| ExtractFromFCS {IFC} | R Documentation |
FCS File Reader
Description
Extracts data from Flow Cytometry Standard (FCS) Files.
Usage
ExtractFromFCS(fileName, ...)
Arguments
fileName |
path(s) of file(s). If multiple files are provided they will be merged and populations will be created to identify each single file within returned 'IFC_data' object. |
... |
other arguments to be passed to readFCS function, with the exception of 'options$text_only'. |
Value
A named list of class 'IFC_data', whose members are:
-description, a list of descriptive information,
-Merged_fcs, character vector of path of files used to create fcs, if input was a merged,
-Keywords, a named-list of keywords values, only keywords from 1st 'fcs' segment will be retrieved
-fileName, path of fileName input,
-fileName_image, path of .cif image fileName is referring to,
-features, a data.frame of features,
-features_def, a describing how features are defined,
-graphs, a list of graphical elements found,
-pops, a list describing populations found,
-regions, a list describing how regions are defined,
-images, a data.frame describing information about images,
-offsets, an integer vector of images and masks IFDs offsets,
-stats, a data.frame describing populations count and percentage to parent and total population,
-checksum, a checksum integer.
Source
Data File Standard for Flow Cytometry, version FCS 3.1 from Spidlen J. et al. available at doi: 10.1002/cyto.a.20825.