diff --git a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkMedSAMGUIControls.ui b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkMedSAMGUIControls.ui
index af5d1b7f3f..13b4eee81a 100644
--- a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkMedSAMGUIControls.ui
+++ b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkMedSAMGUIControls.ui
@@ -1,173 +1,174 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>QmitkMedSAMGUIControls</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="QmitkMedSAMGUIControls">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>699</width>
     <height>490</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
    <sizepolicy hsizetype="Ignored" vsizetype="Minimum">
     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
    </sizepolicy>
   </property>
   <property name="minimumSize">
    <size>
     <width>100</width>
     <height>0</height>
    </size>
   </property>
   <property name="maximumSize">
    <size>
     <width>100000</width>
     <height>100000</height>
    </size>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>QmitkMedSAMToolWidget</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <property name="leftMargin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <property name="topMargin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <property name="rightMargin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <property name="bottomMargin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <item>
     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="basicSettingsLayout">
      <item row="0" column="0" colspan="4">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="welcomeNote">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Minimum">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Segment anything in medical images (MedSAM) tool in MITK. [Experimental]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please note that this is only an interface to MedSAM. MITK does not ship with MedSAM. Make sure to have a working internet connection to install MedSAM via MITK. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-44824-z&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-44824-z&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to learn everything about the Segment anything in medical images.&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="1" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="instructLabel">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
         <string>
 Press SHIFT+Left-click and drag for RoI on the render windows.
-        </string>
+Use level window slider to adjust image contrast.
+</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QPushButton" name="resetButton">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="maximumSize">
       <size>
        <width>100000</width>
        <height>16777215</height>
       </size>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>Reset RoI</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QPushButton" name="activateButton">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="maximumSize">
       <size>
        <width>100000</width>
        <height>16777215</height>
       </size>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>Initialize MedSAM</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="statusLabel">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="wordWrap">
       <bool>true</bool>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QProgressBar" name="samProgressBar">
      <property name="maximum">
       <number>1</number>
      </property>
      <property name="value">
       <number>0</number>
      </property>
      <property name="textVisible">
       <bool>false</bool>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QPushButton" name="previewButton">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="maximumSize">
       <size>
        <width>100000</width>
        <height>16777215</height>
       </size>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>Preview</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkMedSAMToolGUI.cpp b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkMedSAMToolGUI.cpp
index ad8a1f4e9a..6e36812f17 100644
--- a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkMedSAMToolGUI.cpp
+++ b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkMedSAMToolGUI.cpp
@@ -1,284 +1,276 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 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 "QmitkMedSAMToolGUI.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QmitkStyleManager.h>
 #include <mitkCoreServices.h>
 #include <mitkIPreferencesService.h>
 #include <mitkMedSAMTool.h>
 
 MITK_TOOL_GUI_MACRO(MITKSEGMENTATIONUI_EXPORT, QmitkMedSAMToolGUI, "")
 
 namespace
 {
   mitk::IPreferences *GetPreferences()
   {
     auto *preferencesService = mitk::CoreServices::GetPreferencesService();
     return preferencesService->GetSystemPreferences()->Node("org.mitk.views.segmentation");
   }
 }
 
 QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::QmitkMedSAMToolGUI() : QmitkSegWithPreviewToolGUIBase(true)
 {
   m_EnableConfirmSegBtnFnc = [this](bool enabled)
   {
     bool result = false;
     auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::MedSAMTool>();
     if (nullptr != tool)
     {
       result = enabled && tool->HasPicks();
     }
     return result;
   };
   m_Preferences = GetPreferences();
   m_Preferences->OnPropertyChanged +=
     mitk::MessageDelegate1<QmitkMedSAMToolGUI, const mitk::IPreferences::ChangeEvent &>(
       this, &QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::OnPreferenceChangedEvent);
 }
 
 QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::~QmitkMedSAMToolGUI()
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
   if (nullptr != tool)
   {
     tool->SAMStatusMessageEvent -=
       mitk::MessageDelegate1<QmitkMedSAMToolGUI, const std::string &>(this, &QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::StatusMessageListener);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::EnableAll(bool isEnable)
 {
   m_Controls.activateButton->setEnabled(isEnable);
 }
 
 void QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::WriteStatusMessage(const QString &message)
 {
   m_Controls.statusLabel->setText(message);
   m_Controls.statusLabel->setStyleSheet("font-weight: bold; color: white");
   qApp->processEvents();
 }
 
 void QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::WriteErrorMessage(const QString &message)
 {
   m_Controls.statusLabel->setText(message);
   m_Controls.statusLabel->setStyleSheet("font-weight: bold; color: red");
   qApp->processEvents();
 }
 
