showPolygonSizeInfluence

showPolygonSizeInfluence(
  gobject = NULL,
  spat_unit = NULL,
  alt_spat_unit = NULL,
  feat_type = NULL,
  clus_name = "kmeans",
  return_plot = FALSE,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

gobject: giotto object
spat_unit: spatial unit
alt_spat_unit: alternaitve spatial unit which represents resized polygon data
feat_type: feature type
clus_name: name of cluster column in cell_metadata for given spat_unit and alt_spat_unit, i.e. "kmeans"
return_plot: logical. whether to return the plot object
verbose: be verbose

Value

giotto object with altered cell_metadata

Details

Compares cell metadata from spat_unit-feat_type pairs as provided.

New columns, resize_switch and cluster_interaction, will be created within cell_metadata for spat_unit-feat_type.

These new columns will describe if a given cell switched cluster number when resized. If the same amount of clusters exist for spat_unit-feat_type and alt_spat_unit-feat_type, then clusters are determined to be corresponding based on

Otherwise, multiple clusters from the spatial unit feature type pair are condensed to align with the smaller number of clusters and ensure overlap.