRecompute(t);
 }
 
 mitk::ScalarType mitk::Image::GetScalarValue2ndMinNoRecompute( unsigned int t ) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetScalarValue2ndMinNoRecompute(t);
 }
 
 mitk::ScalarType mitk::Image::GetScalarValue2ndMax(int t) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetScalarValue2ndMax(t);
 }
 
 mitk::ScalarType mitk::Image::GetScalarValueMaxNoRecompute( unsigned int t) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetScalarValueMaxNoRecompute(t);
 }
 
 mitk::ScalarType mitk::Image::GetScalarValue2ndMaxNoRecompute( unsigned int t ) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetScalarValue2ndMaxNoRecompute(t);
 }
 
 mitk::ScalarType mitk::Image::GetCountOfMinValuedVoxels(int t ) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetCountOfMinValuedVoxels(t);
 }
 
 mitk::ScalarType mitk::Image::GetCountOfMaxValuedVoxels(int t) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetCountOfMaxValuedVoxels(t);
 }
 
 unsigned int mitk::Image::GetCountOfMaxValuedVoxelsNoRecompute( unsigned int t  ) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetCountOfMaxValuedVoxelsNoRecompute(t);
 }
 
 unsigned int mitk::Image::GetCountOfMinValuedVoxelsNoRecompute( unsigned int t ) const
 {
   return m_ImageStatistics->GetCountOfMinValuedVoxelsNoRecompute(t);
 }
 
diff --git a/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkImageDescriptor.cpp b/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkImageDescriptor.cpp
index e46f832534..0cd62854d7 100644
--- a/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkImageDescriptor.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkImageDescriptor.cpp
@@ -1,99 +1,105 @@
 #include "mitkImageDescriptor.h"
 
 mitk::ImageDescriptor::ImageDescriptor()
 {
+  //initialize the dimensions array
+  for(unsigned int i=0; i<MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSIONS; i++)
+  {
+    m_Dimensions[i] = 1;
+  }
+
   this->m_NumberOfChannels = 0;
 }
 
 // FIXME manage memory flag
 void mitk::ImageDescriptor::AddNewChannel(mitk::PixelType ptype, const char *name)
 {
   size_t elems = 1;
 
   for( unsigned int i=0; i<this->m_NumberOfDimensions; i++)
     elems *= this->m_Dimensions[i];
 
   mitk::ChannelDescriptor desc(ptype, elems);
 
   this->m_ChannelDesc.push_back( desc );
 
   if( name == 0)
     m_ChannelNames.push_back( "Unnamed ["+ptype.GetItkTypeAsString()+"]");
   else
     m_ChannelNames.push_back(name);
 
   this->m_NumberOfChannels++;
 
   return;
 }
 
 void mitk::ImageDescriptor::Initialize(const ImageDescriptor::Pointer refDescriptor, unsigned int channel)
 {
   // initialize the members holding dimension information
   this->m_NumberOfChannels = refDescriptor->GetNumberOfChannels();
   this->m_NumberOfDimensions = refDescriptor->GetNumberOfDimensions();
   const unsigned int *refDims = refDescriptor->GetDimensions();
 
   // copy the dimension information
   for( unsigned int i=0; i< this->m_NumberOfDimensions; i++)
   {
     this->m_Dimensions[i] = refDims[i];
   }
 
   // get the channel descriptor and store them and so the name of the channel
   mitk::ChannelDescriptor desc = refDescriptor->GetChannelDescriptor(channel);
   this->m_ChannelDesc.push_back( desc );
   this->m_ChannelNames.push_back( refDescriptor->GetChannelName(channel) );
 }
 
 void mitk::ImageDescriptor::Initialize(const unsigned int *dims, const unsigned int dim)
 {
   this->m_NumberOfDimensions = dim;
 
