Patent ID: 7831293

Claim:
A method of correlating a functional image of a target tissue to a pathology of said target tissue comprising: a) obtaining at least one biopsy specimen from said target tissue at a corresponding biopsy location; b) placing a detectable marker in contact with said target tissue substantially at said biopsy location, and correlating said marker to said biopsy location; c) obtaining a pathological analysis of said biopsy specimen and correlating said pathological analysis of said specimen to said biopsy location; d) obtaining at least one anatomic image of said target tissue which detects a location of at least one said detectable marker; e) obtaining at least one functional image of said target tissue; and, f) correlating the location of said at least one detectable marker with a corresponding location on said functional image, whereby said pathological analysis of said target tissue corresponding to said location of said at least one detectable marker can be correlated to a diagnosis of said target tissue produced by said functional image at said location of said at least one detectable marker.