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A method and system for displaying medical images and computer output from various CAD schemes on the images. Images are loaded into the display system and displayed in a main viewing area. The system can display various CAD schemes, such as the automated detection of lung nodules, interstitial infi

A method and system for displaying medical images and computer output from various CAD schemes on the images. Images are loaded into the display system and displayed in a main viewing area. The system can display various CAD schemes, such as the automated detection of lung nodules, interstitial infiltrates, and heart size, in the case of a chest image, on the image. The method and system also display interval change (temporal subtraction) between images. Individual abnormality from CAD schemes can be viewed by clicking buttons with minified (postage stamp size) images with CAD annotation rendered into them. The images and results are then shown on a high-speed monitor. Interval change between the current and a previous image can also be chosen by clicking buttons containing minified images. Interval change between any other pair of images for a patient can be selected by choosing from minified subtraction images presented in a two-dimensional array format. A previewer next to the array permits rapid inspection of subtraction images before a subtraction set is chosen for detailed study.

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[ What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is:] [23.] In a computerized system for displaying medical images, the improvement comprising:a mechanism configured to obtain a first medical image representative of an anatomy as said anatomy existed at a first point in time;a

[ What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is:] [23.] In a computerized system for displaying medical images, the improvement comprising:a mechanism configured to obtain a first medical image representative of an anatomy as said anatomy existed at a first point in time;a mechanism configured to obtain a second medical image representative of the anatomy as said anatomy existed at a second point in time;a mechanism configured to obtain a temporal subtraction image in which one of said first and second medical images is subtracted from the other thereof;a mechanism configured to obtain plural diagnostic images of said first and second medical images, each diagnostic image including said one of said first and second medical images having a respective diagnostic annotation, indicative of the results of computer aided diagnosis, superimposed on the respective of said first and second medical images in spatial relation to respective portions of said anatomy;a mechanism configured to display at least one of said first and second medical images, said temporal subtraction image and said diagnostic images in a first display area of a first display screen; anda mechanism configured to display said first and second medical images, said temporal subtraction image and said diagnostic images including said respective diagnostic annotations in a second display area of said first display screen for visual comparison with the image displayed in said first display area.