diff --git a/Modules/SurfaceInterpolation/mitkSurfaceInterpolationController.cpp b/Modules/SurfaceInterpolation/mitkSurfaceInterpolationController.cpp
index 420dff55aa..a6e05165b8 100644
--- a/Modules/SurfaceInterpolation/mitkSurfaceInterpolationController.cpp
+++ b/Modules/SurfaceInterpolation/mitkSurfaceInterpolationController.cpp
@@ -1,366 +1,367 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 "mitkSurfaceInterpolationController.h"
 #include "mitkMemoryUtilities.h"
 #include "mitkImageAccessByItk.h"
 #include "mitkImageCast.h"
 
 #include "mitkImageToSurfaceFilter.h"
 
 
 mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::SurfaceInterpolationController()
   :m_SelectedSegmentation(0)
 {
   m_ReduceFilter = ReduceContourSetFilter::New();
   m_NormalsFilter = ComputeContourSetNormalsFilter::New();
   m_InterpolateSurfaceFilter = CreateDistanceImageFromSurfaceFilter::New();
 
   m_ReduceFilter->SetUseProgressBar(false);
   m_NormalsFilter->SetUseProgressBar(false);
   m_InterpolateSurfaceFilter->SetUseProgressBar(false);
 
   m_Contours = Surface::New();
 
   m_PolyData = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();
-  m_PolyData->SetPoints(vtkPoints::New());
+  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
+  m_PolyData->SetPoints(points);
 
   m_InterpolationResult = 0;
   m_CurrentNumberOfReducedContours = 0;
 }
 
 mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::~SurfaceInterpolationController()
 {
   //Removing all observers
   std::map<mitk::Image*, unsigned long>::iterator dataIter = m_SegmentationObserverTags.begin();
   for (; dataIter != m_SegmentationObserverTags.end(); ++dataIter )
   {
     (*dataIter).first->RemoveObserver( (*dataIter).second );
   }
   m_SegmentationObserverTags.clear();
 }
 
 mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController* mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::GetInstance()
 {
-  static mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController* m_Instance;
+  static mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::Pointer m_Instance;
 
-  if ( m_Instance == 0)
+  if ( m_Instance.IsNull() )
   {
-    m_Instance = new SurfaceInterpolationController();
+    m_Instance = SurfaceInterpolationController::New();
   }
   return m_Instance;
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::AddNewContour (mitk::Surface::Pointer newContour, PlaneGeometry::Pointer plane)
 {
   ContourPositionPair pair;
   pair.contour = newContour;
   pair.plane = plane;
   this->AddToInterpolationPipeline(pair);
 
   this->Modified();
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::AddNewContours(ContourPositionPairList newContours)
 {
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < newContours.size(); ++i)
   {
     this->AddToInterpolationPipeline(newContours.at(i));
   }
   this->Modified();
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::AddToInterpolationPipeline(ContourPositionPair pair)
 {
   int pos (-1);
   ContourPositionPairList currentContourList = m_ListOfInterpolationSessions[m_SelectedSegmentation];
   mitk::PlaneGeometry* plane = pair.plane;
   mitk::Surface* newContour = pair.contour;
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < currentContourList.size(); i++)
   {
     mitk::PlaneGeometry::Pointer planeFromList = currentContourList.at(i).plane;
     if ( mitk::Equal(*plane, *planeFromList, mitk::eps, false) )
     {
       pos = i;
       break;
     }
   }
 
   //Don't save a new empty contour
   if (pos == -1 && newContour->GetVtkPolyData()->GetNumberOfPoints() > 0)
   {
     m_ReduceFilter->SetInput(m_ListOfInterpolationSessions[m_SelectedSegmentation].size(), newContour);
     m_ListOfInterpolationSessions[m_SelectedSegmentation].push_back(pair);
   }
   else if (pos != -1 && newContour->GetVtkPolyData()->GetNumberOfPoints() > 0)
   {
     m_ListOfInterpolationSessions[m_SelectedSegmentation].at(pos) = pair;
     m_ReduceFilter->SetInput(pos, newContour);
   }
 
   m_ReduceFilter->Update();
   m_CurrentNumberOfReducedContours = m_ReduceFilter->GetNumberOfOutputs();
 
