3. A method for aiding a visual diagnostic process, including: creating an image database from a collection of images pertaining to a particular subject matter, said image database residing on a mass storage device operatively associated with a computer; creating a knowledge database with other data related to the particular subject matter, wherein said knowledge database includes a plurality of findings-diagnosis links representing relationships between findings and diagnoses and is cross-referenced to said image database, for the purpose of assisting in the diagnostic process; collecting from a user, through a user-interface adapted to the particular subject matter, a plurality of descriptive characteristics of a sample requiring diagnoses; a diagnostic engine, in response to said descriptive characteristics, using findings-diagnosis links, automatically generating, from a plurality of possible diagnoses included within the knowledge database, a subset including a plurality of possible diagnoses consistent with the descriptive characteristics collected from the user; and using the subset of possible diagnoses, automatically reorganizing an information space of said image database for concurrent presentation of a plurality of images related to the plurality of possible diagnoses for user review via the user-interface.
3. A method for aiding a visual diagnostic process, including: creating an image database from a collection of images pertaining to a particular subject matter, said image database residing on a mass storage device operatively associated with a computer; creating a knowledge database with other data related to the particular subject matter, wherein said knowledge database includes a plurality of findings-diagnosis links representing relationships between findings and diagnoses and is cross-referenced to said image database, for the purpose of assisting in the diagnostic process; collecting from a user, through a user-interface adapted to the particular subject matter, a plurality of descriptive characteristics of a sample requiring diagnoses; a diagnostic engine, in response to said descriptive characteristics, using findings-diagnosis links, automatically generating, from a plurality of possible diagnoses included within the knowledge database, a subset including a plurality of possible diagnoses consistent with the descriptive characteristics collected from the user; and using the subset of possible diagnoses, automatically reorganizing an information space of said image database for concurrent presentation of a plurality of images related to the plurality of possible diagnoses for user review via the user-interface. 4. The method of claim 3 , wherein said diagnostic engine operates dynamically, using the subset of diagnoses, to reorganize the information space in response to the user's modification of at least one of the plurality of descriptive characteristics.