diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage.cpp
index 7ed6b1f9a2..e1d8403795 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage.cpp
@@ -1,156 +1,179 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 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 "QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage.h"
 
 #include <mitkBaseApplication.h>
 #include <mitkCoreServices.h>
 #include <mitkIPreferencesService.h>
 #include <mitkIPreferences.h>
 
 #include <QFileDialog>
 
 #include <ui_QmitkSegmentationPreferencePageControls.h>
 
 namespace
 {
   mitk::IPreferences* GetPreferences()
   {
     auto* preferencesService = mitk::CoreServices::GetPreferencesService();
     return preferencesService->GetSystemPreferences()->Node("org.mitk.views.segmentation");
   }
 }
 
 QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage()
   : m_Ui(new Ui::QmitkSegmentationPreferencePageControls),
     m_Control(nullptr),
     m_Initializing(false)
 {
 }
 
 QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::~QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage()
 {
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::Init(berry::IWorkbench::Pointer)
 {
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::CreateQtControl(QWidget* parent)
 {
   m_Initializing = true;
 
   m_Control = new QWidget(parent);
   m_Ui->setupUi(m_Control);
 
   connect(m_Ui->labelSetPresetToolButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnLabelSetPresetButtonClicked()));
   connect(m_Ui->suggestionsToolButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnSuggestionsButtonClicked()));
+  connect(m_Ui->installSAMButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnInstallBtnClicked()));
+  connect(m_Ui->clearSAMButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnClearInstall()));
 
   this->Update();
   m_Initializing = false;
 }
 
 QWidget* QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::GetQtControl() const
 {
   return m_Control;
 }
 
 bool QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::PerformOk()
 {
   auto* prefs = GetPreferences();
 
   prefs->PutBool("compact view", m_Ui->compactViewCheckBox->isChecked());
   prefs->PutBool("draw outline", m_Ui->outlineRadioButton->isChecked());
   prefs->PutBool("selection mode", m_Ui->selectionModeCheckBox->isChecked());
   prefs->Put("label set preset", m_Ui->labelSetPresetLineEdit->text().toStdString());
   prefs->PutBool("default label naming", m_Ui->defaultNameRadioButton->isChecked());
   prefs->Put("label suggestions", m_Ui->suggestionsLineEdit->text().toStdString());
   prefs->PutBool("replace standard suggestions", m_Ui->replaceStandardSuggestionsCheckBox->isChecked());
   prefs->PutBool("suggest once", m_Ui->suggestOnceCheckBox->isChecked());
   return true;
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::PerformCancel()
 {
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::Update()
 {
   auto* prefs = GetPreferences();
 
   m_Ui->compactViewCheckBox->setChecked(prefs->GetBool("compact view", false));
 
   if (prefs->GetBool("draw outline", true))
   {
     m_Ui->outlineRadioButton->setChecked(true);
   }
   else
   {
     m_Ui->overlayRadioButton->setChecked(true);
   }
 
   m_Ui->selectionModeCheckBox->setChecked(prefs->GetBool("selection mode", false));
 
   auto labelSetPreset = mitk::BaseApplication::instance().config().getString(mitk::BaseApplication::ARG_SEGMENTATION_LABELSET_PRESET.toStdString(), "");
   bool isOverriddenByCmdLineArg = !labelSetPreset.empty();
 
   if (!isOverriddenByCmdLineArg)
     labelSetPreset = prefs->Get("label set preset", "");
 
   m_Ui->labelSetPresetLineEdit->setDisabled(isOverriddenByCmdLineArg);
   m_Ui->labelSetPresetToolButton->setDisabled(isOverriddenByCmdLineArg);
   m_Ui->labelSetPresetCmdLineArgLabel->setVisible(isOverriddenByCmdLineArg);
 
   m_Ui->labelSetPresetLineEdit->setText(QString::fromStdString(labelSetPreset));
 
   if (prefs->GetBool("default label naming", true))
   {
     m_Ui->defaultNameRadioButton->setChecked(true);
   }
   else
   {
     m_Ui->askForNameRadioButton->setChecked(true);
   }
 
   auto labelSuggestions = mitk::BaseApplication::instance().config().getString(mitk::BaseApplication::ARG_SEGMENTATION_LABEL_SUGGESTIONS.toStdString(), "");
   isOverriddenByCmdLineArg = !labelSuggestions.empty();
 