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < m_CurrentNumberOfReducedContours; i++)
   {
     m_NormalsFilter->SetInput(i, m_ReduceFilter->GetOutput(i));
     m_InterpolateSurfaceFilter->SetInput(i, m_NormalsFilter->GetOutput(i));
   }
 }
 
 const mitk::Surface* mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::GetContour(mitk::PlaneGeometry::Pointer plane)
 {
   ContourPositionPairList contourList = m_ListOfInterpolationSessions[m_SelectedSegmentation];
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < contourList.size(); ++i)
   {
     ContourPositionPair pair = contourList.at(i);
     if (mitk::Equal(*plane, *pair.plane, mitk::eps, false))
       return pair.contour;
   }
   return 0;
 }
 
 unsigned int mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::GetNumberOfContours()
 {
   return m_ListOfInterpolationSessions[m_SelectedSegmentation].size();
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::Interpolate()
 {
   if (m_CurrentNumberOfReducedContours< 2)
   {
     //If no interpolation is possible reset the interpolation result
     m_InterpolationResult = 0;
     return;
   }
 
   //Setting up progress bar
    /*
     * Removed due to bug 12441. ProgressBar messes around with Qt event queue which is fatal for segmentation
     */
   //mitk::ProgressBar::GetInstance()->AddStepsToDo(8);
 
   // update the filter and get teh resulting distance-image
   m_InterpolateSurfaceFilter->Update();
   Image::Pointer distanceImage = m_InterpolateSurfaceFilter->GetOutput();
 
   // create a surface from the distance-image
   mitk::ImageToSurfaceFilter::Pointer imageToSurfaceFilter = mitk::ImageToSurfaceFilter::New();
   imageToSurfaceFilter->SetInput( distanceImage );
   imageToSurfaceFilter->SetThreshold( 0 );
   imageToSurfaceFilter->SetSmooth(true);
   imageToSurfaceFilter->SetSmoothIteration(20);
   imageToSurfaceFilter->Update();
   m_InterpolationResult = imageToSurfaceFilter->GetOutput();
 
 
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkAppendPolyData> polyDataAppender = vtkSmartPointer<vtkAppendPolyData>::New();
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < m_ReduceFilter->GetNumberOfOutputs(); i++)
   {
     polyDataAppender->AddInputData(m_ReduceFilter->GetOutput(i)->GetVtkPolyData());
   }
   polyDataAppender->Update();
   m_Contours->SetVtkPolyData(polyDataAppender->GetOutput());
 
   //Last progress step
   /*
    * Removed due to bug 12441. ProgressBar messes around with Qt event queue which is fatal for segmentation
    */
   //mitk::ProgressBar::GetInstance()->Progress(8);
 
   m_InterpolationResult->DisconnectPipeline();
 }
 
 mitk::Surface::Pointer mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::GetInterpolationResult()
 {
     return m_InterpolationResult;
 }
 
 mitk::Surface* mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::GetContoursAsSurface()
 {
   return m_Contours;
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::SetDataStorage(DataStorage::Pointer ds)
 {
   m_DataStorage = ds;
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::SetMinSpacing(double minSpacing)
 {
   m_ReduceFilter->SetMinSpacing(minSpacing);
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::SetMaxSpacing(double maxSpacing)
 {
   m_ReduceFilter->SetMaxSpacing(maxSpacing);
   m_NormalsFilter->SetMaxSpacing(maxSpacing);
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::SetDistanceImageVolume(unsigned int distImgVolume)
 {
   m_InterpolateSurfaceFilter->SetDistanceImageVolume(distImgVolume);
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::SetSegmentationImage(Image* /*workingImage*/)
 {
 //  m_NormalsFilter->SetSegmentationBinaryImage(workingImage);
 }
 
 mitk::Image::Pointer mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::GetCurrentSegmentation()
 {
   return m_SelectedSegmentation;
 }
 
 mitk::Image* mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::GetImage()
 {
   return m_InterpolateSurfaceFilter->GetOutput();
 }
 
 double mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::EstimatePortionOfNeededMemory()
 {
   double numberOfPointsAfterReduction = m_ReduceFilter->GetNumberOfPointsAfterReduction()*3;
   double sizeOfPoints = pow(numberOfPointsAfterReduction,2)*sizeof(double);
   double totalMem = mitk::MemoryUtilities::GetTotalSizeOfPhysicalRam();
   double percentage = sizeOfPoints/totalMem;
   return percentage;
 }
 
 unsigned int mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::GetNumberOfInterpolationSessions()
 {
   return m_ListOfInterpolationSessions.size();
 }
 
