1. A method for providing characterization information for a region within imagery analyzed by a computer-aided detection system comprising the steps: processing the imagery with the computer-aided detection system to detect candidate regions; computing discrimination and characterization features for each candidate region; separating said candidate regions in a discrimination step into candidate regions accepted for display and candidate regions not to display; displaying computer-aided detection system detection indicators at locations corresponding to the accepted candidate regions overlaid on the imagery; accepting user input to identify a location on the displayed imagery; computing a characterization score for each characterization feature for candidate detections within a predetermined distance of the identified location; and displaying a predetermined definition of each characterization feature and the computed characterization score.