diff --git a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.tofutil/src/internal/QmitkToFUtilView.cpp b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.tofutil/src/internal/QmitkToFUtilView.cpp
index 3a4cd07145..3e2f9903d8 100644
--- a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.tofutil/src/internal/QmitkToFUtilView.cpp
+++ b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.tofutil/src/internal/QmitkToFUtilView.cpp
@@ -1,710 +1,642 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date: 2010-03-31 16:40:27 +0200 (Mi, 31 Mrz 2010) $
 Version:   $Revision: 21975 $ 
 
 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.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 
 // Qmitk
 #include "QmitkToFUtilView.h"
 #include <QmitkStdMultiWidget.h>
 #include <QmitkTextOverlay.h>
 
 // Qt
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QString>
 
 // MITK
 #include <mitkBaseRenderer.h>
 #include <mitkGlobalInteraction.h>
 #include <mitkVtkRepresentationProperty.h>
 
 #include <mitkLookupTableProperty.h>
 #include <mitkToFDistanceImageToPointSetFilter.h>
 
 // VTK
 #include <vtkCamera.h>
 
 // ITK
 #include <itkCommand.h>
 
 const std::string QmitkToFUtilView::VIEW_ID = "org.mitk.views.tofutil";
 
 QmitkToFUtilView::QmitkToFUtilView()
 : QmitkFunctionality()
 , m_Controls(NULL), m_MultiWidget( NULL )
 , m_MitkDistanceImage(NULL), m_MitkAmplitudeImage(NULL), m_MitkIntensityImage(NULL), m_Surface(NULL)
 , m_ToFImageGrabber(NULL)
 , m_TransferFunctionInitialized(false), m_ImageSequence(0), m_VideoEnabled(false)
 , m_DistanceImageNode(NULL), m_AmplitudeImageNode(NULL), m_IntensityImageNode(NULL), m_SurfaceNode(NULL) // TODO necessary?
 , m_QmitkToFImageBackground1(NULL), m_QmitkToFImageBackground2(NULL), m_QmitkToFImageBackground3(NULL) // TODO necessary?
 {
   this->m_Frametimer = new QTimer(this);
 
   this->m_ToFDistanceImageToSurfaceFilter = mitk::ToFDistanceImageToSurfaceFilter::New();
   this->m_ToFCompositeFilter = mitk::ToFCompositeFilter::New();
   this->m_ToFVisualizationFilter = mitk::ToFVisualizationFilter::New();
   this->m_ToFImageRecorder = mitk::ToFImageRecorder::New();
   this->m_ToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D = mitk::ToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D::New();
 }
 
 QmitkToFUtilView::~QmitkToFUtilView()
 {
-  // remove nodes
-  RemoveNode("ToF_Distance", this->m_DistanceImageNode);
-  RemoveNode("ToF_Amplitude", this->m_AmplitudeImageNode);
-  RemoveNode("ToF_Intensity", this->m_IntensityImageNode);
-  RemoveNode("ToF_Surface", this->m_SurfaceNode);
-  //RemoveBackground();
 }
 
-void QmitkToFUtilView::RemoveNode(const char* nodename, mitk::DataNode::Pointer node)
-{
-  if(this->GetDataStorage()->GetNamedNode(nodename) != NULL)
-  {
-    this->GetDataStorage()->Remove(node);
-  }
-}
-
-void QmitkToFUtilView::CreateNode(const char* nodename, mitk::DataNode::Pointer& node)
-{
-  node = mitk::DataNode::New();
-  node->SetProperty( "name", mitk::StringProperty::New(nodename));
-}
-
-
 void QmitkToFUtilView::CreateQtPartControl( QWidget *parent )
 {
   // build up qt view, unless already done
   if ( !m_Controls )
   {
     // create GUI widgets from the Qt Designer's .ui file
     m_Controls = new Ui::QmitkToFUtilViewControls;
     m_Controls->setupUi( parent );
 
     connect(m_Frametimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(OnUpdateCamera()));
     connect( (QObject*)(m_Controls->m_ToFConnectionWidget), SIGNAL(ToFCameraConnected()), this, SLOT(OnToFCameraConnected()) );
     connect( (QObject*)(m_Controls->m_ToFConnectionWidget), SIGNAL(ToFCameraDisconnected()), this, SLOT(OnToFCameraDisconnected()) );
     connect( (QObject*)(m_Controls->m_ToFConnectionWidget), SIGNAL(ToFCameraSelected(const QString)), this, SLOT(OnToFCameraSelected(const QString)) );
     connect( (QObject*)(m_Controls->m_ToFRecorderWidget), SIGNAL(ToFCameraStarted()), this, SLOT(OnToFCameraStarted()) );
     connect( (QObject*)(m_Controls->m_ToFRecorderWidget), SIGNAL(ToFCameraStopped()), this, SLOT(OnToFCameraStopped()) );
     connect( (QObject*)(m_Controls->m_TextureCheckBox), SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(OnTextureCheckBoxChecked(bool)) );
     connect( (QObject*)(m_Controls->m_VideoTextureCheckBox), SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(OnVideoTextureCheckBoxChecked(bool)) );
   }
 }
 
