An automated system for scanning a patient's breast with ultrasound, comprising: a first scanning pod including: a housing and a membrane that is secured to one side of the housing, transmits ultrasound, is permeable to coupling gel and has a nipple opening; a scanning template mounted in or to the housing to rotate relative to the membrane and having a nipple hole, wherein the nipple opening of the membrane is aligned with the nipple hole of the scanning template; wherein said template is essentially planar or has an opening angle of more than 150 degrees or a radius of more than 20 cm; at least one transducer radially extending outwardly from the nipple hole and integrated with the template to rotate therewith; and a motor configured to rotate the template and the at least one transducer relative to the membrane; wherein the housing further includes a camera having a field of view that includes said nipple hole and at least a substantial portion of the breast, and wherein each of the template and the membrane is transparent or at least translucent; wherein said housing includes a top cover and said camera is a wide-angle camera that is located on said top cover; and wherein said scanning pod is configured to press the patient's breast with said membrane toward the patient's chest wall to thereby at least partly flatten the breast, with the breast's nipple in the nipple hole of the template; wherein said at least one transducer is configured to make ultrasound contact with the breast through the membrane and coupling gel permeating the membrane when the scanning pod is pressing the breast, and to rotatably scan the breast with said at least one transducer by rotating the template to thereby generate plural, radially oriented, original two-dimensional images of the breast; a computer processing system configured to receive said 2D original images and to process them into at least one three-dimensional image of the breast and other images of the breast; and a display coupled with the processing system to display said images; wherein said camera is configured to display on said display a live view of the breast so that an operator can observe whether a wet contact without bubbles exists between the breast and the template. a first scanning pod including: a housing and a membrane that is secured to one side of the housing, transmits ultrasound, is permeable to coupling gel and has a nipple opening; a scanning template mounted in or to the housing to rotate relative to the membrane and having a nipple hole, wherein the nipple opening of the membrane is aligned with the nipple hole of the scanning template; wherein said template is essentially planar or has an opening angle of more than 150 degrees or a radius of more than 20 cm; at least one transducer radially extending outwardly from the nipple hole and integrated with the template to rotate therewith; and a motor configured to rotate the template and the at least one transducer relative to the membrane; a housing and a membrane that is secured to one side of the housing, transmits ultrasound, is permeable to coupling gel and has a nipple opening; a scanning template mounted in or to the housing to rotate relative to the membrane and having a nipple hole, wherein the nipple opening of the membrane is aligned with the nipple hole of the scanning template; wherein said template is essentially planar or has an opening angle of more than 150 degrees or a radius of more than 20 cm; at least one transducer radially extending outwardly from the nipple hole and integrated with the template to rotate therewith; and a motor configured to rotate the template and the at least one transducer relative to the membrane; wherein the housing further includes a camera having a field of view that includes said nipple hole and at least a substantial portion of the breast, and wherein each of the template and the membrane is transparent or at least translucent; wherein said housing includes a top cover and said camera is a wide-angle camera that is located on said top cover; and wherein said scanning pod is configured to press the patient's breast with said membrane toward the patient's chest wall to thereby at least partly flatten the breast, with the breast's nipple in the nipple hole of the template; wherein said at least one transducer is configured to make ultrasound contact with the breast through the membrane and coupling gel permeating the membrane when the scanning pod is pressing the breast, and to rotatably scan the breast with said at least one transducer by rotating the template to thereby generate plural, radially oriented, original two-dimensional images of the breast; a computer processing system configured to receive said 2D original images and to process them into at least one three-dimensional image of the breast and other images of the breast; and a display coupled with the processing system to display said images; wherein said camera is configured to display on said display a live view of the breast so that an operator can observe whether a wet contact without bubbles exists between the breast and the template.