Apparatus for analysing a sample of a patient, comprising: - a receiving facility for a carrier plate (6; 111), on which the sample can be positioned, which receiving facility is embodied to receive a carrier plate (6; 111) with a sample positioned thereupon; - at least one cooling facility (2; 112), which is embodied to cool the carrier plate (6; 111) with the sample to a temperature of 0°C or less, in order preferably to produce a frozen sample; - optionally a conveyor mechanism for conveying the carrier plate (6; 111) with the frozen sample from the cooling facility (2; 112) to a sectioning unit (4; 113), which conveyor mechanism is embodied to convey the carrier plate (6; 111) with the frozen sample from the cooling facility (2; 112) to the sectioning unit (4; 113); - a sectioning unit (4; 113), which is embodied to produce a plurality of sections of the sample and to section the sample successively, wherein the sectioning unit (4; 113) is embodied to section the sample completely; - a transfer unit, which is embodied to transfer the plurality of sections all to a carrier in a matrix-type manner; and - at least one analysis facility, which is embodied to analyse a plurality of sections and to create an analysis result, further comprising an evaluation unit, which is embodied to evaluate the analysis result, optionally comprising a report facility which is embodied to output a report of the analysis result, wherein the evaluation unit is embodied, when a section is evaluated, also to take into account data from an evaluation of an adjacent section and to evaluate the plurality of sections by means of three-dimensional pattern recognition methods. - a receiving facility for a carrier plate (6; 111), on which the sample can be positioned, which receiving facility is embodied to receive a carrier plate (6; 111) with a sample positioned thereupon; - at least one cooling facility (2; 112), which is embodied to cool the carrier plate (6; 111) with the sample to a temperature of 0°C or less, in order preferably to produce a frozen sample; - optionally a conveyor mechanism for conveying the carrier plate (6; 111) with the frozen sample from the cooling facility (2; 112) to a sectioning unit (4; 113), which conveyor mechanism is embodied to convey the carrier plate (6; 111) with the frozen sample from the cooling facility (2; 112) to the sectioning unit (4; 113); - a sectioning unit (4; 113), which is embodied to produce a plurality of sections of the sample and to section the sample successively, wherein the sectioning unit (4; 113) is embodied to section the sample completely; - a transfer unit, which is embodied to transfer the plurality of sections all to a carrier in a matrix-type manner; and - at least one analysis facility, which is embodied to analyse a plurality of sections and to create an analysis result, further comprising an evaluation unit, which is embodied to evaluate the analysis result, optionally comprising a report facility which is embodied to output a report of the analysis result, wherein the evaluation unit is embodied, when a section is evaluated, also to take into account data from an evaluation of an adjacent section and to evaluate the plurality of sections by means of three-dimensional pattern recognition methods. further comprising an evaluation unit, which is embodied to evaluate the analysis result, optionally comprising a report facility which is embodied to output a report of the analysis result, wherein the evaluation unit is embodied, when a section is evaluated, also to take into account data from an evaluation of an adjacent section and to evaluate the plurality of sections by means of three-dimensional pattern recognition methods.