1. A computer-implemented method for generating a pre-scaled image displayed within a viewing area of a mammography system for at least one mammography image of a series, the series containing a plurality of mammography images, each mammography image displaying a breast image having tissue points, the method comprising: determining, by a processor, if an overview breast window for the series is stored in a database memory coupled to the processor, wherein the overview breast window is the smallest region that encloses all the tissue points of each mammography image of the series; if so, locating and retrieving, from the database memory, the overview breast window; and otherwise, defining and storing, in the database memory, the overview breast window; and rendering, by the processor, the pre-scaled image based on the overview breast window.