**7. Potential indications**

By using NLM the process of frozen sections could be influenced considerably. On the one hand thee cellular findings could be discussed between surgeon and pathologist demonstrating different areas and shifting the focus depending on the microscopic results which can affect the further direction of the procedure, on the other hand the NLM scans could be transferred directly to the pathologist via a network with marked reduction of the processing time for serial-cuts. This would also eliminate transfer time of the tissue bloc from the OR to the laboratory.
