diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/files.cmake b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/files.cmake
index 977a90ace5..79fc343d0d 100755
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/files.cmake
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/files.cmake
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 set(SRC_CPP_FILES
 
 )
 
 set(INTERNAL_CPP_FILES
   mitkPluginActivator.cpp
   QmitkVolumeVisualizationView.cpp
 )
 
 set(UI_FILES
   src/internal/QmitkVolumeVisualizationViewControls.ui
 )
 
 set(MOC_H_FILES
   src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.h
   src/internal/QmitkVolumeVisualizationView.h
 )
 
 set(CACHED_RESOURCE_FILES
   plugin.xml
-  resources/icon.xpm
+  resources/volume_visualization.svg
 )
 
 set(QRC_FILES
 
 )
 
 
 set(CPP_FILES )
 
 foreach(file ${SRC_CPP_FILES})
   set(CPP_FILES ${CPP_FILES} src/${file})
 endforeach(file ${SRC_CPP_FILES})
 
 foreach(file ${INTERNAL_CPP_FILES})
   set(CPP_FILES ${CPP_FILES} src/internal/${file})
 endforeach(file ${INTERNAL_CPP_FILES})
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/plugin.xml b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/plugin.xml
index 2152b8396f..e844ef43dc 100755
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/plugin.xml
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/plugin.xml
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?BlueBerry version="0.1"?>
 <plugin>
   <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.views">
     <view
       id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization"
       name="Volume Visualization"
       class="QmitkVolumeVisualizationView"
-      icon="resources/icon.xpm" >
+      icon="resources/volume_visualization.svg" >
       <description>Configure the 3D-Visualization of images.</description>
       <keywordReference id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"/>
     </view>
   </extension>
 
   <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.keywords">
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="Visualisation" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="3D" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="Rendering" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="Volumevisualisation" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="Look-up-table" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="Color Colour" />
   </extension>
 