   // copy the dimension information
   for( unsigned int i=0; i< this->m_NumberOfDimensions; i++)
   {
     this->m_Dimensions[i] = dims[i];
   }
 }
 
 mitk::ChannelDescriptor mitk::ImageDescriptor::GetChannelDescriptor(unsigned int id) const
 {
   return this->m_ChannelDesc[id];
 }
 
 mitk::PixelType mitk::ImageDescriptor::GetChannelTypeByName(const char *name) const
 {
   unsigned int idFound = 0;
   const std::string search_str(name);
 
   for( ConstChannelNamesIter iter = this->m_ChannelNames.begin();
        iter < this->m_ChannelNames.end(); iter++)
   {
     if( search_str.compare( *iter ) ) idFound = iter - this->m_ChannelNames.begin();
   }
 
   return (m_ChannelDesc[idFound]).GetPixelType();
 }
 
 mitk::PixelType mitk::ImageDescriptor::GetChannelTypeById(const unsigned int id) const
 {
   if( id > this->m_NumberOfChannels )
   {
     throw std::invalid_argument("The given id exceeds the number of active channel.");
   }
   else
   {
     mitk::ChannelDescriptor refDesc = this->m_ChannelDesc[id];
     return refDesc.GetPixelType();//
   }
 }
 
 const std::string mitk::ImageDescriptor::GetChannelName(unsigned int id) const
 {
   if( id > this->m_ChannelNames.size() )
     return "Out-of-range-access";
   else
     return this->m_ChannelNames.at( id );
 }
 
diff --git a/Modules/MitkExt/Algorithms/mitkShapeBasedInterpolationAlgorithm.cpp b/Modules/MitkExt/Algorithms/mitkShapeBasedInterpolationAlgorithm.cpp
index 99fdffc12d..cba83e3472 100644
--- a/Modules/MitkExt/Algorithms/mitkShapeBasedInterpolationAlgorithm.cpp
+++ b/Modules/MitkExt/Algorithms/mitkShapeBasedInterpolationAlgorithm.cpp
@@ -1,75 +1,76 @@
 /*=========================================================================
  
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
 Version:   $Revision: 1.12 $
  
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
  
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
  
 =========================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkShapeBasedInterpolationAlgorithm.h"
 #include "mitkImageCast.h"
 #include "mitkImageDataItem.h"
 
 #include "ipSegmentation.h"
 
 mitk::Image::Pointer 
 mitk::ShapeBasedInterpolationAlgorithm::Interpolate(
                                Image::ConstPointer lowerSlice, unsigned int lowerSliceIndex,
                                Image::ConstPointer upperSlice, unsigned int upperSliceIndex,
                                unsigned int requestedIndex,
                                unsigned int /*sliceDimension*/, // commented variables are not used
                                Image::Pointer resultImage,
                                unsigned int /*timeStep*/,
                                Image::ConstPointer /*referenceImage*/)
 {
   // convert these slices to the ipSegmentation data type (into an ITK image)
   itk::Image< ipMITKSegmentationTYPE, 2 >::Pointer correctPixelTypeLowerITKSlice;
   CastToItkImage( lowerSlice, correctPixelTypeLowerITKSlice );
   assert ( correctPixelTypeLowerITKSlice.IsNotNull() );
 
   itk::Image< ipMITKSegmentationTYPE, 2 >::Pointer correctPixelTypeUpperITKSlice;
   CastToItkImage( upperSlice, correctPixelTypeUpperITKSlice );
   assert ( correctPixelTypeUpperITKSlice.IsNotNull() );
 
   // correct direction info
   itk::Image< ipMITKSegmentationTYPE, 2 >::DirectionType imageDirection;
   imageDirection.SetIdentity();
   correctPixelTypeLowerITKSlice->SetDirection(imageDirection);
   correctPixelTypeUpperITKSlice->SetDirection(imageDirection);
 
   // back-convert to MITK images to access a mitkIpPicDescriptor
   Image::Pointer correctPixelTypeLowerMITKSlice = Image::New();
   CastToMitkImage( correctPixelTypeLowerITKSlice, correctPixelTypeLowerMITKSlice );
   mitkIpPicDescriptor* lowerPICSlice = mitkIpPicNew();
   CastToIpPicDescriptor( correctPixelTypeLowerMITKSlice, lowerPICSlice);
   
