diff --git a/Core/Code/IO/mitkImageWriter.cpp b/Core/Code/IO/mitkImageWriter.cpp
index 30a14426f2..e690603fc4 100644
--- a/Core/Code/IO/mitkImageWriter.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/IO/mitkImageWriter.cpp
@@ -1,329 +1,329 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 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 "mitkImageWriter.h"
 
 #include "mitkItkPictureWrite.h"
 #include "mitkImage.h"
 #include "mitkImageTimeSelector.h"
 #include "mitkImageAccessByItk.h"
 
 #include <itkImageIOBase.h>
 #include <itkImageIOFactory.h>
 
 
 mitk::ImageWriter::ImageWriter()
 {
   this->SetNumberOfRequiredInputs( 1 );
   m_MimeType = "";
   SetDefaultExtension();
 }
 
 mitk::ImageWriter::~ImageWriter()
 {
 }
 
 void mitk::ImageWriter::SetDefaultExtension()
 {
   m_Extension = ".mhd";
 }
 
 #include <vtkConfigure.h>
 #include <vtkImageData.h>
 #include <vtkXMLImageDataWriter.h>
 static void writeVti(const char * filename, mitk::Image* image, int t=0)
 {
   vtkXMLImageDataWriter * vtkwriter = vtkXMLImageDataWriter::New();
   vtkwriter->SetFileName( filename );
   vtkwriter->SetInput(image->GetVtkImageData(t));
   vtkwriter->Write();
   vtkwriter->Delete();
 }
 
 void mitk::ImageWriter::WriteByITK(mitk::Image* image, const std::string& fileName)
 {
   // Pictures and picture series like .png are written via a different mechanism then volume images.
   // So, they are still multiplexed and thus not support vector images.
   if (fileName.find(".png") != std::string::npos || fileName.find(".tif") != std::string::npos || fileName.find(".jpg") != std::string::npos)
   {
     AccessByItk_1( image, _mitkItkPictureWrite, fileName );
     return;
   }
 
   // Implementation of writer using itkImageIO directly. This skips the use
   // of templated itkImageFileWriter, which saves the multiplexing on MITK side.
 
   unsigned int dimension = image->GetDimension();
   unsigned int* dimensions = image->GetDimensions();
   mitk::PixelType pixelType = image->GetPixelType();
   mitk::Vector3D spacing = image->GetGeometry()->GetSpacing();
   mitk::Point3D origin = image->GetGeometry()->GetOrigin();
 
   itk::ImageIOBase::Pointer imageIO = itk::ImageIOFactory::CreateImageIO( fileName.c_str(),
     itk::ImageIOFactory::WriteMode );
 
   if(imageIO.IsNull())
   {
     itkExceptionMacro(<< "Error: Could not create itkImageIO via factory for file " << fileName);
   }
 
   // Set the necessary information for imageIO
   imageIO->SetNumberOfDimensions(dimension);
   imageIO->SetPixelTypeInfo( pixelType.GetTypeId() );
 
   if(pixelType.GetNumberOfComponents() > 1)
     imageIO->SetNumberOfComponents(pixelType.GetNumberOfComponents());
 
   itk::ImageIORegion ioRegion( dimension );
 
   for(unsigned int i=0; i<dimension; i++)
   {
     imageIO->SetDimensions(i,dimensions[i]);
     imageIO->SetSpacing(i,spacing[i]);
     imageIO->SetOrigin(i,origin[i]);
 
     mitk::Vector3D direction;
     direction.Set_vnl_vector(image->GetGeometry()->GetIndexToWorldTransform()->GetMatrix().GetVnlMatrix().get_column(i));
     vnl_vector< double > axisDirection(dimension);
     for(unsigned int j=0; j<dimension; j++)
     {
       axisDirection[j] = direction[j]/spacing[i];
     }
     imageIO->SetDirection( i, axisDirection );
 
     ioRegion.SetSize(i, image->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetSize(i) );
     ioRegion.SetIndex(i, image->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetIndex(i) );
   }
 
   //use compression if available
   imageIO->UseCompressionOn();
 
   imageIO->SetIORegion(ioRegion);
   imageIO->SetFileName(fileName);
 
   const void * data = image->GetData();
   imageIO->Write(data);
 }
 
 void mitk::ImageWriter::GenerateData()
 {
   const std::string& locale = "C";
   const std::string& currLocale = setlocale( LC_ALL, NULL );
 
   if ( locale.compare(currLocale)!=0 )
   {
     try
     {
       setlocale(LC_ALL, locale.c_str());
     }
     catch(...)
     {
       MITK_INFO << "Could not set locale " << locale;
     }
   }
 
   if ( m_FileName == "" )
   {
     itkWarningMacro( << "Sorry, filename has not been set!" );
     return ;
   }
 
   FILE* tempFile = fopen(m_FileName.c_str(),"w");
   if (tempFile==NULL)
   {
     itkExceptionMacro(<<"File location not writeable");
     return;
   }
   fclose(tempFile);
   remove(m_FileName.c_str());
 
   mitk::Image::Pointer input = const_cast<mitk::Image*>(this->GetInput());
 
   bool vti = (m_Extension.find(".vti") != std::string::npos);
 
