Patent ID: 8670037

Claim:
A method of obtaining thermal data from a tissue region comprising: (a) obtaining a first surface contour of the tissue region while the tissue region is in a first state; (b) obtaining a first thermal data from the tissue region in said first state and associating it with said first surface contour; (c) obtaining a second surface contour of the tissue region while the tissue region is in a second state, different from said first state, said second state corresponding to a deformed shape of the tissue region relative to said first state, said deformation being effected by a non-thermal imaging modality; (d) processing each of said first and said second surface contours to provide a three dimensional model of the respective surface contour; (e) transforming said first thermal data into a second thermal data associated with the tissue region in the second state; (f) obtaining non-thermal imaging data from said non-thermal imaging modality while the tissue region is in said second state; and (g) co-registering said second thermal data with said non-thermal imaging data.