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::StdMultiWidgetAvailable (QmitkStdMultiWidget &stdMultiWidget)
 {
   m_MultiWidget = &stdMultiWidget;
 }
 
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::StdMultiWidgetNotAvailable()
 {
   m_MultiWidget = NULL;
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::Activated()
 {
   QmitkFunctionality::Activated();
-  // add necessary nodes
-  CreateNode("ToF_Distance", this->m_DistanceImageNode);
-  CreateNode("ToF_Amplitude", this->m_AmplitudeImageNode);
-  CreateNode("ToF_Intensity", this->m_IntensityImageNode);
-  CreateNode("ToF_Surface", this->m_SurfaceNode);
   // configure views
   m_MultiWidget->SetWidgetPlanesVisibility(false);
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget1->GetSliceNavigationController()->SetDefaultViewDirection(mitk::SliceNavigationController::Transversal);
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget1->GetSliceNavigationController()->SliceLockedOn();
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget2->GetSliceNavigationController()->SetDefaultViewDirection(mitk::SliceNavigationController::Transversal);
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget2->GetSliceNavigationController()->SliceLockedOn();
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget3->GetSliceNavigationController()->SetDefaultViewDirection(mitk::SliceNavigationController::Transversal);
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget3->GetSliceNavigationController()->SliceLockedOn();
 
   //m_Controls->m_ToFImageConverterWidget->Initialize(this->GetDefaultDataStorage(), m_MultiWidget);
   m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->Initialize(this->GetDefaultDataStorage(), m_MultiWidget);
   m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->SetParameter(this->m_ToFVisualizationFilter);
 
   m_Controls->m_ToFCompositeFilterWidget->SetToFCompositeFilter(this->m_ToFCompositeFilter);
 
   if (this->m_ToFImageGrabber.IsNull())
   {
     m_Controls->m_ToFRecorderWidget->setEnabled(false);
     m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->setEnabled(false);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::Deactivated()
 {
   m_MultiWidget->SetWidgetPlanesVisibility(true);
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget1->GetSliceNavigationController()->SetDefaultViewDirection(mitk::SliceNavigationController::Transversal);
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget1->GetSliceNavigationController()->SliceLockedOff();
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget2->GetSliceNavigationController()->SetDefaultViewDirection(mitk::SliceNavigationController::Sagittal);
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget2->GetSliceNavigationController()->SliceLockedOff();
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget3->GetSliceNavigationController()->SetDefaultViewDirection(mitk::SliceNavigationController::Frontal);
   m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget3->GetSliceNavigationController()->SliceLockedOff();
 
   mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->InitializeViews();
   mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->ForceImmediateUpdateAll();
-  RemoveBackground();
   QmitkFunctionality::Deactivated();
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::OnToFCameraConnected()
 {
   this->m_TransferFunctionInitialized = false;
   this->m_ImageSequence = 0;
 
   this->m_ToFImageGrabber = m_Controls->m_ToFConnectionWidget->GetToFImageGrabber();
   this->m_ToFCaptureWidth = this->m_ToFImageGrabber->GetCaptureWidth();
   this->m_ToFCaptureHeight = this->m_ToFImageGrabber->GetCaptureHeight();
 
   this->m_ToFImageRecorder->SetCameraDevice(this->m_ToFImageGrabber->GetCameraDevice());
   m_Controls->m_ToFRecorderWidget->SetParameter(this->m_ToFImageGrabber, this->m_ToFImageRecorder);
   m_Controls->m_ToFRecorderWidget->setEnabled(true);
   m_Controls->m_ToFRecorderWidget->ResetGUIToInitial();
   m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->setEnabled(true);
 
   this->m_SurfaceDisplayCount = 0;
   this->m_2DDisplayCount = 0;
 
   //TODO
   this->m_RealTimeClock = mitk::RealTimeClock::New();
   this->m_StepsForFramerate = 100; 
   this->m_2DTimeBefore = this->m_RealTimeClock->GetCurrentStamp();
 
   try
   {
     this->m_VideoSource = mitk::OpenCVVideoSource::New();
 
     this->m_VideoSource->SetVideoCameraInput(0, false);
     this->m_VideoSource->StartCapturing();
     if(!this->m_VideoSource->IsCapturingEnabled())
     {
       MITK_INFO << "unable to initialize video grabbing/playback";
       this->m_VideoEnabled = false;
       m_Controls->m_VideoTextureCheckBox->setEnabled(false);
     }
     else
     {
       this->m_VideoEnabled = true;
       m_Controls->m_VideoTextureCheckBox->setEnabled(true);
     }
 
     if (this->m_VideoEnabled)
     {
 
       this->m_VideoSource->FetchFrame();
       this->m_VideoCaptureHeight = this->m_VideoSource->GetImageHeight();
       this->m_VideoCaptureWidth = this->m_VideoSource->GetImageWidth();
       int videoTexSize = this->m_VideoCaptureWidth * this->m_VideoCaptureHeight * 3; // for each pixel three values for rgb are needed!!
       this->m_VideoTexture = this->m_VideoSource->GetVideoTexture();
 
