System and methods for processing a biopsy sample

A system for facilitating obtaining a biopsy sample from a body of a patient, the system comprising:

• a. a display for displaying images to a user;
• b. a processing unit including an image processing module, functionally associated with said display;
• c. a tracking system functionally associated with at least one tracking sensor having a known spatial relation with an imaging probe of an imaging modality capable of obtaining images of internal patient's body parts not directly visible from outside said body, and having a known spatial relation with a biopsy needle, said tracking system being functionally associated with said processing unit and configured to provide to said processing unit position data including location and orientation of said at least one tracking sensor along pre-selected coordinates substantially in real time;
• and
• d. a camera functionally associated with said processing unit through a communication channel for transferring images from said camera to said processing unit, said camera being configured to obtain images of a biopsy sample obtained from said body of a patient;
• e. wherein said camera is mechanically attached to a stand and said stand is configured to support a biopsy sample so that said camera is aimed to said biopsy sample to obtain an image thereof;
• f. wherein said stand is further configured to support a biopsy needle at a pre-defined position so that said camera is aimed to said biopsy needle to obtain an image of a biopsy sample carried thereon;
• wherein said processing unit is configured to,
• receive image data from the imaging modality;
• assign image position data corresponding to position data of said imaging probe received from said tracking system, to image data received from said imaging modality;
• assign image position data corresponding to position data of said biopsy needle received from said tracking system, to images received from said camera;
• and
• generate, from at least one image of a biopsy sample and using said image processing module, a combined image including image data received from said imaging modality and a processed image related to said biopsy sample, and to display on said display said combined image.