Patent ID: 7787682

Claim:
A method for providing characterization information for a region within imagery of at least a portion of a human body, analyzed by a suitably programmed computer system comprising at least one input device, at least one processor and at least one output device, comprising: by means of a processor, processing at least a portion of the imagery to detect regions of interest; by means of an output device, for at least one of the detected regions of interest, displaying an indicator at a location corresponding thereto on at least a portion of the imagery; by means of an input device, accepting user input to identify a location on the displayed imagery; by means of a processor, choosing at least one detected region of interest based upon its location relative to the identified location; by means of a processor, for each chosen detected region of interest, for at least one feature associated therewith, computing a score related to a diagnostic relevance of said feature; and by means of an output device, for each chosen detected region of interest, displaying the at least one feature associated therewith and at least one of the computed score and characterization information related to the computed score, in association with at least a portion of the imagery.