Patent ID: 8515213

Claim:
An image analysis system used in a medical examination comprising: a processor coupled to a memory, wherein the processor is programmed to implement: a search module to identify a second image that is similar to a first image based at least in part on a comparison of a first associated image analysis associated with the first image and a second image analysis associated with the second image and a comparison of the first image to the second image; and an output module to output at least a link to the second image having second associated image analysis, wherein the second image having second associated image analysis is displayed when the link is used, wherein the first associated image analysis and the second associated image analysis comprise first and second image annotations associated with the first image and the second image, respectively, and wherein a user selects the first image annotation on the first image to initiate an automated search using the search module to identify the second image based on a comparison of the first image annotation and the second image annotation.