Changelog
Source:NEWS.md
Version 1.3.1
Major Changes
-
Function Renaming: The function
plotQC
has been renamed toplotQCmetrics
to better reflect its purpose. The new functionplotQCmetrics
should be used moving forward. This change improves clarity in the package’s API by specifying that this function is designed for plotting QC metrics.
New Features and Enhancements
shape
argument: Added ashape
argument tofindArtifacts
, allowing users to specify the neighborhood shape as either"hexagonal"
or"square"
for local variance calculations. This enhancement provides flexibility for different spatial arrangements in spatial transcriptomics data.Updated
n_order
parameter: Renamed then_rings
parameter ton_order
in thefindArtifacts
function to better describe its purpose of specifying the N-order neighbors for local mitochondrial variance calculations.Parallelization: Added a
workers
argument for parallel processing usingBiocParallel
in bothlocalOutlier
andlocalVariance
functions. This allows for faster computation, particularly on larger datasets.
Deprecations
-
plotQC
Function Deprecated: TheplotQC
function is now deprecated. While it remains available for backward compatibility, users are encouraged to transition toplotQCmetrics
. CallingplotQC
will display a warning, reminding users of the deprecation.
This change is backward compatible; existing code using plotQC
will still work but will show a warning. We recommend updating your code to use plotQCmetrics
to avoid any issues in future versions where plotQC
may be removed.