 void QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::ShowProgressBar(bool enabled)
 {
   m_Controls.samProgressBar->setEnabled(enabled);
   m_Controls.samProgressBar->setVisible(enabled);
 }
 
 void QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::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 QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::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 MedSAM Anything tool. You're in luck: " +
+  welcomeText = "<b>STATUS: </b><i>Welcome to MedSAM tool. You're in luck: " +
                   QString::number(m_GpuLoader.GetGPUCount()) + " GPU(s) were detected.</i>";
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    welcomeText = "<b>STATUS: </b><i>Welcome to MedSAM Anything tool. Sorry, " +
-                  QString::number(m_GpuLoader.GetGPUCount()) + " GPUs were detected.</i>";
-  }
 
   connect(m_Controls.previewButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnPreviewBtnClicked()));
   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)
   {
     QString modelType = QString::fromStdString(m_Preferences->Get("sam modeltype", ""));
     welcomeText += " MedSAM is already found installed.";
   }
   else
   {
     welcomeText += " MedSAM tool is not configured correctly. Please go to Preferences (Cntl+P) > Segment Anything to "
                    "configure and/or install SAM & MedSAM.";
   }
   this->EnableAll(isInstalled);
   this->WriteStatusMessage(welcomeText);
   this->ShowProgressBar(false);
   m_Controls.samProgressBar->setMaximum(0);
   mainLayout->addLayout(m_Controls.verticalLayout);
   Superclass::InitializeUI(mainLayout);
 }
 
 bool QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::ValidatePrefences()
 {
   const QString storageDir = QString::fromStdString(m_Preferences->Get("sam python path", ""));
   bool isInstalled = QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::IsSAMInstalled(storageDir);
   std::string modelType = m_Preferences->Get("sam modeltype", "");
   std::string path = m_Preferences->Get("sam parent path", "");
   return (isInstalled && !modelType.empty() && !path.empty());
 }
 
 void QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::StatusMessageListener(const std::string &message)
 {
   if (message.rfind("Error", 0) == 0)
   {
     this->EnableAll(true);
     this->WriteErrorMessage(QString::fromStdString(message));
   }
   else if (message == "TimeOut")
   { // trying to re init the daemon
     this->WriteErrorMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Sorry, operation timed out. Reactivating MedSAM tool...</i>"));
     if (this->ActivateSAMDaemon())
     {
       this->WriteStatusMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>MedSAM tool re-initialized.</i>"));
     }
     else
     {
       this->WriteErrorMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Couldn't init tool backend.</i>"));
       this->EnableAll(true);
     }
   }
   else
   {
     this->WriteStatusMessage(QString::fromStdString(message));
   }
 }
 
 bool QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::ActivateSAMDaemon()
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::MedSAMTool>();
   if (nullptr == tool)
   {
     return false;
   }
   this->ShowProgressBar(true);
   qApp->processEvents();
   try
   {
     tool->InitSAMPythonProcess();
     while (!tool->IsPythonReady())
     {
       qApp->processEvents();
     }
     tool->IsReadyOn();
   }
   catch (...)
   {
     tool->IsReadyOff();
   }
   this->ShowProgressBar(false);
   return tool->GetIsReady();
 }
 
 void QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::OnActivateBtnClicked()
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::MedSAMTool>();
   if (nullptr == tool)
   {
     return;
   }
   try
   {
     this->EnableAll(false);
     qApp->processEvents();
     QString pythonPath = QString::fromStdString(m_Preferences->Get("sam python path", ""));
     if (!QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::IsSAMInstalled(pythonPath))
     {
       throw std::runtime_error(WARNING_SAM_NOT_FOUND);
     }
     tool->SetPythonPath(pythonPath.toStdString());
     tool->SetGpuId(m_Preferences->GetInt("sam gpuid", -1));
     tool->SetModelType("vit_b"); // MedSAM only works with vit_b
     tool->SetTimeOutLimit(m_Preferences->GetInt("sam timeout", 300));
     tool->SetCheckpointPath(m_Preferences->Get("sam parent path", ""));
     tool->SetBackend("MedSAM");
     this->WriteStatusMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Initializing MedSAM...</i>"));
     tool->SAMStatusMessageEvent +=
       mitk::MessageDelegate1<QmitkMedSAMToolGUI, const std::string &>(this, &QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::StatusMessageListener);
     if (this->ActivateSAMDaemon())
     {
       this->WriteStatusMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>MedSAM tool initialized.</i>"));
     }
     else
     {
       this->WriteErrorMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Couldn't init tool backend.</i>"));
       this->EnableAll(true);
     }
   }
   catch (const std::exception &e)
   {
     std::stringstream errorMsg;
     errorMsg << "<b>STATUS: </b>Error while processing parameters for MedSAM segmentation. Reason: " << e.what();
     this->ShowErrorMessage(errorMsg.str());
     this->WriteErrorMessage(QString::fromStdString(errorMsg.str()));
     this->EnableAll(true);
     return;
   }
   catch (...)
   {
     std::string errorMsg = "Unkown error occured while generation MedSAM segmentation.";
     this->ShowErrorMessage(errorMsg);
     this->EnableAll(true);
     return;
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::OnPreviewBtnClicked()
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::MedSAMTool>();
   if (nullptr != tool)
   {
     tool->UpdatePreview();
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::OnResetPicksClicked()
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::MedSAMTool>();
   if (nullptr != tool)
   {
     tool->ClearPicks();
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkMedSAMToolGUI::OnPreferenceChangedEvent(const mitk::IPreferences::ChangeEvent &event)
 {
   const std::string property = event.GetProperty();
   const std::string modelType = "modeltype";
   if (property.compare(property.size() - modelType.size(), modelType.size(), modelType) == 0)
     return; // Model type change ignored.
 
