diff --git a/Modules/Segmentation/Interactions/mitkSegmentAnythingPythonService.cpp b/Modules/Segmentation/Interactions/mitkSegmentAnythingPythonService.cpp
index cb4be1b784..7dbd5d83b2 100644
--- a/Modules/Segmentation/Interactions/mitkSegmentAnythingPythonService.cpp
+++ b/Modules/Segmentation/Interactions/mitkSegmentAnythingPythonService.cpp
@@ -1,215 +1,219 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkSegmentAnythingPythonService.h"
 
 #include "mitkIOUtil.h"
 #include <itksys/SystemTools.hxx>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <thread>
 #include <filesystem>
 
 using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 
 namespace mitk
 {
   const std::string SIGNALCONSTANTS::READY = "READY";
   const std::string SIGNALCONSTANTS::KILL = "KILL";
   const std::string SIGNALCONSTANTS::CUDA_OUT_OF_MEMORY_ERROR = "CudaOutOfMemoryError";
   bool mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::IsPythonReady = false;
   mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::Status mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::CurrentStatus =
     mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::Status::READY;
 }
 
 mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::SegmentAnythingPythonService(
   std::string workingDir, std::string modelType, std::string checkPointPath, unsigned int gpuId)
   : m_PythonPath(workingDir),
     m_ModelType(modelType),
     m_CheckpointPath(checkPointPath),
     m_GpuId(gpuId)
 {
   this->CreateTempDirs(m_PARENT_TEMP_DIR_PATTERN);
 }
 
 mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::~SegmentAnythingPythonService()
 {
   if (mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::IsPythonReady)
   {
     this->StopAsyncProcess();
   }
   mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::IsPythonReady = false;
   std::filesystem::remove_all(this->GetMitkTempDir());
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::onPythonProcessEvent(itk::Object * /*pCaller*/,
                                                               const itk::EventObject &e,
                                                               void *)
 {
   std::string testCOUT,testCERR;
   const auto *pEvent = dynamic_cast<const mitk::ExternalProcessStdOutEvent *>(&e);
   if (pEvent)
   {
     testCOUT = testCOUT + pEvent->GetOutput();
+    testCOUT.erase(std::find_if(testCOUT.rbegin(), testCOUT.rend(), [](unsigned char ch) {
+        return !std::isspace(ch);}).base(), testCOUT.end()); // remove trailing whitespaces, if any
     if (SIGNALCONSTANTS::READY == testCOUT)
     {
       mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::IsPythonReady = true;
       mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::CurrentStatus = mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::Status::READY;
     }
     if (SIGNALCONSTANTS::KILL == testCOUT)
     {
       mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::CurrentStatus = mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::Status::KILLED;
       mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::IsPythonReady = false;
     }
     if (SIGNALCONSTANTS::CUDA_OUT_OF_MEMORY_ERROR == testCOUT)
     {
       mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::CurrentStatus = mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::Status::CUDAError;
       mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::IsPythonReady = false;
     }
     MITK_INFO << testCOUT;
   }
   const auto *pErrEvent = dynamic_cast<const mitk::ExternalProcessStdErrEvent *>(&e);
   if (pErrEvent)
   {
     testCERR = testCERR + pErrEvent->GetOutput();
     mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::IsPythonReady = false;
     MITK_ERROR << testCERR;
   }
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::StopAsyncProcess()
 {
   std::stringstream controlStream;
   controlStream << SIGNALCONSTANTS::KILL;
   this->WriteControlFile(controlStream);
   m_Future.get();
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::StartAsyncProcess()
 {
   if (nullptr != m_DaemonExec)
   {
     this->StopAsyncProcess();
   }
   if (this->GetMitkTempDir().empty())
   {
     this->CreateTempDirs(m_PARENT_TEMP_DIR_PATTERN);
   }
   std::stringstream controlStream;
   controlStream << SIGNALCONSTANTS::READY;
   this->WriteControlFile(controlStream);
 
