1. A method for detecting a candidate region of interest from anatomical images comprising the steps of: selecting one or more seed voxels from a volume created from the anatomical images; growing a region from the seed voxels, said region defined by a volume made up of voxels contiguous to the seed voxel and satisfying growth criteria; creating one or more arrays at least one of which relates each voxel of the region to a first voxel distance; and processing a function of the created arrays to determine a candidate region of interest.