15. The method of claim 11 further comprising: presenting phrases based on their frequency of use in like reports, and identifying new phrases based on use in prior reports.
11. A computer-based method for generating a medical imaging study report comprising the steps of: storing a medical imaging report generation database in a computer readable medium, the medical imaging report generation database containing at least one of the following: (a) phrases associated with a plurality of image study types interpreted in a medical imaging study and inclusion and exclusion rules, and/or (b) report templates consisting of aggregations of such phrases, and/or (c) data regarding prior patterns of usage of such phrases in previous instances of use of the system, and/or (d) a database of full report texts which can be drawn upon to identify additional phrase suggestions; executing computer code using a computer processor linked to the computer readable medium; generating, by executing the computer code using the computer processor, a medical imaging study report on display on a computer display device, using the stored report generation database, wherein the medical imaging study report contains an architecture accommodating one or more text fields; presenting a plurality of study types for display to the user via a user-output device by executing the computer code using the computer processor; upon the user selecting a study type via a user-input device, providing to the user via the user-output device by executing the computer code using the computer processor, a report template having a plurality of phrases based on the selected study type; presenting one or more phrases related to the template phrases via the user-output device; upon the user selecting one or more related phrases, applying by executing the computer code using the computer processor, one or more inclusion rules based on patterns of usage to the template phrases and the selected related phrases; upon the user selecting one or more related phrases, applying to the template phrases and the selected related phrases by executing the computer code using the computer processor one or more exclusion rules based on patterns of usage to the phrases, thereby identifying one or more phrases to be excluded from the medical imaging report; generating a medical imaging report containing the selected phrases in the text fields and the study type via a report output device; and updating the database by saving back into the database at least a portion of, or all of, the text in the generated report, and inclusion and exclusion selection decisions made by the user.