   <!--This extension points adds the volume visualization view to the
   "Window->Show Views" menu if the visualization perspective is opened-->
   <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.perspectiveExtensions">
             <perspectiveExtension
                  targetID="org.mitk.mitkworkbench.perspectives.visualization">
                  <viewShortcut id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization"/>
                  <view id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization"
                              relative="org.mitk.views.datamanager"
                              relationship="bottom"
                              ratio="0.80"
                              visible="false"/>
             </perspectiveExtension>
   </extension>
 </plugin>
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/resources/icon.png b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/resources/icon.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d327928a8..0000000000
Binary files a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/resources/icon.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/resources/icon.xpm b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/resources/icon.xpm
deleted file mode 100644
index ad5c4eca78..0000000000
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/resources/icon.xpm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-/* XPM */
-static char *Visualization___[] = {
-/* columns rows colors chars-per-pixel */
-"48 48 59 1",
-"  c #2E3436",
-". c #333333",
-"X c #383637",
-"o c #323639",
-"O c #3B3539",
-"+ c #36393B",
-"@ c #3A3B3D",
-"# c #47343C",
-"$ c #413C3D",
-"% c #3D3D40",
-"& c #403F42",
-"* c #4B3F45",
-"= c #444144",
-"- c #4C4446",
-"; c #4A4549",
-": c #4F484C",
-"> c #504648",
-", c #534A4D",
-"< c #594B4E",
-"1 c #564C51",
-"2 c #594F53",
-"3 c #5D5155",
-"4 c #625256",
-"5 c #64555A",
-"6 c #69565B",
-"7 c #67585D",
-"8 c #6A595E",
-"9 c #6E5C61",
-"0 c #735E63",
-"q c #766066",
-"w c #796065",
-"e c #776168",
-"r c #7C646B",
-"t c #81666D",
-"y c #83696F",
-"u c #856A71",
-"i c #8B6E75",
-"p c #8F7077",
-"a c #8F7078",
-"s c #94737A",
-"d c #99757C",
-"f c #9D787F",
-"g c #9E7981",
-"h c #A37D85",
-"j c #A87F87",
-"k c #A77F88",
-"l c #AA7F89",
-"z c #AC828B",
-"x c #B1858E",
-"c c #B48791",
-"v c #B68892",
-"b c #BB8B95",
-"n c #BF8E98",
-"m c #C18F99",
-"M c #C4919C",
-"N c #C9949F",
-"B c #CC96A1",
-"V c #CF98A3",
-"C c None",
-/* pixels */
-"C                                              C",
-"                                                ",
-"                                                ",
-"                                                ",
-"                                                ",
-"                                                ",
-"                                                ",
-"               ;3531%                           ",
-"          %3uzBBVVBBBbngar93;+                  ",
-"      ;9sczu3+  %15g::iivVVVVnu2                ",
-"   &ynM3;+        :%% % o11nxBVVzzzz%           ",
-" @pzr,            %   & + && 9aqBBBVnxr         ",
-"9z3              %  =&2 3o;  u or93BVVVzr3+     ",
-"2+           %   3 7;51%r3= %u%rr:9ngqbbVVnqo   ",
-"           ++3= %3:n3b9qMxqr9a7cx1zz:9qpMnVVz&  ",
-"          @137a2gBVBVVBVVVBBBkvin:Vn97qgszivVVxr",
-"       & 469jNVVMVnzxfdhmNVVVVVmVzdszqrbzv7MgvVz",
-"       u=fxVVVVNbz: .....-txVVVVVVzbN@MVmgNzpsrx",
-"      &ghNVVVNNVz%o.........<MVVVVVVVnNVczN7zrvx",
-"    +1nMVVVVVVVsX............>VVVVVVVVVVNzn3nzzy",
-"   0Ns3xVVVVVVp...............xVVVVVVVVVVVzbVVM3",
-" oiz:  obVVVVd.....-r.4$......0VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVp",
-"5g3     gVbVbX....@MV<iX......#mVNVVVVVVVVVVVVVz",
-":       uVhVz.....*NN$.........dVvVVvVVVVVVVVVVx",
-"o       8byVx.....X>$..........4VdVN;7xNVVVnzVVz",
-"        ,j0VNX......X..........>N6Vz   %;27% :bx",
-"        @h4VVw.................>n,V4          19",
-"        .j$VNw.................6drno           o",
-"         7>zV4.................f1zr            u",
-"          08Vf#...............#l+M+          3xz",
-"          <>fVf...............w6dr         2zVVz",
-"         ..y$mNm$...........X6ftv+       ozVVVVz",
-"           ou,BVbs4@.......Xpm0M;      o7zVVVVVz",
-"            opinVVVVxr46wdvNMzz&      1zbBVVVBxu",
-"              9zfVVVVVVVVNVmn7     &9:3zp7Bnr9o ",
-"               &rvnBVVVVVNMp+    @-rxz= 3xnd    ",
-"                  :9pgzsr,     ;pMf, @ 9zp9     ",
-"     o9                   ++oqvpr1o   +zr       ",
-"      @   2qsw-X5@;@o+o7qryn7d9&       o        ",
-"          %479X#u:r,3; p;;:o+ o                 ",
-"             @   +@                             ",
-"                                                ",
-"                                                ",
-"                                                ",
-"                                                ",
-"                                                ",
-"                                                ",
-"C                                              C"
-};
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/resources/volume_visualization.svg b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/resources/volume_visualization.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4334a5daf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/resources/volume_visualization.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg
+   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
+   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   version="1.1"
+   id="svg6029"
+   viewBox="0 0 100 100"
+   height="100"
+   width="100">
+  <defs
+     id="defs6031" />
+  <metadata
+     id="metadata6034">
+    <rdf:RDF>
+      <cc:Work
+         rdf:about="">
+        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
+        <dc:type
+           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
+        <dc:title></dc:title>
+      </cc:Work>
+    </rdf:RDF>
+  </metadata>
+  <g
+     transform="translate(0,-952.36216)"
+     id="layer1">
+    <path
+       style="color:#000000;clip-rule:nonzero;display:inline;overflow:visible;visibility:visible;opacity:1;isolation:auto;mix-blend-mode:normal;color-interpolation:sRGB;color-interpolation-filters:linearRGB;solid-color:#000000;solid-opacity:1;fill:#00ff00;fill-opacity:1;fill-rule:nonzero;stroke:none;stroke-width:1;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-dashoffset:0;stroke-opacity:1;color-rendering:auto;image-rendering:auto;shape-rendering:auto;text-rendering:auto;enable-background:accumulate"
+       d="m 92.800149,1002.362 q -8.453187,-14.09918 -21.188593,-21.08913 3.392401,6.21324 3.392401,13.44227 0,11.05236 -7.31312,18.90856 -7.313126,7.8561 -17.601549,7.8561 -10.288428,0 -17.601547,-7.8561 -7.313127,-7.8562 -7.313127,-18.90856 0,-7.22903 3.392401,-13.44227 -12.735401,6.98995 -21.1885963,21.08913 7.3965423,12.2475 18.5469703,19.5063 11.150427,7.2587 24.163899,7.2587 13.013467,0 24.163892,-7.2587 11.150427,-7.2588 18.546969,-19.5063 z M 52.758714,979.42083 q 0,-1.19493 -0.778582,-2.0313 -0.778584,-0.8364 -1.890844,-0.8364 -6.95164,0 -11.929013,5.34708 -4.977374,5.34695 -4.977374,12.81493 0,1.19479 0.778581,2.03116 0.778587,0.8364 1.890846,0.8364 1.112263,0 1.890845,-0.8364 0.778587,-0.83637 0.778587,-2.03116 0,-5.13793 3.392398,-8.78233 3.3924,-3.64431 8.17513,-3.64431 1.11226,0 1.890844,-0.83639 0.778582,-0.83638 0.778582,-2.03128 z M 99.91863,1002.362 q 0,2.0314 -1.112262,4.1223 -7.785837,13.741 -20.938332,22.0154 -13.152503,8.2744 -27.778748,8.2744 -14.626251,0 -27.778753,-8.3044 -13.1524952,-8.3041 -20.9383297,-21.9854 -1.11226422,-2.0909 -1.11226422,-4.1223 0,-2.0311 1.11226422,-4.12207 7.7858345,-13.68117 20.9383297,-21.98551 13.152502,-8.30424 27.778753,-8.30424 14.626245,0 27.778748,8.30424 13.152495,8.30434 20.938332,21.98551 1.112262,2.09097 1.112262,4.12207 z"
+       id="path6594" />
+  </g>
+</svg>