1. A computer-implemented medical reporting and editing method comprising: displaying a stored image for a user on a display, said stored image containing of a plurality of annotation symbols embedded within said image and corresponding to a pre-defined, standardized graphical language that describes informational content associated with medical findings, wherein said graphical language is predetermined and said informational content is not displayed on said image; displaying a current image for the user on said display with said stored image; and autopopulating, upon receipt of a command, said current image with said plurality of embedded annotation symbols corresponding to the standardized graphical language, from said stored image, said embedded annotation symbols from said stored image being distinguished from those of said current image by color or format.