   this->EnableAll(true);
   this->WriteStatusMessage("A Preference change was detected. Please initialize the tool again.");
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::MedSAMTool>();
   if (nullptr != tool)
   {
     tool->IsReadyOff();
   }
 }
diff --git a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingGUIControls.ui b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingGUIControls.ui
index 6f1f495a00..348723789d 100644
--- a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingGUIControls.ui
+++ b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingGUIControls.ui
@@ -1,169 +1,158 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>QmitkSegmentAnythingGUIControls</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="QmitkSegmentAnythingGUIControls">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>699</width>
     <height>490</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
    <sizepolicy hsizetype="Ignored" vsizetype="Minimum">
     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
    </sizepolicy>
   </property>
   <property name="minimumSize">
    <size>
     <width>100</width>
     <height>0</height>
    </size>
   </property>
   <property name="maximumSize">
    <size>
     <width>100000</width>
     <height>100000</height>
    </size>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>QmitkSegmentAnythingToolWidget</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <property name="leftMargin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <property name="topMargin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <property name="rightMargin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <property name="bottomMargin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <item>
     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="basicSettingsLayout">
      <item row="0" column="0" colspan="4">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="welcomeNote">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Minimum">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Segment Anything Model (SAM) tool in MITK. [Experimental]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please note that this is only an interface to SAM. MITK does not ship with SAM. Make sure to have a working internet connection to install Segment Anything Model via MITK. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://segment-anything.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;https://segment-anything.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to learn everything about the Segment Anything Model.&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="1" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="instructLabel">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
         <string>
 Press SHIFT+Left-click for positive seeds.
 Press SHIFT+Right-click for negative seeds.
 Press DEL to remove last seed.
+
+Use level window slider to adjust image contrast.
         </string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QPushButton" name="resetButton">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="maximumSize">
       <size>
        <width>100000</width>
        <height>16777215</height>
       </size>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>Reset Picks</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QPushButton" name="activateButton">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="maximumSize">
       <size>
        <width>100000</width>
        <height>16777215</height>
       </size>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>Initialize Segment Anything</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="statusLabel">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="wordWrap">
       <bool>true</bool>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QProgressBar" name="samProgressBar">
      <property name="maximum">
       <number>1</number>
      </property>
      <property name="value">
       <number>0</number>
      </property>
      <property name="textVisible">
       <bool>false</bool>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
- <customwidgets>
-  <customwidget>
-   <class>ctkComboBox</class>
-   <extends>QComboBox</extends>
-   <header location="global">ctkComboBox.h</header>
-   <container>1</container>
-  </customwidget>
-  <customwidget>
-   <class>ctkCollapsibleGroupBox</class>
-   <extends>QWidget</extends>
-   <header>ctkCollapsibleGroupBox.h</header>
-  </customwidget>
- </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI.cpp b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI.cpp
index f3fb059ddf..032c160dce 100644
--- a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI.cpp
+++ b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI.cpp
@@ -1,303 +1,296 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 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 <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)
 {
   m_EnableConfirmSegBtnFnc = [this](bool enabled)
   {
     bool result = false;
     auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
     if (nullptr != tool)
     {
       result = enabled && tool->HasPicks();
     }
     return result;
   };
   m_Preferences = GetPreferences();
   m_Preferences->OnPropertyChanged +=
     mitk::MessageDelegate1<QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI, const mitk::IPreferences::ChangeEvent &>(
       this, &QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::OnPreferenceChangedEvent);
 }
 