       unsigned int dimensions[2];
       dimensions[0] = this->m_VideoCaptureWidth;
       dimensions[1] = this->m_VideoCaptureHeight;       
 
       this->m_ToFDistanceImageToSurfaceFilter->SetTextureImageWidth(this->m_VideoCaptureWidth);
       this->m_ToFDistanceImageToSurfaceFilter->SetTextureImageHeight(this->m_VideoCaptureHeight);
 
 
       this->m_ToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D->SetTextureWidth(this->m_VideoCaptureWidth);
       this->m_ToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D->SetTextureHeight(this->m_VideoCaptureHeight);
     }
     m_MultiWidget->DisableGradientBackground();
-
-    this->AddBackground();
   }
   catch (std::logic_error& e)
   {
     QMessageBox::warning(NULL, "Warning", QString(e.what()));
     MITK_ERROR << e.what();
     return;
   }
 
   mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->ForceImmediateUpdateAll();
 
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::OnToFCameraDisconnected()
 {
   m_Controls->m_ToFRecorderWidget->OnStop();
   m_Controls->m_ToFRecorderWidget->setEnabled(false);
   m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->setEnabled(false);
   if(this->m_VideoSource)
   {
     this->m_VideoSource->StopCapturing();
     this->m_VideoSource = NULL;
   }
-  RemoveBackground();
   mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->ForceImmediateUpdateAll();
 
   delete[] this->m_Widget1Texture;
   delete[] this->m_Widget2Texture;
   delete[] this->m_Widget3Texture;
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::OnToFCameraStarted()
 {
   if (m_ToFImageGrabber.IsNotNull())
   {
     // initial update of image grabber
     this->m_ToFImageGrabber->Update();
 
     this->m_ToFCompositeFilter->SetInput(0,this->m_ToFImageGrabber->GetOutput(0));
     this->m_ToFCompositeFilter->SetInput(1,this->m_ToFImageGrabber->GetOutput(1));
     this->m_ToFCompositeFilter->SetInput(2,this->m_ToFImageGrabber->GetOutput(2));
     // initial update of composite filter
     this->m_ToFCompositeFilter->Update();
     this->m_ToFVisualizationFilter->SetInput(0,this->m_ToFCompositeFilter->GetOutput(0));
     this->m_ToFVisualizationFilter->SetInput(1,this->m_ToFCompositeFilter->GetOutput(1));
     this->m_ToFVisualizationFilter->SetInput(2,this->m_ToFCompositeFilter->GetOutput(2));
     // initial update of visualization filter
     this->m_ToFVisualizationFilter->Update();
     //this->m_MitkDistanceImage = m_ToFVisualizationFilter->GetOutput(0);
     //this->m_MitkAmplitudeImage = m_ToFVisualizationFilter->GetOutput(1);
     //this->m_MitkIntensityImage = m_ToFVisualizationFilter->GetOutput(2);
     this->m_MitkDistanceImage = m_ToFCompositeFilter->GetOutput(0);
     this->m_DistanceImageNode = ReplaceNodeData("Distance image",m_MitkDistanceImage);
     this->m_DistanceImageNode->SetProperty( "visible" , mitk::BoolProperty::New( true ));
     this->m_DistanceImageNode->SetVisibility( false, mitk::BaseRenderer::GetInstance(GetActiveStdMultiWidget()->mitkWidget2->GetRenderWindow() ) );
     this->m_DistanceImageNode->SetVisibility( false, mitk::BaseRenderer::GetInstance(GetActiveStdMultiWidget()->mitkWidget3->GetRenderWindow() ) );
     this->m_DistanceImageNode->SetVisibility( false, mitk::BaseRenderer::GetInstance(GetActiveStdMultiWidget()->mitkWidget4->GetRenderWindow() ) );
 //    m_DistanceImageNode->SetBoolProperty( "use color", false );
 //    // add a default rainbow lookup table for color mapping
 //    mitk::LookupTable::Pointer mitkLut = mitk::LookupTable::New();
 //    vtkLookupTable* vtkLut = mitkLut->GetVtkLookupTable();
 //    vtkLut->SetHueRange(0.6667, 0.0);
 //    vtkLut->SetTableRange(0.0, 1.0);
 //    vtkLut->Build();
 //    mitk::LookupTableProperty::Pointer mitkLutProp = mitk::LookupTableProperty::New();
 //    mitkLutProp->SetLookupTable(mitkLut);
 //    m_DistanceImageNode->SetProperty( "LookupTable", mitkLutProp );
 
 //    float a = 255.0;
 //    mitk::TransferFunction::Pointer tf = mitk::TransferFunction::New();
 //    vtkColorTransferFunction *ctf = tf->GetColorTransferFunction();
 //    ctf->RemoveAllPoints();
 //    //ctf->AddRGBPoint(-1000, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
 //    ctf->AddRGBPoint(1, 203/a, 104/a, 102/a);
 //    ctf->AddRGBPoint(0, 255/a, 0/a, 0/a);
 //    ctf->ClampingOn();
 //    ctf->Modified();
 //    mitk::TransferFunctionProperty::Pointer tfp = mitk::TransferFunctionProperty::New();
 //    tfp->SetValue(tf);
 //    m_DistanceImageNode->SetProperty("TransferFunction", tfp);
 
