1. A method for detecting an anatomical marker within an image study, the method comprising: accessing data elements associated with image slices of the image study of a patient, wherein the data elements are representative of one or more characteristics of the image slices but do not include picture elements that comprise the image slices; reviewing the data elements associated with at least some image slices of the image study of the patient; detecting the anatomical marker within the image study based upon a review of the data elements; and identifying a subset of the image slices of the image study based upon the anatomical marker or a distance from the anatomical marker.