   m_DaemonExec = ProcessExecutor::New();
   itk::CStyleCommand::Pointer spCommand = itk::CStyleCommand::New();
   spCommand->SetCallback(&mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::onPythonProcessEvent);
   m_DaemonExec->AddObserver(ExternalProcessOutputEvent(), spCommand);
   m_Future = std::async(std::launch::async, &mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::start_python_daemon, this);
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::TransferPointsToProcess(std::stringstream &triggerCSV)
 {
   CheckStatus();
   std::string triggerFilePath = m_InDir + IOUtil::GetDirectorySeparator() + m_TRIGGER_FILENAME;
   std::ofstream csvfile;
   csvfile.open(triggerFilePath, std::ofstream::out | std::ofstream::trunc);
   csvfile << triggerCSV.rdbuf();
   csvfile.close();
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::WriteControlFile(std::stringstream &statusStream)
 {
   std::string controlFilePath = m_InDir + IOUtil::GetDirectorySeparator() + "control.txt";
   std::ofstream controlFile;
   controlFile.open(controlFilePath, std::ofstream::out | std::ofstream::trunc);
   controlFile << statusStream.rdbuf();
   controlFile.close();
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::start_python_daemon()
 {
   ProcessExecutor::ArgumentListType args;
   std::string command = "python";
   args.push_back("-u");
 
   args.push_back("run_inference_daemon.py");
   
   args.push_back("--input-folder");
   args.push_back(m_InDir);
 
   args.push_back("--output-folder");
   args.push_back(m_OutDir);
 
   args.push_back("--trigger-file");
   args.push_back(m_TRIGGER_FILENAME);
 
   args.push_back("--model-type");
   args.push_back(m_ModelType);
 
   args.push_back("--checkpoint");
   args.push_back(m_CheckpointPath);
 
   try
   {
     std::string cudaEnv = "CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=" + std::to_string(m_GpuId);
     itksys::SystemTools::PutEnv(cudaEnv.c_str());
 
     std::stringstream logStream;
     for (const auto &arg : args)
       logStream << arg << " ";
     logStream << m_PythonPath;
     MITK_INFO << logStream.str();
 
     m_DaemonExec->Execute(m_PythonPath, command, args);
   }
   catch (const mitk::Exception &e)
   {
     MITK_ERROR << e.GetDescription();
     return;
   }
   MITK_INFO << "Python process ended.";
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::CheckStatus()
 {
   switch (CurrentStatus)
   {
     case mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::Status::CUDAError:
       mitkThrow() << "Error: Cuda Out of Memory. Change your model type in Preferences and Activate SAM again.";
     case mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::Status::KILLED:
       mitkThrow() << "Error: Python process is already terminated. Cannot load requested segmentation.";
+    default:
+      MITK_INFO << "READY";
   }
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::CreateTempDirs(const std::string &dirPattern)
 {
   this->SetMitkTempDir(IOUtil::CreateTemporaryDirectory(dirPattern));
   m_InDir = IOUtil::CreateTemporaryDirectory("sam-in-XXXXXX", m_MitkTempDir);
   m_OutDir = IOUtil::CreateTemporaryDirectory("sam-out-XXXXXX", m_MitkTempDir);
 }
 
 mitk::Image::Pointer mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::RetrieveImageFromProcess()
 {
   auto outputImagePath = m_OutDir + IOUtil::GetDirectorySeparator() + m_CurrentUId + ".nii.gz";
   while (!std::filesystem::exists(outputImagePath))
   {
     this->CheckStatus();
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(100ms);
   }
   Image::Pointer outputImage = mitk::IOUtil::Load<Image>(outputImagePath);
   return outputImage;
 }
 
 void mitk::SegmentAnythingPythonService::TransferImageToProcess(const Image *inputAtTimeStep, std::string &UId)
 {
   std::string inputImagePath = m_InDir + IOUtil::GetDirectorySeparator() + UId + ".nii.gz";
   IOUtil::Save(inputAtTimeStep, inputImagePath);
   m_CurrentUId = UId;
 }
diff --git a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI.cpp b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI.cpp
index bfb83b3685..eb63c0e47b 100644
--- a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI.cpp
+++ b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI.cpp
@@ -1,326 +1,319 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI.h"
 
 #include "mitkSegmentAnythingTool.h"
 #include "mitkProcessExecutor.h"
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QmitkStyleManager.h>
 #include <QDirIterator>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QNetworkRequest>
 #include <QtConcurrentRun>
 