 //    vtkColorTransferFunction* ctf = m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->GetColorTransferFunctionByImageType("Distance");
 //    this->PrepareImageForBackground(colorTransferFunction,);
 
 
     this->m_MitkAmplitudeImage = m_ToFCompositeFilter->GetOutput(1);
     this->m_AmplitudeImageNode = ReplaceNodeData("Amplitude image",m_MitkAmplitudeImage);
     this->m_AmplitudeImageNode->SetProperty( "visible" , mitk::BoolProperty::New( true ));
     this->m_AmplitudeImageNode->SetVisibility( false, mitk::BaseRenderer::GetInstance(GetActiveStdMultiWidget()->mitkWidget1->GetRenderWindow() ) );
     this->m_AmplitudeImageNode->SetVisibility( false, mitk::BaseRenderer::GetInstance(GetActiveStdMultiWidget()->mitkWidget3->GetRenderWindow() ) );
     this->m_AmplitudeImageNode->SetVisibility( false, mitk::BaseRenderer::GetInstance(GetActiveStdMultiWidget()->mitkWidget4->GetRenderWindow() ) );
 
     this->m_MitkIntensityImage = m_ToFCompositeFilter->GetOutput(2);
     this->m_IntensityImageNode = ReplaceNodeData("Intensity image",m_MitkIntensityImage);
     this->m_IntensityImageNode->SetProperty( "visible" , mitk::BoolProperty::New( true ));
     this->m_IntensityImageNode->SetVisibility( false, mitk::BaseRenderer::GetInstance(GetActiveStdMultiWidget()->mitkWidget1->GetRenderWindow() ) );
     this->m_IntensityImageNode->SetVisibility( false, mitk::BaseRenderer::GetInstance(GetActiveStdMultiWidget()->mitkWidget2->GetRenderWindow() ) );
     this->m_IntensityImageNode->SetVisibility( false, mitk::BaseRenderer::GetInstance(GetActiveStdMultiWidget()->mitkWidget4->GetRenderWindow() ) );
 
     this->m_ToFDistanceImageToSurfaceFilter->SetInput(0,m_MitkDistanceImage);
     this->m_ToFDistanceImageToSurfaceFilter->SetInput(1,m_MitkAmplitudeImage);
     this->m_ToFDistanceImageToSurfaceFilter->SetInput(2,m_MitkIntensityImage);
     this->m_Surface = this->m_ToFDistanceImageToSurfaceFilter->GetOutput(0);
     this->m_SurfaceNode = ReplaceNodeData("Surface",m_Surface);
 
     mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->InitializeViews(
       this->m_MitkDistanceImage->GetTimeSlicedGeometry(), mitk::RenderingManager::REQUEST_UPDATE_ALL, true);
 
     this->m_Frametimer->start(0);
 
     m_Controls->m_ToFCompositeFilterWidget->UpdateFilterParameter();
 
     if (m_Controls->m_TextureCheckBox->isChecked())
     {
       OnTextureCheckBoxChecked(true);
     }
     if (m_Controls->m_VideoTextureCheckBox->isChecked())
     {
       OnVideoTextureCheckBoxChecked(true);
     }
   }
   // initialize point set measurement
   m_Controls->tofMeasurementWidget->InitializeWidget(m_MultiWidget,this->GetDefaultDataStorage(),m_MitkDistanceImage);
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::OnToFCameraStopped()
 {
   this->m_Frametimer->stop();
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::OnToFCameraSelected(const QString selected)
 {
   if ((selected=="PMD CamBoard")||(selected=="PMD O3D"))
   {
     MITK_INFO<<"Surface representation currently not available for CamBoard and O3. Intrinsic parameters missing.";
     this->m_Controls->m_SurfaceCheckBox->setEnabled(false);
     this->m_Controls->m_TextureCheckBox->setEnabled(false);
     this->m_Controls->m_VideoTextureCheckBox->setEnabled(false);
     this->m_Controls->m_SurfaceCheckBox->setChecked(false);
     this->m_Controls->m_TextureCheckBox->setChecked(false);
     this->m_Controls->m_VideoTextureCheckBox->setChecked(false);
   }
   else
   {
     this->m_Controls->m_SurfaceCheckBox->setEnabled(true);
     this->m_Controls->m_TextureCheckBox->setEnabled(true); // TODO enable when bug 8106 is solved
     this->m_Controls->m_VideoTextureCheckBox->setEnabled(true);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::InitTexture(unsigned char* &image, int width, int height)
 {
   int texSize = width * height * 3;
   image = new unsigned char[ texSize ];
   for(int i=0; i<texSize; i++)
   {
     image[i] = 0;
   }
 }
 
 void* QmitkToFUtilView::GetDataFromImage(std::string imageType)
 {
   void* data;
   if (imageType.compare("Distance")==0)
   {
     data = this->m_MitkDistanceImage->GetData();
   }
   else if (imageType.compare("Amplitude")==0)
   {
     data = this->m_MitkAmplitudeImage->GetData();
   }
   if (imageType.compare("Intensity")==0)
   {
     data = this->m_MitkIntensityImage->GetData();
   }
   return data;
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::OnUpdateCamera()
 {
   int currentImageSequence = 0;
 
