To provide a method for observing thin samples such that the cut plane of each of the thin samples continuously cut out of a sample block (biological samples or the like) can be relatively easily photographed in a continuous fashion.
A carrier tape 2 is covered on its surface with an adhesive. The carrier tape 2 is fed out of a feed roll 3, is passed above the sample block 10, and is drawn out onto the top of a frame 9. After the carrier tape 2 is stuck to the surface of the sample block 10, the surface part of the sample block 10 is thinly cut by a cutter 1. The thin samples 11 cut out are held on the carrier tape 2. After the carrier tape 2 is drawn out forward, the frame 9 is stuck to the surface of the carrier tape 2 at positions around the thin samples 11. The carrier tape 2 is cut on the outside of the frame 9 and the thin samples 11 are recycled, together with the frame 9. The frame 9 recycled is mounted in a microscope 20 to photograph its cut planes in a continuous fashion.
KOKUBO MITSUNORI
HIGUCHI TOSHIRO
KUDO KENICHI
KANAGAWA KAGAKU GIJUTSU AKAD