 #include <mitkCoreServices.h>
 #include <mitkIPreferencesService.h>
 
 MITK_TOOL_GUI_MACRO(MITKSEGMENTATIONUI_EXPORT, QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI, "")
 
 namespace
 {
   mitk::IPreferences *GetPreferences()
   {
     auto *preferencesService = mitk::CoreServices::GetPreferencesService();
     return preferencesService->GetSystemPreferences()->Node("org.mitk.views.segmentation");
   }
 }
 
 QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI() : QmitkSegWithPreviewToolGUIBase(true)
 {
   // Nvidia-smi command returning zero doesn't always imply lack of GPUs.
   // Pytorch uses its own libraries to communicate to the GPUs. Hence, only a warning can be given.
   if (m_GpuLoader.GetGPUCount() == 0)
   {
     std::string warning = "WARNING: No GPUs were detected on your machine. The SegmentAnything tool can be very slow.";
     this->ShowErrorMessage(warning);
   }
   m_EnableConfirmSegBtnFnc = [this](bool enabled)
   {
     bool result = false;
     auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
     if (nullptr != tool)
     {
       result = enabled && tool->HasPicks();
     }
     return result;
   };
   m_Prefences = GetPreferences();
 }
 
 QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::~QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI() 
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
   if (nullptr != tool)
   {
     tool->SAMStatusMessageEvent -= mitk::MessageDelegate1<QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI, const std::string&>(
       this, &QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::StatusMessageListener);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::InitializeUI(QBoxLayout *mainLayout)
 {
   m_Controls.setupUi(this);
   m_Controls.statusLabel->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
 
   QString welcomeText;
   if (m_GpuLoader.GetGPUCount() != 0)
   {
     welcomeText = "<b>STATUS: </b><i>Welcome to Segment Anything tool. You're in luck: " +
                   QString::number(m_GpuLoader.GetGPUCount()) + " GPU(s) were detected.</i>";
   }
   else
   {
     welcomeText = "<b>STATUS: </b><i>Welcome to Segment Anything tool. Sorry, " +
                   QString::number(m_GpuLoader.GetGPUCount()) + " GPUs were detected.</i>";
   }
   connect(m_Controls.activateButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnActivateBtnClicked()));
   connect(m_Controls.resetButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnResetPicksClicked()));
 
   QIcon arrowIcon = QmitkStyleManager::ThemeIcon(
     QStringLiteral(":/org_mitk_icons/icons/tango/scalable/actions/media-playback-start.svg"));
   m_Controls.activateButton->setIcon(arrowIcon);
 
   bool isInstalled = this->ValidatePrefences();
   if (isInstalled)
   {
     m_PythonPath = QString::fromStdString(m_Prefences->Get("sam python path", ""));
     QString modelType = QString::fromStdString(m_Prefences->Get("sam modeltype", ""));
     welcomeText += " SAM is already found installed. Model type '" + modelType + "' selected in Preferences.";
   }
   else
   {
     welcomeText += " SAM tool is not configured correctly. Please go to Preferences (Cntl+P) > Segment Anything to configure and/or install SAM.";
   }
   this->EnableAll(isInstalled);
   this->WriteStatusMessage(welcomeText);
   this->ShowProgressBar(false);
   m_Controls.samProgressBar->setMaximum(0);
 
   mainLayout->addLayout(m_Controls.verticalLayout);
   Superclass::InitializeUI(mainLayout);
 }
 
