Advanced joint 3D visualization of functional and anatomical data

For visualizing anatomical data sets, 3D techniques like direct volume rendering and surface rendering are well established For joint visualization of 3D data sets describing different properties of the object (like anatomical and functional information), 2D visualization techniques are dominant Hybrid methods play an emerging role Visualizing 2D slices is the most common approach, but: 2D information is quite local Often difficult to understand how different features inside the object are positioned relative to one another Difficult to put features found on a 2D image into global 3D context of the object User is required to mentally reconstruct the 3D context