diff --git a/Core/Code/Testing/CMakeLists.txt b/Core/Code/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
index b1ac9f1433..0c1cd85404 100644
--- a/Core/Code/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Core/Code/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,98 +1,103 @@
 MITK_CREATE_MODULE_TESTS(LABELS MITK-Core)
 # MITK_INSTALL_TARGETS(EXECUTABLES MitkTestDriver)
 
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDICOMLocaleTest_spacingOk_CT mitkDICOMLocaleTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/spacing-ok-ct.dcm)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDICOMLocaleTest_spacingOk_MR mitkDICOMLocaleTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/spacing-ok-mr.dcm)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDICOMLocaleTest_spacingOk_SC mitkDICOMLocaleTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/spacing-ok-sc.dcm)
 
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkVolumeCalculatorTest_Png2D-bw mitkVolumeCalculatorTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Png2D-bw.png ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic2DplusT.nrrd)
 
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkEventMapperTest_Test1And2 mitkEventMapperTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/TestStateMachine1.xml ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/TestStateMachine2.xml)
 
 #mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkNodeDependentPointSetInteractorTest mitkNodeDependentPointSetInteractorTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic3D.pic.gz ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/BallBinary30x30x30.pic.gz)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkNodeDependentPointSetInteractorTest mitkNodeDependentPointSetInteractorTest  ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic3D.nrrd ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/BallBinary30x30x30.nrrd)
 
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDataStorageTest_US4DCyl mitkDataStorageTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/US4DCyl.nrrd)
 
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkStateMachineFactoryTest_TestStateMachine1_2 mitkStateMachineFactoryTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/TestStateMachine1.xml ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/TestStateMachine2.xml)
 
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDicomSeriesReaderTest_CTImage mitkDicomSeriesReaderTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/TinyCTAbdomen)
 
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkPointSetReaderTest mitkPointSetReaderTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/PointSetReaderTestData.mps)
 
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageTest_4DImageData mitkImageTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/US4DCyl.nrrd)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageTest_2D+tImageData mitkImageTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic2DplusT.nrrd)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageTest_3DImageData mitkImageTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic3D.nrrd)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageTest_brainImage mitkImageTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/brain.mhd)
 #mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageTest_color2DImage mitkImageTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/NrrdWritingTestImage.jpg)
 
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkIOUtilTest mitkIOUtilTest #test for a randomly chosen Pic3D swivelled slice
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic3D.nrrd
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/pointSet.mps
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/binary.stl
 )
 
 
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkLevelWindowManagerTest mitkLevelWindowManagerTest
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic3D.nrrd
 )
 
 
 if(WIN32 OR APPLE OR MITK_ENABLE_GUI_TESTING) ### since the rendering test's do not run in ubuntu, yet, we build them only for other systems or if the user explicitly sets the variable MITK_ENABLE_GUI_TESTING
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageVtkMapper2D_rgbaImage640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2DTest
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/rgbaImage.png #input image to load in data storage
                         -V ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/ReferenceScreenshots/rgbaImage640x480REF.png #corresponding reference screenshot
 )
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3d640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2DTest #test for standard Pic3D axial slice
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic3D.nrrd #input image to load in data storage
                         -V ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/ReferenceScreenshots/pic3d640x480REF.png #corresponding reference screenshot
 )
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dColorBlue640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2DColorTest #test for color property (=blue) Pic3D sagittal slice
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic3D.nrrd #input image to load in data storage
                         -V ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/ReferenceScreenshots/pic3dColorBlue640x480REF.png #corresponding reference screenshot
 )
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dLevelWindow640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2DLevelWindowTest #test for levelwindow property (=blood) #Pic3D sagittal slice
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic3D.nrrd #input image to load in data storage
                         -V ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/ReferenceScreenshots/pic3dLevelWindowBlood640x480REF.png #corresponding reference #screenshot
 )
 #mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dOpacity640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2DOpacityTest #test for opacity (=0.5) Pic3D coronal slice
 #                        ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic3D.nrrd #input image to load in data storage
 #                        -V ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/ReferenceScreenshots/pic3dOpacity640x480REF.png #corresponding reference screenshot
 #)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dSwivel640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2DSwivelTest #test for a randomly chosen Pic3D swivelled slice
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic3D.nrrd #input image to load in data storage
                         -V ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/ReferenceScreenshots/pic3dSwivel640x480REF.png #corresponding reference screenshot
 )
 