 bool QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::ValidatePrefences()
 {
   const QString storageDir = QString::fromStdString(m_Prefences->Get("sam python path", ""));
   bool isInstalled = QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::IsSAMInstalled(storageDir);
-  std::string &modelType = m_Prefences->Get("sam modeltype", "");
-  std::string &path = m_Prefences->Get("sam parent path", "");
+  std::string modelType = m_Prefences->Get("sam modeltype", "");
+  std::string path = m_Prefences->Get("sam parent path", "");
   return (isInstalled && !modelType.empty() && !path.empty());
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::EnableAll(bool isEnable)
 {
   m_Controls.activateButton->setEnabled(isEnable);
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::WriteStatusMessage(const QString &message)
 {
   m_Controls.statusLabel->setText(message);
   m_Controls.statusLabel->setStyleSheet("font-weight: bold; color: white");
   qApp->processEvents();
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::WriteErrorMessage(const QString &message)
 {
   m_Controls.statusLabel->setText(message);
   m_Controls.statusLabel->setStyleSheet("font-weight: bold; color: red");
   qApp->processEvents();
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::ShowErrorMessage(const std::string &message, QMessageBox::Icon icon)
 {
   this->setCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
   QMessageBox *messageBox = new QMessageBox(icon, nullptr, message.c_str());
   messageBox->exec();
   delete messageBox;
   MITK_WARN << message;
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::StatusMessageListener(const std::string &message)
 {
   this->WriteStatusMessage(QString::fromStdString(message));
   if (message.rfind("Error", 0) == 0)
   {
     this->EnableAll(true);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::OnActivateBtnClicked()
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
   if (nullptr == tool)
   {
     return;
   }
   try
   {
     this->EnableAll(false);
     qApp->processEvents();
     if (!QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::IsSAMInstalled(m_PythonPath))
     {
       throw std::runtime_error(WARNING_SAM_NOT_FOUND);
     }
     tool->SetIsAuto(false);
     tool->SetPythonPath(m_PythonPath.toStdString());
     tool->SetGpuId(m_Prefences->GetInt("sam gpuid", 0));
     const QString modelType = QString::fromStdString(m_Prefences->Get("sam modeltype", ""));  
     tool->SetModelType(modelType.toStdString());
     this->WriteStatusMessage(
       QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Checking if model is already downloaded... This might take a while.</i>"));
     tool->SAMStatusMessageEvent += mitk::MessageDelegate1<QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI,const std::string&>(
       this, &QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::StatusMessageListener);
     if (this->DownloadModel(modelType))
     {
       this->ActivateSAMDaemon();
       this->WriteStatusMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Model found. SAM Activated.</i>"));
     }
     else
     {
       tool->IsReadyOff();
       this->WriteStatusMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Model not found. Starting download...</i>"));
     }
   }
   catch (const std::exception &e)
   {
     std::stringstream errorMsg;
     errorMsg << "<b>STATUS: </b>Error while processing parameters for SAM segmentation. Reason: " << e.what();
     this->ShowErrorMessage(errorMsg.str());
     this->WriteErrorMessage(QString::fromStdString(errorMsg.str()));
     m_Controls.activateButton->setEnabled(true);
     return;
   }
   catch (...)
   {
     std::string errorMsg = "Unkown error occured while generation SAM segmentation.";
     this->ShowErrorMessage(errorMsg);
     m_Controls.activateButton->setEnabled(true);
     return;
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::ActivateSAMDaemon()
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
   if (nullptr == tool)
   {
     return;
   }
   this->ShowProgressBar(true);
   tool->InitSAMPythonProcess();
   while (!tool->IsPythonReady())
   {
     qApp->processEvents();
   }
   tool->IsReadyOn();
   this->ShowProgressBar(false);
 }
 
 bool QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::DownloadModel(const QString &modelType)
 {
   QUrl url = QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::VALID_MODELS_URL_MAP[modelType];
   QString modelFileName = url.fileName();
   const QString storageDir = QString::fromStdString(m_Prefences->Get("sam parent path", ""));
   QString checkPointPath = storageDir + QDir::separator() + modelFileName;
   if (QFile::exists(checkPointPath))
   {
     auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
     if (nullptr != tool)
     {
       tool->SetCheckpointPath(checkPointPath.toStdString());
     }
     return true;
   }
   connect(&m_Manager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)), this, SLOT(FileDownloaded(QNetworkReply*)));
   QNetworkRequest request(url);
   m_Manager.get(request);
   this->ShowProgressBar(true);
   return false;
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::FileDownloaded(QNetworkReply *reply)
 {
   const QString storageDir = QString::fromStdString(m_Prefences->Get("sam parent path", ""));
   const QString &modelFileName = reply->url().fileName();
   QFile file(storageDir + QDir::separator() + modelFileName);
   if (file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
   {
     file.write(reply->readAll());
     file.close();
     disconnect(&m_Manager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply *)), this, SLOT(FileDownloaded(QNetworkReply *)));
     this->WriteStatusMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Model successfully downloaded. Activating SAM...."));
     auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
     if (nullptr != tool)
     {
       tool->SetCheckpointPath(file.fileName().toStdString());
       this->ActivateSAMDaemon();
       this->WriteStatusMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Model successfully downloaded. SAM Activated.</i>"));
     }
   }
   else
   {
     this->WriteErrorMessage("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Model couldn't be downloaded. SAM not activated.</i>");
   }
   this->EnableAll(true);
   this->ShowProgressBar(false);
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::ShowProgressBar(bool enabled)
 {
   m_Controls.samProgressBar->setEnabled(enabled);
   m_Controls.samProgressBar->setVisible(enabled);
 }
 
