Abstract: A system and method that provide the automatic extraction and processing of data from medical images from an image data archive. The processing including generating a metadata for an image, selecting an algorithm for image data analysis based on the metadata generated for the image, properties for at least two possible algorithms, and a specification of a specific image analysis to be performed, analyzing the image data with the algorithm selected from the at least two possible algorithms to produce results information, and linking the results information of image analysis and the metadata with referenceable anatomical structures of a human being or an animal within the image; and displaying the results linked to the anatomical structure.

Abstract: A method for measuring an X-ray image of an area undergoing medical examination that has at least one object. A 3D model is provided of the area undergoing examination that includes a virtual 3D object to be assigned to the object to be measured, a digitally reconstructed X-ray picture is computed based on the 3D model and under the assumption of a virtual projection direction, the X-ray image is compared with the digitally reconstructed X-ray picture, the virtual projection direction is changed relative to the virtual 3D object. The steps of comparing and changing are repeated until a virtual projection direction with maximum correlation between the X-ray image and the digitally reconstructed X-ray picture is found. An object plane is determined that is to be assigned to the virtual 3D object. A corrected projection direction is defined and the X-ray image is measured.