Method for displaying relative position information of an endoscope image

An imaging method, comprising:

• providing an imaging head having a pair of image sensors and a pattern projector;
• providing an illumination source;
• alternating the steps of (a) illuminating an area of interest using an illumination source and (b) projecting a pattern onto the area of interest;
• capturing images of the region of interest during illumination using the illumination source;
• capturing a depth triangulation grid of the region of interest during projection of the pattern;
• identifying first regions in the region of interest that are at a first depth, and identifying second regions in the region of interest that are at a second depth, the first depth different from the second depth, and
• displaying captured image data, wherein the displaying step includes generating a display in which
• the first regions are displayed in a first false color, the first false color being different from a color of said first regions features as captured in the image data, and
• the second regions are displayed in a second false color different from the first false color, the second false color being different from a color of said first regions features as captured in the image data.