   Image::Pointer correctPixelTypeUpperMITKSlice = Image::New();
   CastToMitkImage( correctPixelTypeUpperITKSlice, correctPixelTypeUpperMITKSlice );
   mitkIpPicDescriptor* upperPICSlice = mitkIpPicNew();
   CastToIpPicDescriptor( correctPixelTypeUpperMITKSlice, upperPICSlice);
 
   // calculate where the current slice is in comparison to the lower and upper neighboring slices
   float ratio = (float)(requestedIndex - lowerSliceIndex) / (float)(upperSliceIndex - lowerSliceIndex);
 
   mitkIpPicDescriptor* ipPicResult = ipMITKSegmentationInterpolate( lowerPICSlice, upperPICSlice, ratio ); // magic
   if (!ipPicResult) return NULL;
 
   Geometry3D::Pointer originalGeometry = resultImage->GetGeometry();
   resultImage->Initialize( CastToImageDescriptor( ipPicResult ) );
   // FIXME resultImage->SetPicSlice( ipPicResult );
+  resultImage->SetSlice( ipPicResult->data );
   resultImage->SetGeometry( originalGeometry );
 
   mitkIpPicFree( ipPicResult );
 
   return resultImage;
 }
 
diff --git a/Modules/MitkExt/Controllers/mitkSegmentationInterpolationController.cpp b/Modules/MitkExt/Controllers/mitkSegmentationInterpolationController.cpp
index 83bdaa7eb9..a2b6908d30 100644
--- a/Modules/MitkExt/Controllers/mitkSegmentationInterpolationController.cpp
+++ b/Modules/MitkExt/Controllers/mitkSegmentationInterpolationController.cpp
@@ -1,487 +1,487 @@
 /*=========================================================================
  
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
 Version:   $Revision$
  
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
  
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
  
 =========================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkSegmentationInterpolationController.h"
 
 #include "mitkImageCast.h"
 #include "mitkImageAccessByItk.h"
 #include "mitkExtractImageFilter.h"
 #include "mitkImageTimeSelector.h"
 
 #include "mitkShapeBasedInterpolationAlgorithm.h"
 
 #include <itkCommand.h>
 #include <itkImage.h>
 #include <itkImageSliceConstIteratorWithIndex.h>
 
 mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::InterpolatorMapType mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::s_InterpolatorForImage; // static member initialization
     
 mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController* mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::InterpolatorForImage(const Image* image)
 {
   InterpolatorMapType::iterator iter = s_InterpolatorForImage.find( image );
   if ( iter != s_InterpolatorForImage.end() )
   {
     return iter->second;
   }
   else
   {
     return NULL;
   }
 }
 
 mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::SegmentationInterpolationController()
 :m_BlockModified(false)
 {
 }
 
 mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::~SegmentationInterpolationController()
 {
   // remove this from the list of interpolators
   for ( InterpolatorMapType::iterator iter = s_InterpolatorForImage.begin();
         iter != s_InterpolatorForImage.end();
         ++iter )
   {
     if (iter->second == this)
     {
       s_InterpolatorForImage.erase( iter );
       break;
     }
   }
 }
     
 void mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::OnImageModified(const itk::EventObject&)
 {
   if (!m_BlockModified  && m_Segmentation.IsNotNull() )
   {
     SetSegmentationVolume( m_Segmentation );
   }
 }
     
 void mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::BlockModified(bool block)
 {
   m_BlockModified = block;
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::SetSegmentationVolume( const Image* segmentation )
 {
   // clear old information (remove all time steps
   m_SegmentationCountInSlice.clear();
 
