The invention relates to an image processing method for displaying a processed image of a three dimensional (3-D) object using a two-dimensional display means and for interacting with the surface of the displayed 3-D object comprising the construction and display of at least two coupled views of the surface of the 3-D object, including a global 3-D view and a connected local 2-D view of the surface of said object on which local interactions are made. This method further comprises interactive navigation on the object surface in one of the two views and processing data in said view with automatic updating of corresponding data in the other coupled view. Application: Medical Imaging.