diff --git a/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkCylinder.cpp b/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkCylinder.cpp
index 9869006f61..fb909c0960 100644
--- a/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkCylinder.cpp
+++ b/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkCylinder.cpp
@@ -1,69 +1,69 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 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 "mitkCylinder.h"
 #include "vtkLinearTransform.h"
 #include "mitkVector.h"
 #include "vtkCylinderSource.h"
 
 
 mitk::Cylinder::Cylinder()
 : BoundingObject()
 {
   vtkCylinderSource* cylinder = vtkCylinderSource::New();
   cylinder->SetRadius(1.0);
   cylinder->SetHeight(2.0);
   cylinder->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
-  cylinder->SetResolution(20);
+  cylinder->SetResolution(100);
   cylinder->CappingOn();
   cylinder->Update();
   SetVtkPolyData(cylinder->GetOutput());
   cylinder->Delete();
 }
 
 
 mitk::Cylinder::~Cylinder()
 {
 }
 
 
 bool mitk::Cylinder::IsInside(const Point3D& worldPoint) const
 {
   // transform point from world to object coordinates
   ScalarType p[4];
   p[0] = worldPoint[0];
   p[1] = worldPoint[1];
   p[2] = worldPoint[2];
   p[3] = 1;
 
   GetGeometry()->GetVtkTransform()->GetInverse()->TransformPoint(p, p);
 
   mitk::ScalarType v =  pow(p[0], 2) + pow(p[2], 2);
   bool retval = (v <= 1) && (p[1] >= -1) && (p[1] <= 1);
   return retval; 
 }
 
 
 mitk::ScalarType mitk::Cylinder::GetVolume()
 {
   Geometry3D* geometry = GetTimeSlicedGeometry();
   return   geometry->GetExtentInMM(0) * 0.5
     * geometry->GetExtentInMM(2) * 0.5
     * vnl_math::pi
     * geometry->GetExtentInMM(1);
 }