Framework of giotto object to store and work with spatial expression data

Slots

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