Patent ID: 7298881

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for correlating medical images, comprising: obtaining first image data representative of a first medical image including a first abnormality; obtaining second image data representative of a second medical image including a second abnormality; determining at least one feature value for each of the first and second abnormalities using the first and second image data; calculating, based on the determined feature values, a likelihood value indicative of a likelihood that the first and second abnormalities are a same abnormality; and outputting the determined likelihood value, wherein the step of obtaining the first image data comprises obtaining first image data representative of the first medical image derived using a first modality, the first modality being one of mammography, sonography, and magnetic resonance imaging; and the step of obtaining the second image data comprises obtaining second image data representative of the second medical image derived using a second modality different from the first modality.