1. A computer system for automatic selection of a computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm comprising: a database storing image data; a browser for navigating the data and selecting image data; an application receiving image data selected by the browser; and a selector selecting a CAD algorithm for processing the image data according to at least one of fixed attributes of the image data and an indication of a subject of the image data wherein the fixed attributes are coded in a header of an image file corresponding to the image data and the image header is analyzed by determining an area of the image data, an imaging modality used to capture the image data, and acquisition parameters used to capture the image data.