1. A method for assigning a lymph node in a medical image with an anatomical name, the method comprising: identifying landmarks in a medical image; receiving a location of a lymph node in the medical image; automatically computing features in spatial relation to the location of the lymph node, wherein the features are computed using the landmarks; and automatically assigning an anatomical name to the location of the lymph node by using a classifier that compares the computed features with classification rules, wherein the method is performed using a processor.