compelling

This is the comment from the expanded abstract from 2012.
Not sure whether I have posted before however it makes the case for intraoperative brain surgery fairly compelling.

"When applied in lieu of frozen-section diagnosis, common
confounding factors, such as frozen-section artifact
and cautery artifact, also may be avoided. Furthermore,
the time to diagnosis could be greatly shortened and the
demand on pathology department personnel minimized.
Perhaps most important, the speed and sensitivity of such
a system could influence neurosurgical decision making,
particularly at the presumed margins of a resection cavity.
Because all data are digitally acquired and stored, electronic
transmission of images to remotely located pathologists
could also enable real-time telepathology. Although
intraoperative confocal microscopy is still in its infancy,
our results suggest that this technology has the potential
to revolutionize the way that we approach intraoperative​

diagnosis."


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22283191