 template<typename TPixel, unsigned int VImageDimension>
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::GetImageBase(itk::Image<TPixel, VImageDimension>* input, itk::ImageBase<3>::Pointer& result)
 {
   result->Graft(input);
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::SetCurrentSegmentationInterpolationList(mitk::Image::Pointer segmentation)
 {
   this->SetCurrentInterpolationSession(segmentation);
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::SetCurrentInterpolationSession(mitk::Image::Pointer currentSegmentationImage)
 {
   if (currentSegmentationImage.GetPointer() == m_SelectedSegmentation)
     return;
 
   m_ReduceFilter->Reset();
   m_NormalsFilter->Reset();
   m_InterpolateSurfaceFilter->Reset();
 
   if (currentSegmentationImage.IsNull())
   {
     m_SelectedSegmentation = 0;
     return;
   }
   ContourListMap::iterator it = m_ListOfInterpolationSessions.find(currentSegmentationImage.GetPointer());
 
   m_SelectedSegmentation = currentSegmentationImage.GetPointer();
 
   itk::ImageBase<3>::Pointer itkImage = itk::ImageBase<3>::New();
   AccessFixedDimensionByItk_1( m_SelectedSegmentation, GetImageBase, 3, itkImage );
   m_InterpolateSurfaceFilter->SetReferenceImage( itkImage.GetPointer() );
 
   if (it == m_ListOfInterpolationSessions.end())
   {
     ContourPositionPairList newList;
     m_ListOfInterpolationSessions.insert(std::pair<mitk::Image*, ContourPositionPairList>(m_SelectedSegmentation, newList));
     m_InterpolationResult = 0;
     m_CurrentNumberOfReducedContours = 0;
 
     itk::MemberCommand<SurfaceInterpolationController>::Pointer command = itk::MemberCommand<SurfaceInterpolationController>::New();
     command->SetCallbackFunction(this, &SurfaceInterpolationController::OnSegmentationDeleted);
     m_SegmentationObserverTags.insert( std::pair<mitk::Image*, unsigned long>( m_SelectedSegmentation, m_SelectedSegmentation->AddObserver( itk::DeleteEvent(), command ) ) );
 
   }
   else
   {
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < m_ListOfInterpolationSessions[m_SelectedSegmentation].size(); i++)
     {
       m_ReduceFilter->SetInput(i, m_ListOfInterpolationSessions[m_SelectedSegmentation].at(i).contour);
     }
 
     m_ReduceFilter->Update();
 
     m_CurrentNumberOfReducedContours = m_ReduceFilter->GetNumberOfOutputs();
 
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < m_CurrentNumberOfReducedContours; i++)
     {
       m_NormalsFilter->SetInput(i, m_ReduceFilter->GetOutput(i));
       m_InterpolateSurfaceFilter->SetInput(i, m_NormalsFilter->GetOutput(i));
     }
   }
   Modified();
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::RemoveSegmentationFromContourList(mitk::Image *segmentation)
 {
   this->RemoveInterpolationSession(segmentation);
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::RemoveInterpolationSession(mitk::Image::Pointer segmentationImage)
 {
   if (segmentationImage)
   {
     if (m_SelectedSegmentation == segmentationImage)
     {
       SetSegmentationImage(NULL);
       m_SelectedSegmentation = 0;
     }
     m_ListOfInterpolationSessions.erase(segmentationImage);
     // Remove observer
     std::map<mitk::Image*, unsigned long>::iterator pos = m_SegmentationObserverTags.find(segmentationImage);
     if (pos != m_SegmentationObserverTags.end())
     {
       segmentationImage->RemoveObserver((*pos).second);
       m_SegmentationObserverTags.erase(pos);
     }
   }
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::RemoveAllInterpolationSessions()
 {
   //Removing all observers
   std::map<mitk::Image*, unsigned long>::iterator dataIter = m_SegmentationObserverTags.begin();
   while (dataIter != m_SegmentationObserverTags.end())
   {
     mitk::Image* image = (*dataIter).first;
     image->RemoveObserver((*dataIter).second);
     ++dataIter;
   }
 
   m_SegmentationObserverTags.clear();
   m_SelectedSegmentation = 0;
   m_ListOfInterpolationSessions.clear();
 }
 
 void mitk::SurfaceInterpolationController::OnSegmentationDeleted(const itk::Object *caller, const itk::EventObject &/*event*/)
 {
   mitk::Image* tempImage = dynamic_cast<mitk::Image*>(const_cast<itk::Object*>(caller));
   if (tempImage)
   {
     if (m_SelectedSegmentation == tempImage)
     {
       SetSegmentationImage(NULL);
       m_SelectedSegmentation = 0;
     }
     m_SegmentationObserverTags.erase(tempImage);
     m_ListOfInterpolationSessions.erase(tempImage);
   }
 }