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTest_TextureProperty mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTest
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/ToF-Data/Kinect_LiverPhantom.vtp
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/ToF-Data/Kinect_LiverPhantom_RGBImage.nrrd
                         -V
                         ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/ReferenceScreenshots/texturedLiver640x480REF.png #corresponding reference screenshot
 )
 
+mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkImageVtkMapper2DTransferFunctionTest_Png2D-bw mitkImageVtkMapper2DTransferFunctionTest
+                        ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Png2D-bw.png
+                        -V ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/ReferenceScreenshots/Png2D-bw-TransferFunctionRGBImage640x480REF.png #corresponding reference screenshot
+)
+
 #mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTexturedSphereTest_Football mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTexturedSphereTest
 #                        ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/texture.jpg #input texture
 #                        -V
 #                        ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/ReferenceScreenshots/texturedSphere640x480REF.png corresponding reference screenshot
 #)
 
-SET_PROPERTY(TEST mitkImageVtkMapper2D_rgbaImage640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3d640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dColorBlue640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dLevelWindow640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dSwivel640x480 #mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTest_TextureProperty #mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTexturedSphereTest_Football #mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dOpacity640x480
+SET_PROPERTY(TEST mitkImageVtkMapper2D_rgbaImage640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3d640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dColorBlue640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dLevelWindow640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dSwivel640x480 mitkImageVtkMapper2DTransferFunctionTest_Png2D-bw #mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTest_TextureProperty #mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTexturedSphereTest_Football #mitkImageVtkMapper2D_pic3dOpacity640x480
 PROPERTY RUN_SERIAL TRUE)
 
 endif()
 
 add_test(mitkPointSetLocaleTest  ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${TESTDRIVER} mitkPointSetLocaleTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/pointSet.mps)
 set_property(TEST mitkPointSetLocaleTest PROPERTY LABELS MITK-Core)
 
 add_test(mitkImageWriterTest_nrrdImage ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${TESTDRIVER} mitkImageWriterTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/NrrdWritingTestImage.jpg)
 add_test(mitkImageWriterTest_2DPNGImage ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${TESTDRIVER} mitkImageWriterTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Png2D-bw.png)
 add_test(mitkImageWriterTest_rgbPNGImage ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${TESTDRIVER} mitkImageWriterTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/rgbImage.png)
 add_test(mitkImageWriterTest_rgbaPNGImage ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${TESTDRIVER} mitkImageWriterTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/RenderingTestData/rgbaImage.png)
 set_property(TEST mitkImageWriterTest_nrrdImage PROPERTY LABELS MITK-Core)
 set_property(TEST mitkImageWriterTest_2DPNGImage PROPERTY LABELS MITK-Core)
 set_property(TEST mitkImageWriterTest_rgbPNGImage PROPERTY LABELS MITK-Core)
 set_property(TEST mitkImageWriterTest_rgbaPNGImage PROPERTY LABELS MITK-Core)
 
 add_subdirectory(DICOMTesting)
 
diff --git a/Core/Code/Testing/files.cmake b/Core/Code/Testing/files.cmake
index a11495c505..74409349a0 100644
--- a/Core/Code/Testing/files.cmake
+++ b/Core/Code/Testing/files.cmake
@@ -1,128 +1,129 @@
 
