diff --git a/data.py b/data.py
index f1cc432d..af357157 100644
--- a/data.py
+++ b/data.py
@@ -74,7 +74,33 @@ def get_clip_timepoints(clip_sampler, duration):
         all_clips_timepoints.append((start, end))
     return all_clips_timepoints
 
+def load_and_transform_thermal_data(image_paths, device):
+    if image_paths is None:
+        return None
 
+    image_outputs = []
+    for image_path in image_paths:
+        data_transform = transforms.Compose(
+            [
+                transforms.Resize(
+                    224, interpolation=transforms.InterpolationMode.BICUBIC
+                ),
+                transforms.CenterCrop(224),
+                transforms.ToTensor(),
+                transforms.Normalize(
+                    mean=(0.48145466, 0.4578275, 0.40821073),
+                    std=(0.26862954, 0.26130258, 0.27577711),
+                ),
+                transforms.Grayscale()
+            ]
+        )
+        with open(image_path, "rb") as fopen:
+            image = Image.open(fopen).convert("RGB")
+
+        image = data_transform(image).to(device)
+        image_outputs.append(image)
+    return torch.stack(image_outputs, dim=0)
+    
 def load_and_transform_vision_data(image_paths, device):
     if image_paths is None:
         return None