   if (!isOverriddenByCmdLineArg)
     labelSuggestions = prefs->Get("label suggestions", "");
 
   m_Ui->defaultNameRadioButton->setDisabled(isOverriddenByCmdLineArg);
   m_Ui->askForNameRadioButton->setDisabled(isOverriddenByCmdLineArg);
   m_Ui->suggestionsLineEdit->setDisabled(isOverriddenByCmdLineArg);
   m_Ui->suggestionsToolButton->setDisabled(isOverriddenByCmdLineArg);
   m_Ui->suggestionsCmdLineArgLabel->setVisible(isOverriddenByCmdLineArg);
 
   m_Ui->suggestionsLineEdit->setText(QString::fromStdString(labelSuggestions));
 
   m_Ui->replaceStandardSuggestionsCheckBox->setChecked(prefs->GetBool("replace standard suggestions", true));
   m_Ui->suggestOnceCheckBox->setChecked(prefs->GetBool("suggest once", true));
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::OnLabelSetPresetButtonClicked()
 {
   const auto filename = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(m_Control, QStringLiteral("Load Label Set Preset"), QString(), QStringLiteral("Label set preset (*.lsetp)"));
 
   if (!filename.isEmpty())
     m_Ui->labelSetPresetLineEdit->setText(filename);
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::OnSuggestionsButtonClicked()
 {
   const auto filename = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(m_Control, QStringLiteral("Load Label Suggestions"), QString(), QStringLiteral("Label suggestions (*.json)"));
 
   if (!filename.isEmpty())
     m_Ui->suggestionsLineEdit->setText(filename);
 }
+
+
+void QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::OnInstallBtnClicked()
+{
+  MITK_INFO << "Install clicked";
+}
+
+void QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage::OnClearInstall() 
+{
+  MITK_INFO << "OnClearInstall clicked";
+}
+
+QString QmitkSAMInstaller::GetVirtualEnvPath()
+{
+  return QString("help");
+}
+
+bool QmitkSAMInstaller::SetupVirtualEnv(const QString &)
+{
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage.h b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage.h
index 840917bd9f..099d455bbc 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage.h
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage.h
@@ -1,62 +1,87 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 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.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage_h
 #define QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage_h
 
 #include "org_mitk_gui_qt_segmentation_Export.h"
 
 #include <berryIQtPreferencePage.h>
+#include <QmitkSetupVirtualEnvUtil.h>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
 
 class QWidget;
 
 namespace Ui
 {
   class QmitkSegmentationPreferencePageControls;
 }
 
+
+class QmitkSAMInstaller : public QmitkSetupVirtualEnvUtil
+{
+public:
+  const QString VENV_NAME = ".sam";
+  const QString SAM_VERSION = "1.0"; // currently, unused
+  const std::vector<QString> PACKAGES = {QString("numpy"),
+                                         QString("opencv-python"),
+                                         QString("git+https://github.com/facebookresearch/segment-anything.git"),
+                                         QString("SimpleITK")};
+  const QString STORAGE_DIR;
+  inline QmitkSAMInstaller(
+    const QString baseDir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation) + QDir::separator() +
+                            qApp->organizationName() + QDir::separator())
+    : QmitkSetupVirtualEnvUtil(baseDir), STORAGE_DIR(baseDir){};
+  bool SetupVirtualEnv(const QString &) override;
+  QString GetVirtualEnvPath() override;
+};
+
+
 class MITK_QT_SEGMENTATION QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage : public QObject, public berry::IQtPreferencePage
 {
   Q_OBJECT
   Q_INTERFACES(berry::IPreferencePage)
 
 public:
 
   QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage();
   ~QmitkSegmentationPreferencePage() override;
 
   void Init(berry::IWorkbench::Pointer workbench) override;
 
   void CreateQtControl(QWidget* widget) override;
 
   QWidget* GetQtControl() const override;
 
   bool PerformOk() override;
 
   void PerformCancel() override;
 
   void Update() override;
 
 protected Q_SLOTS:
 
   void OnLabelSetPresetButtonClicked();
   void OnSuggestionsButtonClicked();
+  void OnInstallBtnClicked();
+  void OnClearInstall();
 
 protected:
 
