1. A method for detecting polyps in endoscopy images, comprising the steps of: pruning a plurality of two dimensional digitized images received from an endoscopy apparatus to remove images that are unlikely to depict a polyp, wherein a plurality of candidate images remains that are likely to depict a polyp; pruning non-polyp pixels that are unlikely to be part of a polyp depiction from the candidate images; detecting polyp candidates in the pruned candidate images; extracting features from said polyp candidates; and performing a regression on said extracted features to determine whether said polyp candidate is likely to be an actual polyp.