 # tests with no extra command line parameter
 set(MODULE_TESTS
   mitkAccessByItkTest.cpp
   mitkCoreObjectFactoryTest.cpp
   mitkMaterialTest.cpp
   mitkActionTest.cpp
   mitkDispatcherTest.cpp
   mitkEnumerationPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkEventTest.cpp
   mitkEventConfigTest.cpp
   mitkFocusManagerTest.cpp
   mitkGenericPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkGeometry3DTest.cpp
   mitkGeometryDataToSurfaceFilterTest.cpp
   mitkGlobalInteractionTest.cpp
   mitkImageDataItemTest.cpp
   #mitkImageMapper2DTest.cpp
   mitkImageGeneratorTest.cpp
   mitkBaseDataTest.cpp
   #mitkImageToItkTest.cpp
   mitkInstantiateAccessFunctionTest.cpp
   mitkInteractorTest.cpp
   mitkInteractionEventTest.cpp
   mitkITKThreadingTest.cpp
   mitkLevelWindowTest.cpp
   mitkMessageTest.cpp
   #mitkPipelineSmartPointerCorrectnessTest.cpp
   mitkPixelTypeTest.cpp
   mitkPlaneGeometryTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetFileIOTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetWriterTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetReaderTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetInteractorTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyListTest.cpp
   #mitkRegistrationBaseTest.cpp
   #mitkSegmentationInterpolationTest.cpp
   mitkSlicedGeometry3DTest.cpp
   mitkSliceNavigationControllerTest.cpp
   mitkStateMachineTest.cpp
   mitkStateMachineContainerTest.cpp
   mitkStateTest.cpp
   mitkSurfaceTest.cpp
   mitkSurfaceToSurfaceFilterTest.cpp
   mitkTimeSlicedGeometryTest.cpp
   mitkTransitionTest.cpp
   mitkUndoControllerTest.cpp
   mitkVtkWidgetRenderingTest.cpp
   mitkVerboseLimitedLinearUndoTest.cpp
   mitkWeakPointerTest.cpp
   mitkTransferFunctionTest.cpp
   #mitkAbstractTransformGeometryTest.cpp
   mitkStepperTest.cpp
   itkTotalVariationDenoisingImageFilterTest.cpp
   mitkRenderingManagerTest.cpp
   vtkMitkThickSlicesFilterTest.cpp
   mitkNodePredicateSourceTest.cpp
   mitkVectorTest.cpp
   mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculatorTest.cpp
   #QmitkRenderingTestHelper.cpp
   mitkExceptionTest.cpp
   mitkExtractSliceFilterTest.cpp
   mitkLogTest.cpp
   mitkImageDimensionConverterTest.cpp
   mitkLoggingAdapterTest.cpp
   mitkUIDGeneratorTest.cpp
 )
 
 # test with image filename as an extra command line parameter
 set(MODULE_IMAGE_TESTS
   mitkPlanePositionManagerTest.cpp
   mitkSurfaceVtkWriterTest.cpp
   #mitkImageSliceSelectorTest.cpp
   mitkImageTimeSelectorTest.cpp
   # mitkVtkPropRendererTest.cpp
   mitkDataNodeFactoryTest.cpp
   #mitkSTLFileReaderTest.cpp
   mitkImageAccessorTest.cpp
 )
 
 # list of images for which the tests are run
 set(MODULE_TESTIMAGES
  # Pic-Factory no more available in Core, test images now in .nrrd format
   US4DCyl.nrrd
   Pic3D.nrrd
   Pic2DplusT.nrrd
   BallBinary30x30x30.nrrd
   binary.stl
   ball.stl
 )
 
 set(MODULE_CUSTOM_TESTS
     #mitkLabeledImageToSurfaceFilterTest.cpp
     #mitkExternalToolsTest.cpp
     mitkDataStorageTest.cpp
     mitkDataNodeTest.cpp
     mitkDicomSeriesReaderTest.cpp
     mitkDICOMLocaleTest.cpp
     mitkEventMapperTest.cpp
     mitkNodeDependentPointSetInteractorTest.cpp
     mitkStateMachineFactoryTest.cpp
     mitkPointSetLocaleTest.cpp
     mitkImageTest.cpp
     mitkImageWriterTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DLevelWindowTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DOpacityTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DColorTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DSwivelTest.cpp
+    mitkImageVtkMapper2DTransferFunctionTest.cpp
     mitkIOUtilTest.cpp
     mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTest
     mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTexturedSphereTest.cpp
     mitkVolumeCalculatorTest.cpp
     mitkLevelWindowManagerTest.cpp
 )
 
