Aggregate Deconvolution Results — aggregate

Aggregates deconvolution results by merging result columns in the spatial object. This function now supports aggregating multiple cell types by passing a list of cell types. The older method of specifying two separate cell types is deprecated but still supported for backward compatibility.

Usage

aggregate_results(
  spatial_obj = NULL,
  cell_types = NULL,
  cell_type_1 = NULL,
  cell_type_2 = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  remove = FALSE
)

Arguments

spatial_obj: SpatialExperiment containing deconvolution results.
cell_types: A list of cell types to aggregate. This is the preferred method for specifying cell types to aggregate. If this parameter is used, 'cell_type_1' and 'cell_type_2' are ignored.
cell_type_1: (Deprecated) The first cell type to aggregate, included for backward compatibility. Use 'cell_types' for new code.
cell_type_2: (Deprecated) The second cell type to aggregate, included for backward compatibility. Use 'cell_types' for new code.
name: Optional new name for the aggregated result. If not provided, a name is generated automatically by concatenating the cell type names.
remove: Logical, specifies whether to remove the provided cell types from the spatial object after aggregation.

Value

A SpatialExperiment object containing the aggregation of the provided cell types.