A system for classifying or navigating within an image of a cytological specimen, the system comprising: at least one processor operatively connected to a memory; a user interface display; an identification component, executed by the at least one processor, configured to identify a plurality of cellular objects of interest within the image of the cytological specimen; and a user interface component, executed by the at least one processor, configured to display the plurality of cellular objects of interest within the user interface display, wherein the user interface component is configured to display said plurality of cellular objects of interest identified as having a characteristic of interest established by a user so as to provide for comparison of the plurality of cellular objects of interest by a reviewer, wherein the characteristic of interest includes any of: morphological characteristics, stains, cell size, nucleus/cytoplasm ratio, optical density, regularity of contour, color based criteria, and nucleic density, and wherein the system is further configured to: accept a user selection of a cellular object of interest from the plurality of cellular objects of interest; display a menu of one or more calculated metrics within the user interface display, wherein the one or more calculated metrics include one or more metric values of any of: cell size, nucleus/cytoplasm ratio, optical density, and regularity of cell contour; receive a user selection of at least one calculated metric of the one or more calculated metrics; and display a plurality of images of cellular objects of interest identified as having the at least one calculated metric, wherein the plurality of images of cellular objects of interest are obtained from a library of previously categorized cytological objects. at least one processor operatively connected to a memory; a user interface display; an identification component, executed by the at least one processor, configured to identify a plurality of cellular objects of interest within the image of the cytological specimen; and a user interface component, executed by the at least one processor, configured to display the plurality of cellular objects of interest within the user interface display, wherein the user interface component is configured to display said plurality of cellular objects of interest identified as having a characteristic of interest established by a user so as to provide for comparison of the plurality of cellular objects of interest by a reviewer, wherein the characteristic of interest includes any of: morphological characteristics, stains, cell size, nucleus/cytoplasm ratio, optical density, regularity of contour, color based criteria, and nucleic density, and wherein the system is further configured to: accept a user selection of a cellular object of interest from the plurality of cellular objects of interest; display a menu of one or more calculated metrics within the user interface display, wherein the one or more calculated metrics include one or more metric values of any of: cell size, nucleus/cytoplasm ratio, optical density, and regularity of cell contour; receive a user selection of at least one calculated metric of the one or more calculated metrics; and display a plurality of images of cellular objects of interest identified as having the at least one calculated metric, wherein the plurality of images of cellular objects of interest are obtained from a library of previously categorized cytological objects. accept a user selection of a cellular object of interest from the plurality of cellular objects of interest; display a menu of one or more calculated metrics within the user interface display, wherein the one or more calculated metrics include one or more metric values of any of: cell size, nucleus/cytoplasm ratio, optical density, and regularity of cell contour; receive a user selection of at least one calculated metric of the one or more calculated metrics; and display a plurality of images of cellular objects of interest identified as having the at least one calculated metric, wherein the plurality of images of cellular objects of interest are obtained from a library of previously categorized cytological objects.