diff --git a/Core/Code/Rendering/vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter.cpp b/Core/Code/Rendering/vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter.cpp
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+/*=========================================================================
+
+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 "vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter.h"
+#include <vtkImageRGBToHSI.h>
+#include <vtkImageData.h>
+#include <vtkImageRGBToHSI.h>
+#include <vtkImageIterator.h>
+#include <vtkImageProgressIterator.h>
+#include <vtkLookupTable.h>
+
+vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter::vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter()
+{
+
+}
+
+vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter::~vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter()
+{
+
+}
+
+void vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter::SetLookupTable(vtkScalarsToColors *lookupTable)
+{
+  m_LookupTable = lookupTable;
+}
+
+vtkScalarsToColors* vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter::GetLookupTable()
+{
+  return m_LookupTable;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// This templated function executes the filter for any type of data.
+template <class T>
+    void vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter::vtkCalculateIntensityFromLookupTable(
+                             vtkImageData *inData,
+                             vtkImageData *outData,
+                             int outExt[6], T *)
+{
+  vtkImageIterator<T> inIt(inData, outExt);
+  vtkImageIterator<T> outIt(outData, outExt);
+  vtkLookupTable* lookupTable;
+  int idxC, maxC;
+  double H, S, I, Imin, Imax;
+  double imgRange[2];
+  double tableRange[2];
+
+  // find the region to loop over
+  maxC = inData->GetNumberOfScalarComponents()-1;
+  Imin = 255;
+  Imax = 0;
+  // Loop through ouput pixels
+  while (!outIt.IsAtEnd())
+    {
+    T* inSI = inIt.BeginSpan();
+    T* outSI = outIt.BeginSpan();
+    T* outSIEnd = outIt.EndSpan();
+    while (outSI != outSIEnd)
+      {
+      // Pixel operation
+      H = static_cast<double>(*inSI); inSI++;
+      S = static_cast<double>(*inSI); inSI++;
+      I = static_cast<double>(*inSI); inSI++;
+
+      lookupTable = dynamic_cast<vtkLookupTable*>(this->GetLookupTable());
+
+      lookupTable->GetTableRange(tableRange);
+      inData->GetScalarRange(imgRange);
+
+      I = ((I - tableRange[0]) / ( tableRange[1] - tableRange[0] )) * imgRange[1];
+      I = (I < imgRange[0] ? imgRange[0] : I);
+      I = (I > imgRange[1] ? imgRange[1] : I);
+
+      // assign output.
+      *outSI = static_cast<T>(H); outSI++;
+      *outSI = static_cast<T>(S); outSI++;
+      *outSI = static_cast<T>(I); outSI++;
+
+      for (idxC = 3; idxC <= maxC; idxC++)
+        {
+        *outSI++ = *inSI++;
+        }
+      }
+    inIt.NextSpan();
+    outIt.NextSpan();
+    }
+}
+
+void vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter::ExecuteInformation()
+{
+  vtkImageData *input = this->GetInput();
+  vtkImageData *output = this->GetOutput();
+
+  if (!input)
+  {
+    vtkErrorMacro(<< "Input not set.");
+    return;
+  }
+  output->CopyTypeSpecificInformation( input );
+
+  int extent[6];
+  input->GetWholeExtent(extent);
+  output->SetExtent(extent);
+  output->SetWholeExtent(extent);
+  output->SetUpdateExtent(extent);
+  output->AllocateScalars();
+
+  switch (input->GetScalarType())
+    {
+    vtkTemplateMacro(
+      vtkCalculateIntensityFromLookupTable( input,
+                               output, extent,
+                               static_cast<VTK_TT *>(0)));
+    default:
+      vtkErrorMacro(<< "Execute: Unknown ScalarType");
+      return;
+    }
+}
+
+void vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter::ExecuteInformation(
+           vtkImageData *vtkNotUsed(inData), vtkImageData *vtkNotUsed(outData))
+{
+}
diff --git a/Core/Code/Rendering/vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter.h b/Core/Code/Rendering/vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter.h
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index 0000000000..14bf9e7d8e
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+/*=========================================================================
+
+Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
+Language:  C++
+Date:      $Date: 2009-07-14 19:11:20 +0200 (Tue, 14 Jul 2009) $
+Version:   $Revision: 18127 $
+
+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.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef __vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter_h
+#define __vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter_h
+
+class vtkScalarsToColors;
+//class vtkImageToImageFilter;
+//#include <vtkImageRGBToHSI.h>
+#include <vtkImageData.h>
+//#include <vtkImageRGBToHSI.h>
+//#include <vtkImageIterator.h>
+//#include <vtkImageProgressIterator.h>
+//#include <vtkLookupTable.h>
+#include <vtkImageToImageFilter.h>
+//#include <vtkThreadedImageAlgorithm.h>
+
+#include "mitkCommon.h"
+
+//#include "vtkThreadedImageAlgorithm.h"
+
+class MITK_CORE_EXPORT vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter : public vtkImageToImageFilter
+{
+public:
+  vtkScalarsToColors* GetLookupTable();
+
+  void SetLookupTable(vtkScalarsToColors *lookupTable);
+
+  vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter();
+protected:
+  ~vtkMitkApplyLevelWindowToRGBFilter();
+
+  void ThreadedExecute(vtkImageData *inData, vtkImageData *outData,int extent[6], int id)
+
+  template <class T>
+      void vtkCalculateIntensityFromLookupTable(
+                                                vtkImageData *inData,
+                                                vtkImageData *outData,
+                                                int outExt[6], T *);
+
+  void ExecuteInformation();
+
+  void ExecuteInformation(vtkImageData *vtkNotUsed(inData), vtkImageData *vtkNotUsed(outData));
+
+private:
+  vtkScalarsToColors* m_LookupTable;
+};
+
+#endif