Method and system for diagnostics support

A method of diagnosis for a mammographic image, comprising:

• obtaining a true-positive set comprising two or more mammographic images wherein each image in the true-positive set comprises one or more true-positive microcalcification clusters and exhibits cancer according to a ground truth measure;
• training an automated detector utility to detect a candidate microcalcification cluster in a mammographic test image according to features identified from the positive microcalcification clusters in images from the true-positive set;
• displaying a portion of the mammographic test image that includes the candidate microcalcification cluster using a first set of image display settings;
• and
• displaying the portion of the mammographic test image that includes the candidate microcalcification cluster using a second set of image display settings.

A method for displaying a diagnostic digital image, comprising:

• acquiring the diagnostic digital image;
• applying one or more pattern recognition algorithms to the acquired diagnostic digital image and detecting at least one feature within the acquired diagnostic digital image;
• displaying at least a portion of the acquired diagnostic digital image with the at least one detected feature;
• accepting an instruction from a viewer specifying at least a first image display setting and a second image display setting;
• accepting an instruction from a viewer that specifies the at least one detected feature;
• and
• displaying the at least one detected feature using the first image display setting for a first interval, then using the second image display setting for a second interval.