Method and system for associating at least two different medical findings with each other

A system for associating at least two different medical findings with each other, the system comprising:

• a memory configured to store a plurality of different sets of images;
• a processor configured to determine, in a first of the plurality of different sets of images, a location of at least one anatomical landmark based on a first of the at least two different medical findings in a characteristic area of the first of the plurality of different sets of images, each of the at least two different medical findings including observations made by a radiologist or other physician based on examination of the characteristic area in a set of images among the plurality of different sets of images;
• and
• a data repository configured to store, for the first of the at least two different medical findings, a reference to the at least one anatomical landmark together with the first of the at least two different medical findings;
• the processor being further configured to
• compare the stored reference to the at least one anatomical landmark with stored references to anatomical landmarks associated with others of the at least two different medical findings, and
• identify, among the others of the at least two different medical findings, at least one second medical finding associated with the first of the at least two different medical findings based on the comparison.

A system for associating at least two different medical findings with each other, the system comprising:

• a visualization system having a processor and a memory, the visualization system being configured to
• access a plurality of different sets of images, and
• determine, in a first of the plurality of different sets of images, a location of at least one anatomical landmark based on a first of the at least two different medical findings in a characteristic area of the first of the plurality of different sets of images, each of the at least two different medical findings including observations made by a radiologist or other physician based on examination of the characteristic area in a set of images among the plurality of different sets of images;
• and
• a central registry remote from the visualization system, the central registry including a data repository configured to store, for the first of the at least two different medical findings, a reference to the at least one anatomical landmark together with the first of the at least two different medical findings,
• wherein the central registry is configured to
• compare the stored reference to the at least one anatomical landmark with stored references to anatomical landmarks associated with others of the at least two different medical findings, and
• identify, among the others of the at least two different medical findings, at least one second medical finding associated with the first of the at least two different medical findings based on the comparison.