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Table 2 Filter and gate classes implemented in flowCore.

From: flowCore: a Bioconductor package for high throughput flow cytometry

 

Gates

rectangleGate

n-dimensional rectangular regions

quadGate

quadrant regions in two dimensions

polygonGate

polygonal regions in two dimensions

polytopeGate

generalization of polygon in n dimensions

ellipsoidGate

n-dimensional ellipsoid region

 

Filters

sampleFilter

random sub-sampling

expressionFilter

results of a boolean expression

kmeansFilter

K-means clustering

norm2Filter

bivariate normal distribution

curv1Filter

local density regions in 1D

curv2Filter

density regions in 2D

timeFilter

abnormal data acquisition over time

filterSet

gating strategies

  1. Filters are automated, data driven procedures. Gates are static, user-defined methods.