 
   if (!this->m_TransferFunctionInitialized)
   {
     m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->InitializeTransferFunction(this->m_MitkDistanceImage, this->m_MitkAmplitudeImage, this->m_MitkIntensityImage);
     this->m_TransferFunctionInitialized = true;
   }
 
   if (m_Controls->m_VideoTextureCheckBox->isChecked() && this->m_VideoEnabled && this->m_VideoSource)
   {
     this->m_VideoTexture = this->m_VideoSource->GetVideoTexture();
     ProcessVideoTransform();
   }
 
   vtkColorTransferFunction* colorTransferFunction;
 //  std::string imageType;
 
 //  colorTransferFunction = m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->GetWidget1ColorTransferFunction();
 //  imageType = m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->GetWidget1ImageType();
 //  RenderWidget(m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget1, this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground1, this->m_Widget1ImageType, imageType,
 //    colorTransferFunction, this->m_VideoTexture, this->m_Widget1Texture );
 
 //  colorTransferFunction = m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->GetWidget2ColorTransferFunction();
 //  imageType = m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->GetWidget2ImageType();
 //  RenderWidget(m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget2, this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground2, this->m_Widget2ImageType, imageType,
 //    colorTransferFunction, this->m_VideoTexture, this->m_Widget2Texture );
 
 //  colorTransferFunction = m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->GetWidget3ColorTransferFunction();
 //  imageType = m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->GetWidget3ImageType();
 //  RenderWidget(m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget3, this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground3, this->m_Widget3ImageType, imageType,
 //    colorTransferFunction, this->m_VideoTexture, this->m_Widget3Texture );
 
   if (m_Controls->m_SurfaceCheckBox->isChecked())
   {
     // update surface
     this->m_Surface->Update();
 
     colorTransferFunction = m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->GetColorTransferFunctionByImageType("Distance");
  
     this->m_ToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D->SetVtkScalarsToColors(colorTransferFunction);
 
     if (this->m_SurfaceDisplayCount < 2)
     {
       this->m_SurfaceNode->SetData(this->m_Surface);
       this->m_SurfaceNode->SetMapper(mitk::BaseRenderer::Standard3D, m_ToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D);
 
       mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->InitializeViews(
         this->m_Surface->GetTimeSlicedGeometry(), mitk::RenderingManager::REQUEST_UPDATE_3DWINDOWS, true);
 
       mitk::Point3D surfaceCenter= this->m_Surface->GetGeometry()->GetCenter();
       m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget4->GetRenderer()->GetVtkRenderer()->GetActiveCamera()->SetPosition(0,0,-50);
       m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget4->GetRenderer()->GetVtkRenderer()->GetActiveCamera()->SetViewUp(0,-1,0);
       m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget4->GetRenderer()->GetVtkRenderer()->GetActiveCamera()->SetFocalPoint(0,0,surfaceCenter[2]);
       m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget4->GetRenderer()->GetVtkRenderer()->GetActiveCamera()->SetViewAngle(40);
       m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget4->GetRenderer()->GetVtkRenderer()->GetActiveCamera()->SetClippingRange(1, 10000);
     }
     this->m_SurfaceDisplayCount++;
 
   }
   else
   {
     // update pipeline
     this->m_MitkDistanceImage->Update();
   //  // update distance image node
   //  this->m_DistanceImageNode->SetData(this->m_MitkDistanceImage);
   }
 
   mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->ForceImmediateUpdateAll();
 
   this->m_2DDisplayCount++;
   if ((this->m_2DDisplayCount % this->m_StepsForFramerate) == 0)
   {
     this->m_2DTimeAfter = this->m_RealTimeClock->GetCurrentStamp() - this->m_2DTimeBefore;
     MITK_INFO << " 2D-Display-framerate (fps): " << this->m_StepsForFramerate / (this->m_2DTimeAfter/1000) << " Sequence: " << this->m_ImageSequence;
     this->m_2DTimeBefore = this->m_RealTimeClock->GetCurrentStamp();
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::ProcessVideoTransform()
 {
   IplImage *src, *dst;
   src = cvCreateImageHeader(cvSize(this->m_VideoCaptureWidth, this->m_VideoCaptureHeight), IPL_DEPTH_8U, 3);
   src->imageData = (char*)this->m_VideoTexture;
 
   CvPoint2D32f srcTri[3], dstTri[3];
 	CvMat* rot_mat = cvCreateMat(2,3,CV_32FC1);
 	CvMat* warp_mat = cvCreateMat(2,3,CV_32FC1);
   dst = cvCloneImage(src);
 	dst->origin = src->origin;
 	cvZero( dst );
 
 	// Create angle and scale
 	double angle = 0.0;
 	double scale = 1.0;
 
   int xOffset = 0;//m_Controls->m_XOffsetSpinBox->value();
   int yOffset = 0;//m_Controls->m_YOffsetSpinBox->value();
   int zoom = 0;//m_Controls->m_ZoomSpinBox->value();
 