   // delete this from the list of interpolators
   InterpolatorMapType::iterator iter = s_InterpolatorForImage.find( segmentation );
   if ( iter != s_InterpolatorForImage.end() )
   {
     s_InterpolatorForImage.erase( iter );
   }
 
   if (!segmentation) return;
   if (segmentation->GetDimension() > 4 || segmentation->GetDimension() < 3) 
   {
     itkExceptionMacro("SegmentationInterpolationController needs a 3D-segmentation or 3D+t, not 2D.");
   }
 
   if (m_Segmentation != segmentation)
   {
     // observe Modified() event of image
     itk::ReceptorMemberCommand<SegmentationInterpolationController>::Pointer command = itk::ReceptorMemberCommand<SegmentationInterpolationController>::New();
     command->SetCallbackFunction( this, &SegmentationInterpolationController::OnImageModified );
     segmentation->AddObserver( itk::ModifiedEvent(), command );
   }
 
   m_Segmentation = segmentation;
 
   m_SegmentationCountInSlice.resize( m_Segmentation->GetTimeSteps() );
   for (unsigned int timeStep = 0; timeStep < m_Segmentation->GetTimeSteps(); ++timeStep)
   {
     m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep].resize(3);
     for (unsigned int dim = 0; dim < 3; ++dim)
     {
       m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][dim].clear();
       m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][dim].resize( m_Segmentation->GetDimension(dim) );
       m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][dim].assign( m_Segmentation->GetDimension(dim), 0 );
     }
   }
 
   s_InterpolatorForImage.insert( std::make_pair( m_Segmentation, this ) );
 
   // for all timesteps
   // scan whole image
   for (unsigned int timeStep = 0; timeStep < m_Segmentation->GetTimeSteps(); ++timeStep)
   {
     ImageTimeSelector::Pointer timeSelector = ImageTimeSelector::New();
     timeSelector->SetInput( m_Segmentation );
     timeSelector->SetTimeNr( timeStep );
     timeSelector->UpdateLargestPossibleRegion();
     Image::Pointer segmentation3D = timeSelector->GetOutput();
     AccessFixedDimensionByItk_2( segmentation3D, ScanWholeVolume, 3, m_Segmentation, timeStep );
   }
 
   //PrintStatus();
   
   SetReferenceVolume( m_ReferenceImage );
 
   Modified();
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::SetReferenceVolume( const Image* referenceImage )
 {
   m_ReferenceImage = referenceImage;
 
   if ( m_ReferenceImage.IsNull() ) return; // no image set - ignore it then
   assert ( m_Segmentation.IsNotNull() ); // should never happen
 
   // ensure the reference image has the same dimensionality and extents as the segmentation image
   if (    m_ReferenceImage.IsNull() 
        || m_Segmentation.IsNull()
        || m_ReferenceImage->GetDimension() != m_Segmentation->GetDimension() 
        || m_ReferenceImage->GetPixelType().GetNumberOfComponents() != 1
        || m_Segmentation->GetPixelType().GetNumberOfComponents() != 1
      )
   {
     MITK_ERROR << "original patient image does not match segmentation, ignoring patient image" << std::endl;
     m_ReferenceImage = NULL;
     return;
   }
 
   for (unsigned int dim = 0; dim < m_Segmentation->GetDimension(); ++dim)
     if ( m_ReferenceImage->GetDimension(dim) != m_Segmentation->GetDimension(dim) )
     {
       MITK_ERROR << "original patient image does not match segmentation (different extent in dimension " << dim 
                 << "), ignoring patient image" << std::endl;
       m_ReferenceImage = NULL;
       return;
     }
 }
  
 void mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::SetChangedVolume( const Image* sliceDiff, unsigned int timeStep )
 {
   if ( !sliceDiff ) return;
   if ( sliceDiff->GetDimension() != 3 ) return;
   
   AccessFixedDimensionByItk_1( sliceDiff, ScanChangedVolume, 3, timeStep );
 
   //PrintStatus();
   Modified();
 }
 
 
 void mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::SetChangedSlice( const Image* sliceDiff, unsigned int sliceDimension, unsigned int sliceIndex, unsigned int timeStep )
 {
   if ( !sliceDiff ) return;
   if ( sliceDimension > 2 ) return;
   if ( timeStep >= m_SegmentationCountInSlice.size() ) return;
   if ( sliceIndex >= m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][sliceDimension].size() ) return;
 
   unsigned int dim0(0);
   unsigned int dim1(1);
 
