Locally storing biological specimen data to a slide

A system for analyzing a cytological specimen comprising:

• a cytological specimen carrier;
• a read/write data storage device attached to the carrier, the read/write data storage device comprising a radio frequency identification device, wherein coordinate data comprising one or more of objects of interest, fields of interest, and marked target zones related to cellular analysis of the cytological specimen carried in or on the carrier may be stored in, and retrieved from, the data storage device;
• a reader configured to wirelessly read and write data to the radio frequency identification device;
• an imaging device configured to obtain an image of the cytological specimen;
• and
• an image reviewer configured to review the image of the cytological specimen.

A method for analyzing a cytological specimen comprising:

• providing a cytological specimen carrier having a read/write data storage device attached to the carrier, the read/write data storage element comprising a radio frequency identification device, the specimen carrier carrying the cytological specimen;
• imaging the specimen;
• storing coordinate data comprising one or more of objects of interest, fields of interest, and marked target zones related to cellular analysis of the cytological specimen in the read/write data storage device, the data obtained at least in part based on the imaging of the cytological specimen;
• and
• retrieving the data from the read/write data storage device using a reader configured to wirelessly read and write data to the radio frequency identification device.