1. A method of visualizing and correcting alignment errors between 2D and 3D data sets in an implant planning tool, comprising: receiving a 2D data set; receiving a 3D data set comprising one or more spatial points each having an intensity; displaying a textured view that is generated by providing a given display indication on a surface of the 2D data set as a function of intensities of one or more spatial points of the 3D data set at which the surface intersects the 3D data set, where the textured view is generated in software executing in a hardware element responsive to receipt of operator-entered data indicating one or more common points on the 2D data set and the 3D data set and illustrates an alignment between the 2D and 3D data sets; in association with the textured view, displaying three (3) mutually orthogonal slices of the 3D data set, wherein each of the slices of the 3D data set is overlaid with a wireframe projection from the 2D data set to form a visualization; and responsive to receipt of operator-entered data indicating a rotation or movement of the 2D data set, updating the visualizations as the 2D and 3D data sets are transformed relative to each other.