1. A method for providing automatic diagnosis and decision support in whole-body imaging, comprising: using whole-body imaging to obtain a first set of image data of a patient; fitting a statistical whole-body atlas using the first set of image data, wherein the statistical whole-body atlas includes at least one of statistics on voxel intensities, statistics on global and local shape deformations, or statistics on joint articulations; and using the statistical whole-body atlas to characterize pathological findings in terms of a diagnosis.