Cross-frame object reconstruction for image-based cytology applications

1. An automated method for analyzing a biological specimen on a microscope slide, comprising:

receiving magnified image data frames of the biological specimen taken at different locations on the slide;

using a processor to identify an object that is not entirely contained within at least one of the image data frames;

matching complementary portions of the identified object respectively located in different ones of the image data frames;

creating a fully integrated object from the matched object portions;

analyzing attributes of the integrated object; and

determining a size of one of the complementary object portions, wherein the integrated object is created only if the size of the one object portion is greater than a threshold size.

2. A computer readable medium for analyzing a biological specimen on a microscope slide, containing instructions, which when executed by a computer processor, comprise:

receiving maginified image data frames of the biological specimen taken at different locations on the slide;

identifying an object that is not entirely contained within at least one of a plurality of magnified image data frames taken of the biological specimen;

matching complementary portions of the identified object respectively located in different ones of the image data frames;

creating a fully integrated object from the matched object portions; and

analyzing attributes of the integrated object,

wherein the instructions, when executed, further comprise determining a size of one of the complementary object portions, wherein the integrated object is created only if the size of the one object portion is greater than a threshold size.