Hi,
A simple trick I just worked out is to import the map data (counts, concentration, BSE etc) into excel.
Note: You need to output into an excel friendly input format.
You can then use conditional formatting and use a three level format - black minimum, white maximum and grey for mid level.
If you then make the cell size small enough and shrink the whole sheet, you get a rendering of the image.
You can then cut out regions you want, name ranges etc so you can use all manner of 3rd party software to present your data as, say, a 3D flythrough (SAS or IDL <- I wish I had this), multidimensional histograms, correlation mapping etc etc.
Les