 bool QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::IsSAMInstalled(const QString &pythonPath)
 {
   QString fullPath = pythonPath;
   bool isPythonExists = false;
-  bool samExists = false;
+  bool isSamExists = false;
 #ifdef _WIN32
   isPythonExists = QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("python.exe"));
   if (!(fullPath.endsWith("Scripts", Qt::CaseInsensitive) || fullPath.endsWith("Scripts/", Qt::CaseInsensitive)))
   {
     fullPath += QDir::separator() + QString("Scripts");
     isPythonExists =
       (!isPythonExists) ? QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("python.exe")) : isPythonExists;
   }
 #else
   isPythonExists = QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("python3"));
   if (!(fullPath.endsWith("bin", Qt::CaseInsensitive) || fullPath.endsWith("bin/", Qt::CaseInsensitive)))
   {
     fullPath += QDir::separator() + QString("bin");
     isPythonExists =
       (!isPythonExists) ? QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("python3")) : isPythonExists;
   }
 #endif
-  QDir folderPath(fullPath);
-  folderPath.cdUp();
-  QString segmentAnythingDirPath = QString("Lib") + QDir::separator() + QString("site-packages")
-                                   + QDir::separator() + QString("segment_anything");
-  if (folderPath.cd(segmentAnythingDirPath))
-  {
-    samExists = true;
-  }
-  bool isExists = samExists && isPythonExists;
+  isSamExists = QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("run_inference_daemon.py"));
+  bool isExists = isSamExists && isPythonExists;
   return isExists;
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::OnResetPicksClicked()
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
   if (nullptr != tool)
   {
     tool->ClearPicks();
   }
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage.cpp
index f0576e1e1c..ff8339f684 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage.cpp
@@ -1,352 +1,350 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage.h"
 
 #include <mitkCoreServices.h>
 #include <mitkIPreferencesService.h>
 #include <mitkIPreferences.h>
 #include <mitkProcessExecutor.h>
 #include <itkCommand.h>
 #include <QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI.h>
 
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QmitkStyleManager.h>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QDirIterator>
 
 
 namespace
 {
   mitk::IPreferences* GetPreferences()
   {
     auto* preferencesService = mitk::CoreServices::GetPreferencesService();
     return preferencesService->GetSystemPreferences()->Node("org.mitk.views.segmentation");
   }
 }
 
 QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage()
   : m_Ui(new Ui::QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage),
     m_Control(nullptr)
 {
 }
 
 QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::~QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage()
 {
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::Init(berry::IWorkbench::Pointer)
 {
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::CreateQtControl(QWidget* parent)
 {
-  using Self = QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage;
-
   m_Control = new QWidget(parent);
   m_Ui->setupUi(m_Control);
 #ifndef _WIN32
   m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->addItem("/usr/bin");
 #endif
   this->AutoParsePythonPaths();
   m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->addItem("Select...");
   m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->setCurrentIndex(0);
   connect(m_Ui->installSAMButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnInstallBtnClicked()));
   connect(m_Ui->clearSAMButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnClearInstall()));
   connect(m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox,
           QOverload<int>::of(&QComboBox::activated),
           [=](int index) { OnSystemPythonChanged(m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->itemText(index)); });
   QIcon deleteIcon =
     QmitkStyleManager::ThemeIcon(QStringLiteral(":/org_mitk_icons/icons/awesome/scalable/actions/edit-delete.svg"));
   m_Ui->clearSAMButton->setIcon(deleteIcon);
 