 	// Compute warp matrix
 	srcTri[0].x = 0 + zoom;
 	srcTri[0].y = 0 + zoom;
 	srcTri[1].x = src->width - 1 - zoom;
 	srcTri[1].y = 0 + zoom;
 	srcTri[2].x = 0 + zoom;
 	srcTri[2].y = src->height - 1 - zoom;
 
 	dstTri[0].x = 0;
 	dstTri[0].y = 0;
 	dstTri[1].x = src->width - 1;
 	dstTri[1].y = 0;
 	dstTri[2].x = 0;
 	dstTri[2].y = src->height - 1;
 
 	cvGetAffineTransform( srcTri, dstTri, warp_mat );
 	cvWarpAffine( src, dst, warp_mat );
 	cvCopy ( dst, src );
 
 
 	// Compute warp matrix
 	srcTri[0].x = 0;
 	srcTri[0].y = 0;
 	srcTri[1].x = src->width - 1;
 	srcTri[1].y = 0;
 	srcTri[2].x = 0;
 	srcTri[2].y = src->height - 1;
 
 	dstTri[0].x = srcTri[0].x + xOffset;
 	dstTri[0].y = srcTri[0].y + yOffset;
 	dstTri[1].x = srcTri[1].x + xOffset;
 	dstTri[1].y = srcTri[1].y + yOffset;
 	dstTri[2].x = srcTri[2].x + xOffset;
 	dstTri[2].y = srcTri[2].y + yOffset;
 
 	cvGetAffineTransform( srcTri, dstTri, warp_mat );
 	cvWarpAffine( src, dst, warp_mat );
 	cvCopy ( dst, src );
 
   src->imageData = NULL;
 	cvReleaseImage( &src );
 	cvReleaseImage( &dst );
 	cvReleaseMat( &rot_mat );
 	cvReleaseMat( &warp_mat );
 
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::RenderWidget(QmitkRenderWindow* mitkWidget, QmitkToFImageBackground* imageBackground, 
                                     std::string& oldImageType, std::string newImageType,
                                     vtkColorTransferFunction* colorTransferFunction, unsigned char* videoTexture, unsigned char* tofTexture )
 {
   if (newImageType.compare("Video") == 0)
   {
     if (this->m_VideoEnabled)
     {
       if (oldImageType.compare(newImageType)!=0)
       {
         imageBackground->AddRenderWindow(mitkWidget->GetRenderWindow(), this->m_VideoCaptureWidth, this->m_VideoCaptureHeight);
         oldImageType = newImageType;
       }
       imageBackground->UpdateBackground(videoTexture);
     }
   }
   else
   {
     if (oldImageType.compare(newImageType)!=0)
     {
       imageBackground->AddRenderWindow(mitkWidget->GetRenderWindow(), this->m_ToFCaptureWidth, this->m_ToFCaptureHeight);
       oldImageType = newImageType;
     }
     void* data = GetDataFromImage(newImageType);
     PrepareImageForBackground(colorTransferFunction, (float*)data, tofTexture);
     imageBackground->UpdateBackground(tofTexture);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::OnTextureCheckBoxChecked(bool checked)
 {
   if (checked)
   {
     this->m_SurfaceNode->SetBoolProperty("scalar visibility", true);
   }
   else
   {
     this->m_SurfaceNode->SetBoolProperty("scalar visibility", false);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::OnVideoTextureCheckBoxChecked(bool checked)
 {
   if (checked)
   {
     if (this->m_VideoEnabled)
     {
       this->m_ToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D->SetTexture(this->m_VideoTexture);
     }
     else
     {
       this->m_ToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D->SetTexture(NULL);
     }
   }
   else
   {
     this->m_ToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D->SetTexture(NULL);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::PrepareImageForBackground(vtkLookupTable* lut, float* floatData, unsigned char* image)
 {
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray> floatArrayDist = vtkFloatArray::New();
   floatArrayDist->Initialize();
   int numOfPixel = this->m_ToFCaptureWidth * this->m_ToFCaptureHeight;
   float* flippedFloatData = new float[numOfPixel];
 
   for (int i=0; i<this->m_ToFCaptureHeight; i++)
   {
     for (int j=0; j<this->m_ToFCaptureWidth; j++)
     {
       flippedFloatData[i*this->m_ToFCaptureWidth+j] = floatData[((this->m_ToFCaptureHeight-1-i)*this->m_ToFCaptureWidth)+j];
     }
   }
 
   floatArrayDist->SetArray(flippedFloatData, numOfPixel, 0);
   lut->MapScalarsThroughTable(floatArrayDist, image, VTK_RGB);
 
   delete[] flippedFloatData;
 }
 
 void QmitkToFUtilView::PrepareImageForBackground(vtkColorTransferFunction* colorTransferFunction, float* floatData, unsigned char* image)
 {
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray> floatArrayDist = vtkFloatArray::New();
   floatArrayDist->Initialize();
   int numOfPixel = this->m_ToFCaptureWidth * this->m_ToFCaptureHeight;
   float* flippedFloatData = new float[numOfPixel];
 
