Framework of giotto object to store and work with spatial expression data
raw_exprs
raw expression counts
norm_expr
normalized expression counts
norm_scaled_expr
normalized and scaled expression counts
custom_expr
custom normalized counts
spatial_locs
spatial location coordinates for cells
cell_metadata
metadata for cells
gene_metadata
metadata for genes
cell_ID
unique cell IDs
gene_ID
unique gene IDs
spatial_network
spatial network in data.table/data.frame format
spatial_grid
spatial grid in data.table/data.frame format
spatial_enrichment
slot to save spatial enrichment-like results
dimension_reduction
slot to save dimension reduction coordinates
nn_network
nearest neighbor network in igraph format
images
slot to store giotto images
parameters
slot to save parameters that have been used
instructions
slot for global function instructions
offset_file
offset file used to stitch together image fields
OS_platform
Operating System to run Giotto analysis on