   Ui::QmitkSegmentationPreferencePageControls* m_Ui;
+  QmitkSAMInstaller m_Installer;
   QWidget* m_Control;
 
   bool m_Initializing;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePageControls.ui b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePageControls.ui
index 578328a20f..febf113317 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePageControls.ui
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/QmitkSegmentationPreferencePageControls.ui
@@ -1,233 +1,282 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>QmitkSegmentationPreferencePageControls</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="QmitkSegmentationPreferencePageControls">
   <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="compactViewLabel">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Compact view</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="0" column="1">
     <widget class="QCheckBox" name="compactViewCheckBox">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Hide tool button texts and increase icon size</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="1" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="displayLabel">
      <property name="text">
       <string>2D display</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="1" column="1">
     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="displayOptionsLayout">
      <item>
       <widget class="QRadioButton" name="outlineRadioButton">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Draw as outline</string>
        </property>
        <property name="checked">
         <bool>true</bool>
        </property>
        <attribute name="buttonGroup">
         <string notr="true">displayButtonGroup</string>
        </attribute>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QRadioButton" name="overlayRadioButton">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Draw as transparent overlay</string>
        </property>
        <attribute name="buttonGroup">
         <string notr="true">displayButtonGroup</string>
        </attribute>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item row="2" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="selectionModeLabel">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Data node selection mode</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="2" column="1">
     <widget class="QCheckBox" name="selectionModeCheckBox">
      <property name="toolTip">
       <string>If checked the segmentation plugin ensures that only the selected segmentation and the reference image are visible at one time.</string>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>Show only selected nodes</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="3" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="labelSetPresetLabel">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Default label set preset</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="3" column="1">
     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
      <item row="0" column="0">
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="labelSetPresetLineEdit">
        <property name="clearButtonEnabled">
         <bool>true</bool>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="0" column="1">
       <widget class="QToolButton" name="labelSetPresetToolButton">
        <property name="text">
         <string>...</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="labelSetPresetCmdLineArgLabel">
        <property name="text">
         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;The default label set preset is currently overriden by the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-family:'Courier New'; color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;Segmentation.labelSetPreset&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt; command-line argument.&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>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item row="4" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="labelCreationLabel">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Label creation</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="4" column="1">
     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
      <item>
       <widget class="QRadioButton" name="defaultNameRadioButton">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Assign default name and color</string>
        </property>
        <property name="checked">
         <bool>true</bool>
        </property>
        <attribute name="buttonGroup">
         <string notr="true">labelCreationButtonGroup</string>
        </attribute>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QRadioButton" name="askForNameRadioButton">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Ask for name and color</string>
        </property>
        <attribute name="buttonGroup">
         <string notr="true">labelCreationButtonGroup</string>
        </attribute>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item row="5" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="labelSuggestions">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Label suggestions</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="5" column="1">
     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
      <item row="0" column="0">
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="suggestionsLineEdit">
        <property name="clearButtonEnabled">
         <bool>true</bool>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="0" column="1">
       <widget class="QToolButton" name="suggestionsToolButton">
        <property name="text">
         <string>...</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="suggestionsCmdLineArgLabel">
        <property name="text">
         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;Suggestions are currently enforced by the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-family:'Courier New'; color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;Segmentation.labelSuggestions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt; command-line argument.&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>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item row="6" column="1">
     <widget class="QCheckBox" name="replaceStandardSuggestionsCheckBox">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Replace standard organ suggestions</string>
      </property>
      <property name="checked">
       <bool>true</bool>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="7" column="1">
     <widget class="QCheckBox" name="suggestOnceCheckBox">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Suggest once per segmentation</string>
      </property>
      <property name="checked">
       <bool>true</bool>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="8" column="1">
+
+	  <item row="8" column="0">
+		  <widget class="QLabel" name="SAMLabel">
+			  <property name="text">
+				  <string>SAM Tool</string>
+			  </property>
+		  </widget>
+	  </item>
+	  <item row="8" column="1">
+		  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
+			  <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"/>
+				  </item>
+		  </layout>
+	  </item>
+	  
+   <item row="9" column="1">
     <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>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
  <buttongroups>
   <buttongroup name="labelCreationButtonGroup"/>
   <buttongroup name="displayButtonGroup"/>
  </buttongroups>
 </ui>