1. A method for identifying an image processing region, the method comprising: acquiring an image representing a scanned region of tissue; (a) identifying a two or three-dimensional region of interest within the image, the two or three-dimensional region of interest having a border enclosing an area or volume; (b) identifying the image processing region as the region of interest and at least one other spatial location contiguous with the region of interest, the image processing region being a spatial expansion of the region of interest; (c) image processing, by a processor, selected from the group of: calculating a diagnostic quantity, enhancing the image, enhancing another image, generating a parametric image or combinations thereof based on calculations using data representing locations, including the at least one other spatial location, in the image processing region; and displaying as a function of the image processing.