   const QString storageDir = m_Installer.GetVirtualEnvPath();
   m_IsInstalled = QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::IsSAMInstalled(storageDir);
   QString welcomeText;
   if (m_IsInstalled)
   {
     m_PythonPath = GetExactPythonPath(storageDir);
     m_Installer.SetVirtualEnvPath(m_PythonPath);
     welcomeText += " SAM is already found installed.";
     m_Ui->installSAMButton->setEnabled(false);
   }
   else
   {
     welcomeText += " SAM is not installed. Please click on \"Install SAM\" above.";
     m_Ui->installSAMButton->setEnabled(true);
   }
   this->WriteStatusMessage(welcomeText);
   m_Ui->samModelTypeComboBox->addItems(QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::VALID_MODELS_URL_MAP.keys());
   this->SetGPUInfo();
   this->Update();
   this->Update();
 }
 
 QWidget* QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::GetQtControl() const
 {
   return m_Control;
 }
 
 bool QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::PerformOk()
 {
   auto* prefs = GetPreferences();
 
   prefs->Put("sam parent path", m_Installer.STORAGE_DIR.toStdString());
   prefs->Put("sam python path", m_PythonPath.toStdString());
   prefs->Put("sam modeltype", m_Ui->samModelTypeComboBox->currentText().toStdString());
   prefs->PutInt("sam gpuid", FetchSelectedGPUFromUI());
   return true;
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::PerformCancel()
 {
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::Update()
 {
   auto* prefs = GetPreferences();
   m_Ui->samModelTypeComboBox->setCurrentText(QString::fromStdString(prefs->Get("sam modeltype", "vit_b")));
 }
 
 QString QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::OnSystemPythonChanged(const QString &pyEnv)
 {
   QString pyPath;
   if (pyEnv == QString("Select..."))
   {
     QString path = QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->parentWidget(), "Python Path", "dir");
     if (!path.isEmpty())
     {
       this->OnSystemPythonChanged(path);                           // recall same function for new path validation
       bool oldState = m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->blockSignals(true); // block signal firing while inserting item
       m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->insertItem(0, path);
       m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->setCurrentIndex(0);
       m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->blockSignals(
         oldState); // unblock signal firing after inserting item. Remove this after Qt6 migration
     }
   }
   else
   {
     QString uiPyPath = this->GetPythonPathFromUI(pyEnv);
     pyPath = this->GetExactPythonPath(uiPyPath);
   }
   return pyPath;
 }
 
 QString QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::GetPythonPathFromUI(const QString &pyUI) const
 {
   QString fullPath = pyUI;
   if (-1 != fullPath.indexOf(")"))
   {
     fullPath = fullPath.mid(fullPath.indexOf(")") + 2);
   }
   return fullPath.simplified();
 }
 