 # Create an artificial module initializing class for
 # the usServiceListenerTest.cpp
 usFunctionGenerateModuleInit(testdriver_init_file
                              NAME ${MODULE_NAME}TestDriver
                              DEPENDS "Mitk"
                              VERSION "0.1.0"
                              EXECUTABLE
                             )
 
 set(TEST_CPP_FILES ${testdriver_init_file} mitkRenderingTestHelper.cpp)
diff --git a/Core/Code/Testing/mitkImageVtkMapper2DTransferFunctionTest.cpp b/Core/Code/Testing/mitkImageVtkMapper2DTransferFunctionTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7366a1845e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/Code/Testing/mitkImageVtkMapper2DTransferFunctionTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+//MITK
+#include "mitkTestingMacros.h"
+#include "mitkRenderingTestHelper.h"
+
+//VTK
+#include <vtkRegressionTestImage.h>
+#include <mitkTransferFunctionProperty.h>
+#include <mitkTransferFunction.h>
+
+
+int mitkImageVtkMapper2DTransferFunctionTest(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+    // load all arguments into a datastorage, take last argument as reference rendering
+    // setup a renderwindow of fixed size X*Y
+    // render the datastorage
+    // compare rendering to reference image
+    MITK_TEST_BEGIN("mitkImageVtkMapper2DTransferFunctionTest")
+
+    // enough parameters?
+    if ( argc < 2 )
+    {
+        MITK_TEST_OUTPUT( << "Usage: " << std::string(*argv) << " [file1 file2 ...] outputfile" )
+                MITK_TEST_OUTPUT( << "Will render a central axial slice of all given files into outputfile" )
+                exit( EXIT_SUCCESS );
+    }
+    mitkRenderingTestHelper renderingHelper(640, 480, argc, argv);
+
+    //define an arbitrary colortransferfunction
+    vtkSmartPointer<vtkColorTransferFunction> colorTransferFunction = vtkSmartPointer<vtkColorTransferFunction>::New();
+    colorTransferFunction->SetColorSpaceToRGB();
+    colorTransferFunction->AddRGBPoint(0.0, 1, 0, 0); //black = red
+    colorTransferFunction->AddRGBPoint(127.5, 0, 1, 0); //grey = green
+    colorTransferFunction->AddRGBPoint(255.0, 0, 0, 1); //white = blue
+    mitk::TransferFunction::Pointer transferFucntion = mitk::TransferFunction::New();
+    transferFucntion->SetColorTransferFunction( colorTransferFunction );
+
+    //set the property for the image
+    renderingHelper.SetImageProperty("Image Rendering.Transfer Function", mitk::TransferFunctionProperty::New(transferFucntion));
+
+    renderingHelper.Render();
+
+    //use this to generate a reference screenshot or save the file:
+    bool generateReferenceScreenshot = false;
+    if(generateReferenceScreenshot)
+    {
+        renderingHelper.SaveAsPNG("/home/kilgus/Pictures/RenderingTestData/output.png");
+    }
+
+    //### Usage of vtkRegressionTestImage:
+    //vtkRegressionTestImage( vtkRenderWindow )
+    //Set a vtkRenderWindow containing the desired scene.
+    //vtkRegressionTestImage automatically searches in argc and argv[]
+    //for a path a valid image with -V. If the test failed with the
+    //first image (foo.png) check if there are images of the form
+    //foo_N.png (where N=1,2,3...) and compare against them.
+    renderingHelper.PrepareRender();
+    int retVal = vtkRegressionTestImage( renderingHelper.GetVtkRenderWindow() );
+
+    //retVal meanings: (see VTK/Rendering/vtkTesting.h)
+    //0 = test failed
+    //1 = test passed
+    //2 = test not run
+    //3 = something with vtkInteraction
+    MITK_TEST_CONDITION( retVal == 1, "VTK test result positive" );
+
+    MITK_TEST_END();
+}