A data processing technique is provided. In one embodiment, a
computer-implemented method includes accessing reference deviation maps
for a plurality of disease types. The reference deviation maps may
include subsets of maps associated with severity levels of respective
disease types, and a disease severity score may be associated with each
severity level. The method may include selecting patient severity levels
for multiple disease types based on the subsets of reference deviation
maps. Also, the method may include automatically calculating a combined
patient disease severity score based at least in part on the disease
severity scores associated with the selected patient severity levels, and
may include outputting a report based at least in part on the combined
patient disease severity score. Additional methods, systems, and
manufactures are also disclosed.