   // determine the other two dimensions
   switch (sliceDimension)
   {
     default:
     case 2:
       dim0 = 0; dim1 = 1; break;
     case 1:
       dim0 = 0; dim1 = 2; break;
     case 0:
       dim0 = 1; dim1 = 2; break;
   }
 
   //mitkIpPicDescriptor* rawSlice = const_cast<Image*>(sliceDiff)->GetSliceData()->GetPicDescriptor(); // we promise not to change anything!
-  unsigned char* rawSlice = (const_cast<Image*>(sliceDiff)->GetChannelDescriptor(0)).GetData();
+  unsigned char* rawSlice = (unsigned char*) const_cast<Image*>(sliceDiff)->GetData();
   if (!rawSlice) return;
 
   AccessFixedDimensionByItk_1( sliceDiff, ScanChangedSlice, 2, SetChangedSliceOptions(sliceDimension, sliceIndex, dim0, dim1, timeStep, rawSlice) );
   
   //PrintStatus();
   
   Modified();
 }
 
 template < typename DATATYPE >
 void mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::ScanChangedSlice( itk::Image<DATATYPE, 2>*, const SetChangedSliceOptions& options )
 {
   DATATYPE* pixelData( (DATATYPE*)options.pixelData );
   
   unsigned int timeStep( options.timeStep );
 
   unsigned int sliceDimension( options.sliceDimension );
   unsigned int sliceIndex( options.sliceIndex );
 
   if ( sliceDimension > 2 ) return;
   if ( sliceIndex >= m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][sliceDimension].size() ) return;
   
   unsigned int dim0( options.dim0 );
   unsigned int dim1( options.dim1 );
 
   int numberOfPixels(0); // number of pixels in this slice that are not 0
 
   unsigned int dim0max = m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][dim0].size();
   unsigned int dim1max = m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][dim1].size();
 
   // scan the slice from two directions
   // and set the flags for the two dimensions of the slice
   for (unsigned int v = 0; v < dim1max; ++v)
   {
     for (unsigned int u = 0; u < dim0max; ++u)
     {
       DATATYPE value = *(pixelData + u + v * dim0max);
 
       assert ( (signed) m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][dim0][u] + (signed)value >= 0 ); // just for debugging. This must always be true, otherwise some counting is going wrong
       assert ( (signed) m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][dim1][v] + (signed)value >= 0 );
 
       m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][dim0][u] = static_cast<unsigned int>( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][dim0][u] + value ); 
       m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][dim1][v] = static_cast<unsigned int>( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][dim1][v] + value );
       numberOfPixels += static_cast<int>( value );
     }
   }
 
   // flag for the dimension of the slice itself 
   assert ( (signed) m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][sliceDimension][sliceIndex] + numberOfPixels >= 0 );
   m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][sliceDimension][sliceIndex] += numberOfPixels;
   
   //MITK_INFO << "scan t=" << timeStep << " from (0,0) to (" << dim0max << "," << dim1max << ") (" << pixelData << "-" << pixelData+dim0max*dim1max-1 <<  ") in slice " << sliceIndex << " found " << numberOfPixels << " pixels" << std::endl;
 }
 
 
 template < typename TPixel, unsigned int VImageDimension >
 void mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::ScanChangedVolume( itk::Image<TPixel, VImageDimension>* diffImage, unsigned int timeStep )
 {
   typedef itk::ImageSliceConstIteratorWithIndex< itk::Image<TPixel, VImageDimension> > IteratorType;
 
   IteratorType iter( diffImage, diffImage->GetLargestPossibleRegion() );
   iter.SetFirstDirection(0);
   iter.SetSecondDirection(1);
 
   int numberOfPixels(0); // number of pixels in this slice that are not 0
   
   typename IteratorType::IndexType index;
   unsigned int x = 0;
   unsigned int y = 0;
   unsigned int z = 0;
 
   iter.GoToBegin();
   while ( !iter.IsAtEnd() )
   {
     while ( !iter.IsAtEndOfSlice() )
     {
       while ( !iter.IsAtEndOfLine() )
       {
         index = iter.GetIndex();
 
         x = index[0];
         y = index[1];
         z = index[2];
 
