NEWS

---

VisiumIO 1.8.0

Bug fixes and minor improvements

• Fixed issue when using sample_id parameter in TENxVisiumHD (@michaelplynch, #17)
• Allow spacerangerOut inputs in TENxVisium to have an outs folder and optionally check for the spatial subfolder within it (@estellad, #18).

VisiumIO 1.6.0

New features

• Added the st_invert_y helper function (from @estellad, #15) to invert y-coordinates in sf objects.
• Added support for TENxGeoJSON format to import cell segmentation data from the segmented_outputs folder. This allows working with segmentation data as sf objects within SpatialExperiment
• tissuePos and binSize can be optional parameters for TENxVisiumHD imports, esp. for segmented_outputs inputs

Bug fixes and minor improvements

• Folder inputs to arguments such as spacerangerOut are not required to contain an outs/ directory. These inputs should be used directly, if available.

VisiumIO 1.4.0

New features

• Added support for CytAssist images (@ZheFrench, #8)
• Enabled use of alternative readers via VisiumIO.csvreader option
• Included metadata in SpatialExperiment outputs

Bug fixes and minor improvements

• Resolved issue where *_feature_bc_matrix folder checks were incorrectly triggered for non-mtx formats (@estellad, #4)
• Fixed missing package anchor in @param documentation entries

VisiumIO 1.2.0

New features

• Support VisiumHD file formats including parquet.
• Include format argument for h5 file imports (default remains mtx).
• Add example data for Visium and VisiumHD imports.

VisiumIO 1.0.0

• Package released in Bioconductor!