Patent ID: 9710900
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06T

Claim:
1. A method of analyzing imaging data for determining a likelihood that a thermally distinguishable region is present in a body section, the method comprising: operating a thermospatial imaging system for imaging the body section and generating and storing in a memory a series of 3D thermospatial images, each having thermal data representing the thermal image and 3D spatial data representing a non-planar surface of the body section, said thermal data being associated with said 3D spatial data; retrieving said thermospatial images from said memory; for each thermospatial image, calculating, by an image processor, a surface integral of respective thermal data over a respective surface using a correction factor for weighting the value of picture-elements in said thermospatial image based on a shape of said surface, thereby providing a series of surface integral values, and storing said series of surface integral values in a memory; retrieving at least two of said surface integral values from said memory and comparing said at least two of said surface integral values, determining, based on said comparison, the likelihood that a thermally distinguishable region is present in said body section; and generating, on a display an output indicative of said likelihood.