Methods and systems for automatically linking entries in a medical image report to an image of a medical image study. One method includes identifying a description of pathology in text included in the medical image report using natural language processing and applying a model to select for the medical image report at least one modality and at least one image included in the at least one medical image study generated by the at least one modality. The method also includes creating a data link between the description of pathology and the at least one image included in the at least one medical image study generated by the at least one modality, and automatically inserting the data link into the medical image report, the data link being selectable to display the at least one image included in the at least one image generated by the at least one modality.