 QString QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::GetExactPythonPath(const QString &pyEnv) const
 {
   QString fullPath = pyEnv;
   bool isPythonExists = false;
 #ifdef _WIN32
   isPythonExists = QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("python.exe"));
   if (!isPythonExists &&
       !(fullPath.endsWith("Scripts", Qt::CaseInsensitive) || fullPath.endsWith("Scripts/", Qt::CaseInsensitive)))
   {
     fullPath += QDir::separator() + QString("Scripts");
     isPythonExists = QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("python.exe"));
   }
 #else
   isPythonExists = QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("python3"));
   if (!isPythonExists &&
       !(fullPath.endsWith("bin", Qt::CaseInsensitive) || fullPath.endsWith("bin/", Qt::CaseInsensitive)))
   {
     fullPath += QDir::separator() + QString("bin");
     isPythonExists = QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("python3"));
   }
 #endif
   if (!isPythonExists)
   {
     fullPath.clear();
   }
   return fullPath;
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::AutoParsePythonPaths()
 {
   QString homeDir = QDir::homePath();
   std::vector<QString> searchDirs;
 #ifdef _WIN32
   searchDirs.push_back(QString("C:") + QDir::separator() + QString("ProgramData") + QDir::separator() +
                        QString("anaconda3"));
 #else
   // Add search locations for possible standard python paths here
   searchDirs.push_back(homeDir + QDir::separator() + "anaconda3");
   searchDirs.push_back(homeDir + QDir::separator() + "miniconda3");
   searchDirs.push_back(homeDir + QDir::separator() + "opt" + QDir::separator() + "miniconda3");
   searchDirs.push_back(homeDir + QDir::separator() + "opt" + QDir::separator() + "anaconda3");
 #endif
   for (QString searchDir : searchDirs)
   {
     if (searchDir.endsWith("anaconda3", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
     {
       if (QDir(searchDir).exists())
       {
         m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->addItem("(base): " + searchDir);
         searchDir.append((QDir::separator() + QString("envs")));
       }
     }
     for (QDirIterator subIt(searchDir, QDir::AllDirs, QDirIterator::NoIteratorFlags); subIt.hasNext();)
     {
       subIt.next();
       QString envName = subIt.fileName();
       if (!envName.startsWith('.')) // Filter out irrelevent hidden folders, if any.
       {
         m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->addItem("(" + envName + "): " + subIt.filePath());
       }
     }
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::SetGPUInfo()
 {
   std::vector<QmitkGPUSpec> specs = m_GpuLoader.GetAllGPUSpecs();
   for (const QmitkGPUSpec &gpuSpec : specs)
   {
     m_Ui->gpuComboBox->addItem(QString::number(gpuSpec.id) + ": " + gpuSpec.name + " (" + gpuSpec.memory + ")");
   }
   if (specs.empty())
   {
     m_Ui->gpuComboBox->setEditable(true);
     m_Ui->gpuComboBox->addItem(QString::number(0));
     m_Ui->gpuComboBox->setValidator(new QIntValidator(0, 999, this));
   }
 }
 
 unsigned int QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::FetchSelectedGPUFromUI() const
 {
   QString gpuInfo = m_Ui->gpuComboBox->currentText();
   if (m_GpuLoader.GetGPUCount() == 0)
   {
     return static_cast<unsigned int>(gpuInfo.toInt());
   }
   else
   {
     QString gpuId = gpuInfo.split(":", QString::SplitBehavior::SkipEmptyParts).first();
     return static_cast<unsigned int>(gpuId.toInt());
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::OnInstallBtnClicked()
 {
   QString systemPython = OnSystemPythonChanged(m_Ui->sysPythonComboBox->currentText());
   if (!systemPython.isEmpty())
   {
     this->WriteStatusMessage("<b>STATUS: </b>Installing SAM...");
     m_Ui->installSAMButton->setEnabled(false);
     m_Installer.SetSystemPythonPath(systemPython);
     m_IsInstalled = m_Installer.SetupVirtualEnv(m_Installer.VENV_NAME);
     if (m_IsInstalled)
     {
       m_PythonPath = this->GetExactPythonPath(m_Installer.GetVirtualEnvPath());
       this->WriteStatusMessage("<b>STATUS: </b>Successfully installed SAM.");
       auto *prefs = GetPreferences();
       prefs->Put("sam python path", m_PythonPath.toStdString());
     }
     else
     {
       this->WriteErrorMessage("<b>ERROR: </b>Couldn't install SAM.");
       m_Ui->installSAMButton->setEnabled(true);
     }
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::OnClearInstall()
 {
   QDir folderPath(m_Installer.GetVirtualEnvPath());
   m_IsInstalled = folderPath.removeRecursively();
   if (m_IsInstalled)
   {
     this->WriteStatusMessage("Deleted SAM installation.");
     m_Ui->installSAMButton->setEnabled(true);
   }
   else
   {
     MITK_ERROR << "The virtual environment couldn't be removed. Please check if you have the required access "
                   "privileges or, some other process is accessing the folders.";
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::WriteStatusMessage(const QString &message)
 {
   m_Ui->samInstallStatusLabel->setText(message);
   m_Ui->samInstallStatusLabel->setStyleSheet("font-weight: bold; color: white");
   qApp->processEvents();
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage::WriteErrorMessage(const QString &message)
 {
   m_Ui->samInstallStatusLabel->setText(message);
   m_Ui->samInstallStatusLabel->setStyleSheet("font-weight: bold; color: red");
   qApp->processEvents();
 }
 