   // If the extension is NOT .pic and NOT .nrrd the following block is entered
   if ( m_Extension.find(".pic") == std::string::npos
        && m_Extension.find(".nrrd") == std::string::npos)
   {
     if(input->GetDimension() > 3)
     {
       int t, timesteps;
 
       timesteps = input->GetDimension(3);
       ImageTimeSelector::Pointer timeSelector = ImageTimeSelector::New();
       timeSelector->SetInput(input);
       mitk::Image::Pointer image = timeSelector->GetOutput();
       for(t = 0; t < timesteps; ++t)
       {
         ::itk::OStringStream filename;
         timeSelector->SetTimeNr(t);
         timeSelector->Update();
         if(input->GetTimeSlicedGeometry()->IsValidTime(t))
         {
           const mitk::TimeBounds& timebounds = input->GetTimeSlicedGeometry()->GetGeometry3D(t)->GetTimeBounds();
           filename <<  m_FileName.c_str() << "_S" << std::setprecision(0) << timebounds[0] << "_E" << std::setprecision(0) << timebounds[1] << "_T" << t << m_Extension;
         }
         else
         {
           itkWarningMacro(<<"Error on write: TimeSlicedGeometry invalid of image " << filename << ".");
           filename <<  m_FileName.c_str() << "_T" << t << m_Extension;
         }
         if ( vti )
         {
           writeVti(filename.str().c_str(), input, t);
         }
         else
         {
-          WriteByITK(input, filename.str());
+          WriteByITK(image, filename.str());
         }
       }
     }
     else if ( vti )
     {
       ::itk::OStringStream filename;
       filename <<  m_FileName.c_str() << m_Extension;
       writeVti(filename.str().c_str(), input);
     }
     else
     {
       ::itk::OStringStream filename;
       filename <<  m_FileName.c_str() << m_Extension;
       WriteByITK(input, filename.str());
     }
   }
   else
   {
     // use the PicFileWriter for the .pic data type
     if( m_Extension.find(".pic") != std::string::npos )
     {
 /*    PicFileWriter::Pointer picWriter = PicFileWriter::New();
     size_t found;
     found = m_FileName.find( m_Extension ); // !!! HAS to be at the very end of the filename (not somewhere in the middle)
     if( m_FileName.length() > 3 && found != m_FileName.length() - 4 )
     {
       //if Extension not in Filename
       ::itk::OStringStream filename;
       filename <<  m_FileName.c_str() << m_Extension;
       picWriter->SetFileName( filename.str().c_str() );
     }
     else
     {
       picWriter->SetFileName( m_FileName.c_str() );
     }
     picWriter->SetInputImage( input );
     picWriter->Write();
 */    }
 
     // use the ITK .nrrd Image writer
     if( m_Extension.find(".nrrd") != std::string::npos )
     {
         ::itk::OStringStream filename;
         filename <<  this->m_FileName.c_str() << this->m_Extension;
         WriteByITK(input, filename.str());
     }
   }
   m_MimeType = "application/MITK.Pic";
 
   try
   {
     setlocale(LC_ALL, currLocale.c_str());
   }
   catch(...)
   {
     MITK_INFO << "Could not reset locale " << currLocale;
   }
 }
 
 bool mitk::ImageWriter::CanWriteDataType( DataNode* input )
 {
   if ( input )
   {
     mitk::BaseData* data = input->GetData();
     if ( data )
     {
        mitk::Image::Pointer image = dynamic_cast<mitk::Image*>( data );
        if( image.IsNotNull() )
        {
          //"SetDefaultExtension()" set m_Extension to ".mhd" ?????
          m_Extension = ".pic";
          return true;
        }
     }
   }
   return false;
 }
 
 void mitk::ImageWriter::SetInput( DataNode* input )
 {
   if( input && CanWriteDataType( input ) )
     this->ProcessObject::SetNthInput( 0, dynamic_cast<mitk::Image*>( input->GetData() ) );
 }
 
 std::string mitk::ImageWriter::GetWritenMIMEType()
 {
   return m_MimeType;
 }
 
 std::vector<std::string> mitk::ImageWriter::GetPossibleFileExtensions()
 {
   std::vector<std::string> possibleFileExtensions;
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".pic");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".bmp");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".dcm");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".DCM");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".dicom");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".DICOM");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".gipl");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".gipl.gz");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".mha");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".nii");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".nrrd");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".nhdr");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".png");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".PNG");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".spr");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".mhd");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".vtk");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".vti");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".hdr");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".png");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".tif");
   possibleFileExtensions.push_back(".jpg");
   return possibleFileExtensions;
 }
 
 std::string mitk::ImageWriter::GetFileExtension()
 {
   return m_Extension;
 }
 
 void mitk::ImageWriter::SetInput( mitk::Image* image )
 {
   this->ProcessObject::SetNthInput( 0, image );
 }
 
 const mitk::Image* mitk::ImageWriter::GetInput()
 {
   if ( this->GetNumberOfInputs() < 1 )
   {
     return NULL;
   }
   else
   {
     return static_cast< const mitk::Image * >( this->ProcessObject::GetInput( 0 ) );
   }
 }