A method of determining whether a slide processing system has suitably processed a biological specimen slide comprising the steps of: (a) processing the biological specimen slide with the slide processing system; (b) measuring at least one machine processing effectiveness parameter; (c) checking if the at least one machine processing effectiveness parameter has exceeded a limit; and (d) accumulating scan processing error flags. view more

The method of claim 1 wherein the scan processing error flags are generated by checking if the at least one machine processing effectiveness parameter is within a range.

A method of determining whether a slide processing system has suitably processed a biological specimen slide comprising the steps of: (a) processing the biological specimen slide with the slide processing system; (b) measuring at least one machine processing effectiveness parameter; (c) checking if the at least one machine processing effectiveness parameter has exceeded a limit; and (d) calculating at least one percentage of images acquired in focus on at least one predetermined number of tries. view more

A method of determining whether a slide processing system has suitably processed a biological specimen slide comprising the steps of: (a) processing the biological specimen slide with the slide processing system; (b) measuring at least one machine processing effectiveness parameter; (c) checking if the at least one machine processing effectiveness parameter has exceeded a limit; and (d) calculating a percentage of images that were never adequately focused. view more

A method of classifying objects in a cytological specimen, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a first image of at least part of such cytological specimen; b) classifying objects in such first image on the basis of a predetermined criteria; c) selecting at least one object for display based on said classifying; d) obtaining a second image of at least part of such cytological specimen containing said at least one selected object; and e) displaying at least part of such second image to produce a visual display of said at least one selected object. view more

The method of claim 1, wherein such first image is of a lower resolution than such second image.

The method of claim 1, including the step of further classifying such objects in such visual display.

The method of claim 1, wherein such visual display represents plural objects.

An apparatus for classifying objects in a cytological specimen, comprising: means for obtaining a first image of at least part of such cytological specimen; means for classifying objects in such first image on the basis of a predetermined criteria; means for selecting at least one object for display based on classification performed by said means for classifying: means for obtaining a second image of such cytological specimen containing said at least one selected object; and means for displaying at least part of such second image to produce a visual display of said at least one selected object. view more