 QString QmitkSAMInstaller::GetVirtualEnvPath()
 {
   return STORAGE_DIR + VENV_NAME;
 }
 
 bool QmitkSAMInstaller::SetupVirtualEnv(const QString &venvName)
 {
   if (GetSystemPythonPath().isEmpty())
   {
     return false;
   }
   QDir folderPath(GetBaseDir());
   folderPath.mkdir(venvName);
   if (!folderPath.cd(venvName))
   {
     return false; // Check if directory creation was successful.
   }
   mitk::ProcessExecutor::ArgumentListType args;
   auto spExec = mitk::ProcessExecutor::New();
   auto spCommand = itk::CStyleCommand::New();
   spCommand->SetCallback(&PrintProcessEvent);
   spExec->AddObserver(mitk::ExternalProcessOutputEvent(), spCommand);
 
   args.push_back("-m");
   args.push_back("venv");
   args.push_back(venvName.toStdString());
 #ifdef _WIN32
   QString pythonFile = GetSystemPythonPath() + QDir::separator() + "python.exe";
   QString pythonExeFolder = "Scripts";
 #else
   QString pythonFile = GetSystemPythonPath() + QDir::separator() + "python3";
   QString pythonExeFolder = "bin";
 #endif
   spExec->Execute(GetBaseDir().toStdString(), pythonFile.toStdString(), args); // Setup local virtual environment
   if (folderPath.cd(pythonExeFolder))
   {
     this->SetPythonPath(folderPath.absolutePath());
     this->SetPipPath(folderPath.absolutePath());
     this->InstallPytorch();
     for (auto &package : PACKAGES)
     {
       this->PipInstall(package.toStdString(), &PrintProcessEvent);
     }
     std::string pythonCode; // python syntax to check if torch is installed with CUDA.
     pythonCode.append("import torch;");
     pythonCode.append("print('Pytorch was installed with CUDA') if torch.cuda.is_available() else print('PyTorch was "
                       "installed WITHOUT CUDA');");
     this->ExecutePython(pythonCode, &PrintProcessEvent);
     return true;
   }
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage.ui b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage.ui
index 4615013ece..94f77c4e32 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage.ui
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage.ui
@@ -1,133 +1,133 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="QmitkSegmentAnythingPreferencePage">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>656</width>
     <height>779</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Form</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
    <item row="0" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="invisibleLabel"/>
    </item>
    <item row="0" column="1">
     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
      <item row="0" column="0" colspan="2">
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="installSAMButton">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
         <string>Install SAM</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="0" column="2" colspan="2">
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="clearSAMButton">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
         <string>Clear Install</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="1" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="pythonLabel">
        <property name="text">
         <string>System Python</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="1" column="1" colspan="3">
       <widget class="ctkComboBox" name="sysPythonComboBox" native="true"/>
      </item>
      <item row="2" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="samModelTypeLabel">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Model Type</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="2" column="1" colspan="3">
       <widget class="ctkComboBox" name="samModelTypeComboBox" native="true"/>
      </item>
      <item row="3" column="1" colspan="3">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="samModelTipLabel">
        <property name="text">
         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-style:italic; color:#808080;&quot;&gt;Tip: Select vit_b for VRAM &amp;lt; 4GB, vit_l for VRAM &amp;lt; 6GB or vit_h for VRAM &amp;gt; 6GB.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
        </property>
        <property name="textFormat">
         <enum>Qt::RichText</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="wordWrap">
         <bool>true</bool>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="4" column="1" colspan="3">
       <widget class="ctkComboBox" name="gpuComboBox" native="true"/>
      </item>
      <item row="4" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="gpuSpinLabel">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
         <string>GPU Id:</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="5" column="0" colspan="4">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="samInstallStatusLabel">
        <property name="textFormat">
         <enum>Qt::RichText</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="wordWrap">
         <bool>true</bool>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item row="1" column="0">
     <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
       <size>
        <width>20</width>
        <height>40</height>
       </size>
      </property>
     </spacer>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
    <class>ctkComboBox</class>
    <extends>QWidget</extends>
-   <header>ctkcombobox.h</header>
+   <header>ctkComboBox.h</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>