Inaccurate identification of key anatomical landmarks is a crucial source of error when assessing and treating pathologies. Therefore, innovative computer-assisted learning tools capable of providing students with interactive 3D visualizations as shown in Fig. 1b are especially valuable to enhance learning of the complex spatial relationships found in the musculoskeletal system. From an educational point of view, interactive 3D medical imaging offers several potential advantages compared to traditional methods of teaching anatomy (Keedy et al., 2011). These advantages include (1) a directly recognizable visualization of anatomical structures; (2) reduction of the cognitive load as students do not need to construct their own mental visualization of the model; (3) infinite anatomical perspectives and the ability to interactively move the model for additional depth cues; and (4) the ability to include 3D models acquired from living human imaging datasets, eliminating the potential inaccuracies of stylized 2D drawings.