French term (edited): coupe seriйe

coupe;
Méthode employée en histologie pour obtenir des prélèvements suffisamment minces pour, d'une part être transparents aux rayons lumineux du microscope optique et, d'autre part ne comporter en principe qu'une seule couche cellulaire

Indeed, serial sectioning,[12,13] immunohistochemical analysis,[14-16] and a combination of both[17-19] have been found to increase the detection rate of SLN micrometastases that had been missed by using standard H&E staining. However, the number of patients with positive nodes with tumors up-staged by the combination of serial sectioning and immunohistochemical analysis does not account for all patients with negative nodes who experience relapse and eventually die of the disease
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/479961
3D reconstruction by serial sections carried out by Claude. Antony represents an
alternative ... La reconstruction en 3D par coupes sériées, pratiquée par ...
www.curie.fr/upload/recherche/ regards_croises/2003_imagerie.