1. A method of diagnosing a patient, comprising: processing information associated with a patient study via an image reading platform; generating a matrix of diagnosis-related information based on a result from said processing and/or a consistency check via a matrix of diagnosis decision platform; performing the consistency check based on a piece of information related to a piece of processed information associated with the patient study; and making a diagnosis decision based on the diagnosis-related information in the matrix of diagnosis decisions, wherein the image reading platform and/or the matrix of diagnosis decision platform encapsulate information and toolkits adapted to be used to manipulate the information.