#$%^&*AU2012101477A420121101.pdf#####21 Abstract A method of performing an intraoperative analysis of a biopsy specimen, said method comprising: capturing one or more images of the specimen using a mobile pathological 5 laboratory 104 located proximate to a medical facility 102A, ... , 102N in which the specimen was surgically obtained, the images being captured following the specimen being processed for analysis using the mobile pathological laboratory 104 and transmitting the captured images, via a communications network 108, from the mobile pathological laboratory 104 to a location remote from said mobile pathological laboratory 104, said 10 specimen being pathologically analysed at said remote location using the transmitted images, wherein results of the pathological analysis are communicated to said medical facility 102A, ... , 102N from the remote location.1/4 L.. 0 Lz 0.0 0,0 LL 0 0> coc 0*