1. A computer-implemented method for synchronizing a patient image with an atlas image, said method comprising: selecting, automatically using a processor, an image atlas based on an image study to be presented, the image atlas comparable to the image study; registering, using a processor, an atlas image from the image atlas to a patient image from the image study; labeling, using a processor, components in the atlas image for reference with respect to the patient image; and concurrently displaying the atlas image and the patient image.