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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiko Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sufficient amount of biological molecules are collected from a desired region in a tissue section with a single operation. Provided is a method of preparing a biological specimen including a sectioning step of sectioning biological tissue along a single cutting plane; a staining step of staining a first tissue section of two tissue sections that have been sectioned in the sectioning step; a stained-image capturing step of acquiring a stained image of the stained tissue section; a non-stained-image capturing step of acquiring a non-stained image in which, with respect to a second tissue section that has been sectioned in the sectioning step, division lines that divide the tissue section into a plurality of segments are defined; and associating steps of associating the non-stained image and the stained image with each other.