         TPixel value = iter.Get();
 
         assert ( (signed) m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][0][x] + (signed)value >= 0 ); // just for debugging. This must always be true, otherwise some counting is going wrong
         assert ( (signed) m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][1][y] + (signed)value >= 0 );
 
         m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][0][x] = static_cast<unsigned int>( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][0][x] + value ); 
         m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][1][y] = static_cast<unsigned int>( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][1][y] + value );
   
         numberOfPixels += static_cast<int>( value );
         
         ++iter;
       }
       iter.NextLine();
     }
     assert ( (signed) m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][2][z] + numberOfPixels >= 0 );
     m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][2][z] += numberOfPixels;
     numberOfPixels = 0;
 
     iter.NextSlice();
   }
 }
 
     
 template < typename DATATYPE >
 void mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::ScanWholeVolume( itk::Image<DATATYPE, 3>*, const Image* volume, unsigned int timeStep )
 {
   if (!volume) return;
   if ( timeStep >= m_SegmentationCountInSlice.size() ) return;
 
   for (unsigned int slice = 0; slice < volume->GetDimension(2); ++slice)
   {
     DATATYPE* rawVolume = static_cast<DATATYPE*>( const_cast<Image*>(volume)->GetVolumeData(timeStep)->GetData() ); // we again promise not to change anything, we'll just count
     //DATATYPE* rawSlice = static_cast<DATATYPE*>( volume->GetSliceData(slice)->GetData() ); // TODO THIS wouldn't work. Did I mess up with some internal mitk::Image data structure?
     DATATYPE* rawSlice = rawVolume + ( volume->GetDimension(0) * volume->GetDimension(1) * slice );
 
     ScanChangedSlice<DATATYPE>( NULL, SetChangedSliceOptions(2, slice, 0, 1, timeStep, rawSlice) );
   }
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::PrintStatus()
 {
   unsigned int timeStep(0); // if needed, put a loop over time steps around everyting, but beware, output will be long
 
   MITK_INFO << "Interpolator status (timestep 0): dimensions " 
            << m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][0].size() << " " 
            << m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][1].size() << " "
            << m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][2].size() << std::endl;
     
   MITK_INFO << "Slice 0: " <<  m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][2][0] << std::endl;
 
   // row "x"
   for (unsigned int index = 0; index < m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][0].size(); ++index)
   {
     if ( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][0][index] > 0 )
       MITK_INFO << "O";
     else
       MITK_INFO << ".";
   }
   MITK_INFO << std::endl;
  
   // rows "y" and "z" (diagonal)
   for (unsigned int index = 1; index < m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][1].size(); ++index)
   {
     if ( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][1][index] > 0 )
       MITK_INFO << "O";
     else
       MITK_INFO << ".";
 
     if ( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][2].size() > index ) // if we also have a z value here, then print it, too
     {
       for (unsigned int indent = 1; indent < index; ++indent)
         MITK_INFO << " ";
 
       if ( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][2][index] > 0 )
         MITK_INFO << m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][2][index];//"O";
       else
         MITK_INFO << ".";
     }
 
     MITK_INFO << std::endl;
   }
 
   // z indices that are larger than the biggest y index
   for (unsigned int index = m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][1].size(); index < m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][2].size(); ++index)
   {
     for (unsigned int indent = 0; indent < index; ++indent)
     MITK_INFO << " ";
 
     if ( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][2][index] > 0 )
       MITK_INFO << m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][2][index];//"O";
     else
       MITK_INFO << ".";
     
