1. A method for automated detection of clustered microcalcifications from a digital mammogram comprising the steps of: obtaining a digital mammogram; detecting a first set of potential microcalcifications in said digital mammogram; Gabor filtering said digital mammogram to produce a Gabor-filtered image wherein elongated structures are identified; removing said potential microcalcifications in said first set coincident with said elongated structures to produce a second set of potential microcalcifications; detecting clusters of microcalcifications in said second set; and indicating the position in said digital mammogram of said clusters of microcalcifications in said second set.