1. A system for analysis of a viscoelastic response in a deformable material, said system comprising: a light source configured to provide linearly polarized light; a polariscope configured to receive said linearly polarized light and to generate an image associated with a viscoelastic response of said deformable material, wherein said deformable object comprises a viscoelastic, transparent, thermoplastic, birefringent material; a machine vision system configured to operate on said image to locate said response on said deformable material and to classify said response as one of a plurality of predefined types of responses; and a display configured to provide feedback of said location of said viscoelastic response and classification of said response to a user of said system.