     MITK_INFO << std::endl;
   }
 }
 
 mitk::Image::Pointer mitk::SegmentationInterpolationController::Interpolate( unsigned int sliceDimension, unsigned int sliceIndex, unsigned int timeStep )
 {
   if (m_Segmentation.IsNull()) return NULL;
 
   if ( timeStep >= m_SegmentationCountInSlice.size() ) return NULL;
   if ( sliceDimension > 2 ) return NULL;
   unsigned int upperLimit = m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][sliceDimension].size();
   if ( sliceIndex >= upperLimit - 1 ) return NULL; // can't interpolate first and last slice
   if ( sliceIndex < 1  ) return NULL;
 
   if ( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][sliceDimension][sliceIndex] > 0 ) return NULL; // slice contains a segmentation, won't interpolate anything then
 
   unsigned int lowerBound(0);
   unsigned int upperBound(0);
   bool bounds( false );
 
   for (lowerBound = sliceIndex - 1; /*lowerBound >= 0*/; --lowerBound)
   {
     if ( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][sliceDimension][lowerBound] > 0 )
     {
       bounds = true;
       break;
     }
 
     if (lowerBound == 0) break; // otherwise overflow and start at something like 4294967295
   }
 
   if (!bounds) return NULL;
 
   bounds = false;
   for (upperBound = sliceIndex + 1 ; upperBound < upperLimit; ++upperBound)
   {
     if ( m_SegmentationCountInSlice[timeStep][sliceDimension][upperBound] > 0 )
     {
       bounds = true;
       break;
     }
   }
 
   if (!bounds) return NULL;
  
   // ok, we have found two neighboring slices with segmentations (and we made sure that the current slice does NOT contain anything
   //MITK_INFO << "Interpolate in timestep " << timeStep << ", dimension " << sliceDimension << ": estimate slice " << sliceIndex << " from slices " << lowerBound << " and " << upperBound << std::endl;
 
   mitk::Image::Pointer lowerMITKSlice;
   mitk::Image::Pointer upperMITKSlice;
   mitk::Image::Pointer resultImage;
   try
   {
   // extract the two neighoring slices from the segmentation volume
     ExtractImageFilter::Pointer extractor= ExtractImageFilter::New();
     extractor->SetInput( m_Segmentation );
     extractor->SetSliceDimension( sliceDimension );
     extractor->SetSliceIndex( lowerBound );
     extractor->SetTimeStep( timeStep );
     extractor->Update();
     lowerMITKSlice = extractor->GetOutput();
     lowerMITKSlice->DisconnectPipeline(); // otherwise the next output of the filter will overwrite this pointer, too
     
     extractor->SetInput( m_Segmentation );
     extractor->SetSliceDimension( sliceDimension );
     extractor->SetSliceIndex( sliceIndex );
     extractor->SetTimeStep( timeStep );
     extractor->Update();
     resultImage = extractor->GetOutput();
     resultImage->DisconnectPipeline();
     
     extractor->SetInput( m_Segmentation );
     extractor->SetSliceDimension( sliceDimension );
     extractor->SetSliceIndex( upperBound );
     extractor->SetTimeStep( timeStep );
     extractor->Update();
     upperMITKSlice = extractor->GetOutput();
 
     if ( lowerMITKSlice.IsNull() || upperMITKSlice.IsNull() ) return NULL;
   }
   catch(...)
   {
     return NULL;
   }
 
   // interpolation algorithm gets some inputs
   //   two segmentations (guaranteed to be of the same data type, but no special data type guaranteed)
   //   orientation (sliceDimension) of the segmentations
   //   position of the two slices (sliceIndices)
   //   one volume image (original patient image)
   //
   // interpolation algorithm can use e.g. itk::ImageSliceConstIteratorWithIndex to
   //   inspect the original patient image at appropriate positions
 
   mitk::SegmentationInterpolationAlgorithm::Pointer algorithm = mitk::ShapeBasedInterpolationAlgorithm::New().GetPointer();
   return algorithm->Interpolate( lowerMITKSlice.GetPointer(), lowerBound,
                                  upperMITKSlice.GetPointer(), upperBound,
                                  sliceIndex,
                                  sliceDimension,
                                  resultImage,
                                  timeStep,
                                  m_ReferenceImage );
 
 }