   for (int i=0; i<this->m_ToFCaptureHeight; i++)
   {
     for (int j=0; j<this->m_ToFCaptureWidth; j++)
     {
       flippedFloatData[i*this->m_ToFCaptureWidth+j] = floatData[((this->m_ToFCaptureHeight-1-i)*this->m_ToFCaptureWidth)+j];
     }
   }
 
   floatArrayDist->SetArray(flippedFloatData, numOfPixel, 0);
   colorTransferFunction->MapScalarsThroughTable(floatArrayDist, image, VTK_RGB);
 
   delete[] flippedFloatData;
 }
 
-void QmitkToFUtilView::RemoveBackground()
-{
-  if(this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground1)
-  {
-    this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground1->RemoveRenderWindow(m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget1->GetRenderWindow());
-  }
-  if(this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground2)
-  {
-    this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground2->RemoveRenderWindow(m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget2->GetRenderWindow());
-  }
-  if(this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground3)
-  {
-    this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground3->RemoveRenderWindow(m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget3->GetRenderWindow());
-  }
-}
-
-void QmitkToFUtilView::AddBackground()
-{
-  InitTexture(this->m_Widget1Texture, this->m_ToFCaptureWidth, this->m_ToFCaptureHeight);
-  InitTexture(this->m_Widget2Texture, this->m_ToFCaptureWidth, this->m_ToFCaptureHeight);
-  InitTexture(this->m_Widget3Texture, this->m_ToFCaptureWidth, this->m_ToFCaptureHeight);
-
-  this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground1 = new QmitkToFImageBackground();
-  this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground1->AddRenderWindow(m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget1->GetRenderWindow(), this->m_ToFCaptureWidth, this->m_ToFCaptureHeight);
-  this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground1->UpdateBackground(this->m_Widget1Texture);
-  this->m_Widget1ImageType = m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->GetWidget1ImageType();
-
-  this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground2 = new QmitkToFImageBackground();
-  this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground2->AddRenderWindow(m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget2->GetRenderWindow(), this->m_ToFCaptureWidth, this->m_ToFCaptureHeight);
-  this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground2->UpdateBackground(this->m_Widget2Texture);
-  this->m_Widget2ImageType = m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->GetWidget2ImageType();
-
-  this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground3 = new QmitkToFImageBackground();
-  this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground3->AddRenderWindow(m_MultiWidget->mitkWidget3->GetRenderWindow(), this->m_ToFCaptureWidth, this->m_ToFCaptureHeight);
-  this->m_QmitkToFImageBackground3->UpdateBackground(this->m_Widget3Texture);
-  this->m_Widget3ImageType = m_Controls->m_ToFVisualisationSettingsWidget->GetWidget3ImageType();
-}
-
 mitk::DataNode::Pointer QmitkToFUtilView::ReplaceNodeData( std::string nodeName, mitk::BaseData* data )
 {
 
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer node = this->GetDefaultDataStorage()->GetNamedNode(nodeName);
   if (node.IsNull())
   {
     node = mitk::DataNode::New();
     node->SetData(data);
     node->SetName(nodeName);
     this->GetDefaultDataStorage()->Add(node);
   }
   else
   {
     node->SetData(data);
   }
   return node;
 }
diff --git a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.tofutil/src/internal/QmitkToFUtilView.h b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.tofutil/src/internal/QmitkToFUtilView.h
index 34f5d4297a..ebcf35f876 100644
--- a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.tofutil/src/internal/QmitkToFUtilView.h
+++ b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.tofutil/src/internal/QmitkToFUtilView.h
@@ -1,203 +1,195 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date: 2010-03-31 16:40:27 +0200 (Mi, 31 Mrz 2010) $
 Version:   $Revision: 21975 $ 
  
 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 QmitkToFUtilView_h
 #define QmitkToFUtilView_h
 
 #include <QmitkFunctionality.h>
 #include "QmitkToFImageBackground.h"
 #include <QmitkVideoBackground.h>
 #include <QmitkOverlayController.h>
 
 #include <ui_QmitkToFUtilViewControls.h>
 
 #include <QTimer>
 
 #include <mitkCameraIntrinsics.h>
 #include <mitkRealTimeClock.h>
 #include <mitkToFImageGrabber.h>
 #include <mitkOpenCVVideoSource.h>
 #include <mitkPointSetInteractor.h>
 #include <mitkSurface.h>
 #include <mitkToFDistanceImageToSurfaceFilter.h>
 #include <mitkToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D.h>
 #include <mitkToFImageRecorder.h>
 #include <mitkToFCompositeFilter.h>
 
 #include <vtkLookupTable.h>
 
 typedef itk::Image<float, 2> ItkImageType2D;
 
 /*!
   \brief QmitkToFUtilView 
 
   \warning  This application is still under active development. Complete documentation will be added when class is finished.
 