 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: " +
+  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)
   {
     QString modelType = QString::fromStdString(m_Preferences->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_Preferences->Get("sam python path", ""));
   bool isInstalled = QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::IsSAMInstalled(storageDir);
   std::string modelType = m_Preferences->Get("sam modeltype", "");
   std::string path = m_Preferences->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)
 {
   if (message.rfind("Error", 0) == 0)
   {
     this->EnableAll(true);
     this->WriteErrorMessage(QString::fromStdString(message));
   }
   else if (message == "TimeOut")
   { // trying to re init the daemon
     this->WriteErrorMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Sorry, operation timed out. Reactivating SAM tool...</i>"));
     if (this->ActivateSAMDaemon())
     {
       this->WriteStatusMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Segment Anything tool re-initialized.</i>"));
     }
     else
     {
       this->WriteErrorMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Couldn't init tool backend.</i>"));
       this->EnableAll(true);
     }
   }
   else
   {
     this->WriteStatusMessage(QString::fromStdString(message));
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::OnActivateBtnClicked()
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
   if (nullptr == tool)
   {
     return;
   }
   try
   {
     this->EnableAll(false);
     qApp->processEvents();
     QString pythonPath = QString::fromStdString(m_Preferences->Get("sam python path", ""));
     if (!QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::IsSAMInstalled(pythonPath))
     {
       throw std::runtime_error(WARNING_SAM_NOT_FOUND);
     }
     tool->SetPythonPath(pythonPath.toStdString());
     tool->SetGpuId(m_Preferences->GetInt("sam gpuid", -1));
     const QString modelType = QString::fromStdString(m_Preferences->Get("sam modeltype", ""));  
     tool->SetModelType(modelType.toStdString());
     tool->SetTimeOutLimit(m_Preferences->GetInt("sam timeout", 300));
     tool->SetCheckpointPath(m_Preferences->Get("sam parent path", ""));
     tool->SetBackend("SAM");
     this->WriteStatusMessage(
       QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Initializing Segment Anything Model...</i>"));
     tool->SAMStatusMessageEvent += mitk::MessageDelegate1<QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI,const std::string&>(
       this, &QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::StatusMessageListener);
     if (this->ActivateSAMDaemon())
     {
       this->WriteStatusMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Segment Anything tool initialized.</i>"));
     }
     else
     {
       this->WriteErrorMessage(QString("<b>STATUS: </b><i>Couldn't init tool backend.</i>"));
       this->EnableAll(true);
     }
   }
   catch (const std::exception &e)
   {
     std::stringstream errorMsg;
     errorMsg << "<b>STATUS: </b>Error while processing parameters for Segment Anything segmentation. Reason: " << e.what();
     this->ShowErrorMessage(errorMsg.str());
     this->WriteErrorMessage(QString::fromStdString(errorMsg.str()));
     this->EnableAll(true);
     return;
   }
   catch (...)
   {
     std::string errorMsg = "Unkown error occured while generation Segment Anything segmentation.";
     this->ShowErrorMessage(errorMsg);
     this->EnableAll(true);
     return;
   }
 }
 
 bool QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::ActivateSAMDaemon()
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
   if (nullptr == tool)
   {
     return false;
   }
   this->ShowProgressBar(true);
   qApp->processEvents();
   try
   {
     tool->InitSAMPythonProcess();
     while (!tool->IsPythonReady())
     {
       qApp->processEvents();
     }
     tool->IsReadyOn();
   }
   catch (...)
   {
     tool->IsReadyOff();
   }
   this->ShowProgressBar(false);
   return tool->GetIsReady();
 }
 
 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 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
   isSamExists = QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("run_inference_daemon.py"))
                 && QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("sam_runner.py"))
                 && QFile::exists(fullPath + QDir::separator() + QString("medsam_runner.py"));
   bool isExists = isSamExists && isPythonExists;
   return isExists;
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::OnResetPicksClicked()
 {
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
   if (nullptr != tool)
   {
     tool->ClearPicks();
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentAnythingToolGUI::OnPreferenceChangedEvent(const mitk::IPreferences::ChangeEvent&)
 {
   this->EnableAll(true);
   this->WriteStatusMessage("A Preference change was detected. Please initialize the tool again.");
   auto tool = this->GetConnectedToolAs<mitk::SegmentAnythingTool>();
   if (nullptr != tool)
   {
     tool->IsReadyOff();
   }
 }