   \sa QmitkFunctionality
   \ingroup Functionalities
 */
 class QmitkToFUtilView : public QmitkFunctionality
 {  
   // this is needed for all Qt objects that should have a Qt meta-object
   // (everything that derives from QObject and wants to have signal/slots)
   Q_OBJECT
   
   public:  
 
     static const std::string VIEW_ID;
 
     QmitkToFUtilView();
     QmitkToFUtilView(const QmitkToFUtilView& other)
 	{
 	  Q_UNUSED(other)
 	  throw std::runtime_error("Copy constructor not implemented");
 	}
     ~QmitkToFUtilView();
 
     virtual void CreateQtPartControl(QWidget *parent);
     /// \brief Called when the functionality is activated
     virtual void Activated();
     virtual void Deactivated();
     virtual void StdMultiWidgetAvailable (QmitkStdMultiWidget &stdMultiWidget);
     virtual void StdMultiWidgetNotAvailable();
 
   protected slots:
   
     /// \brief Called when the user clicks the GUI button
     void OnUpdateCamera();
 
 	/*!
     \This method is automatically called by the connection widgets when the configuration is completed 
     */
     void OnToFCameraConnected();
 
     void OnToFCameraDisconnected();
 
     void OnToFCameraStarted();
 
     void OnToFCameraStopped();
 
     void OnToFCameraSelected(const QString selected);
 
     void OnTextureCheckBoxChecked(bool checked);
 
     void OnVideoTextureCheckBoxChecked(bool checked);
 
   protected:
 
     void InitTexture(unsigned char* &image, int width, int height);
 
     void PrepareImageForBackground(vtkLookupTable* lut, float* floadData, unsigned char* image);
 
     void PrepareImageForBackground(vtkColorTransferFunction* colorTransferFunction, float* floatData, unsigned char* image);
 
-    void RemoveBackground();
-
-    void AddBackground();
-
     Ui::QmitkToFUtilViewControls* m_Controls;
 
     QmitkStdMultiWidget* m_MultiWidget;
 
     QTimer* m_Frametimer;
 
     mitk::ToFImageGrabber::Pointer m_ToFImageGrabber;
     
     mitk::Image::Pointer m_MitkDistanceImage; ///< object to hold the distance image
 
     mitk::Image::Pointer m_MitkAmplitudeImage; ///< object to hold the amplitude image
 
     mitk::Image::Pointer m_MitkIntensityImage; ///< object to hold the amplitude image
 
     mitk::Surface::Pointer m_Surface;
 
     mitk::DataNode::Pointer m_DistanceImageNode; ///< DataNode to get the distance image into the DataStorage
 
     mitk::DataNode::Pointer m_AmplitudeImageNode; ///< DataNode to get the amplitude image into the DataStorage
 
     mitk::DataNode::Pointer m_IntensityImageNode; ///< DataNode to get the intensity image into the DataStorage
 
     mitk::DataNode::Pointer m_SurfaceNode;
 
     mitk::ToFImageRecorder::Pointer m_ToFImageRecorder;
 
     int m_ImageSequence;
 
     mitk::RealTimeClock::Pointer m_RealTimeClock;
 
     int m_StepsForFramerate; 
 
     double m_2DTimeBefore, m_2DTimeAfter;
 
     QmitkToFImageBackground* m_QmitkToFImageBackground1;
     QmitkToFImageBackground* m_QmitkToFImageBackground2;
     QmitkToFImageBackground* m_QmitkToFImageBackground3;
 
     mitk::OpenCVVideoSource::Pointer m_VideoSource;
     unsigned char* m_VideoTexture;
     unsigned char* m_Widget1Texture;
     unsigned char* m_Widget2Texture;
     unsigned char* m_Widget3Texture;
 
     int m_ToFCaptureWidth;
     int m_ToFCaptureHeight;
     int m_VideoCaptureWidth;
     int m_VideoCaptureHeight;
 
     mitk::ToFDistanceImageToSurfaceFilter::Pointer m_ToFDistanceImageToSurfaceFilter;
 
     mitk::ToFCompositeFilter::Pointer m_ToFCompositeFilter;
     mitk::ToFVisualizationFilter::Pointer m_ToFVisualizationFilter;
 
   private:
 
     /*!
     \brief helper method to replace data of the specified node. If node does not exist it will be created
     \param nodeName Name of the node
     \param data Data object to be replaced
     \return returns the node
     */
     mitk::DataNode::Pointer ReplaceNodeData(std::string nodeName, mitk::BaseData* data);
 
-    void RemoveNode(const char* nodename, mitk::DataNode::Pointer node);
-
-    void CreateNode(const char* nodename, mitk::DataNode::Pointer& node);
-
     void* GetDataFromImage(std::string imageType);
 
     void RenderWidget(QmitkRenderWindow* mitkWidget, QmitkToFImageBackground* imageBackground, std::string& oldImageType, std::string newImageType, 
       vtkColorTransferFunction* colorTransferFunction, unsigned char* videoTexture, unsigned char* tofTexture );
 
     void ProcessVideoTransform();
 
     bool m_TransferFunctionInitialized;
 
     int m_SurfaceDisplayCount;
 	  int m_2DDisplayCount;
     bool m_VideoEnabled;
 
     std::string m_Widget1ImageType;
     std::string m_Widget2ImageType;
     std::string m_Widget3ImageType;
 
     mitk::ToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D::Pointer m_ToFSurfaceVtkMapper3D;
 };
 
 
 
 #endif // _QMITKTOFUTILVIEW_H_INCLUDED