rescale_mnirs: Rescale data range

In mnirs: Muscle Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Processing and Analysis

Rescale data range

Description

Expand or reduce the range (min and max values) of data channels to a new amplitude/dynamic range, e.g. rescale the range of NIRS data to c(0, 100).

Usage

rescale_mnirs(
  data,
  nirs_channels = NULL,
  group_channels = c("ensemble", "distinct"),
  range,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

data	A data frame of class "mnirs" containing time series data and metadata, a list of data frames, or a grouped data frame (see Details).
nirs_channels	A character vector giving the names of mNIRS columns to operate on. Must match column names in data exactly. If NULL (default), the nirs_channels metadata attribute of data is used.
group_channels	Either a character string or a list() of channel-name vectors specifying how to group nirs_channels (see Details). "ensemble" The default. Operate on all channels together, preserving the relative scaling between channels. "distinct" Operate on each channel independently, losing the relative scaling between channels. list(c("A", "B"), c("C", "D")) Operate on channels A & B in one group, and C & D in another group. Groups can be named (e.g. list(smo2 = c("A", "B"))). Each group must be non-empty and resulting group names must be unique.
range	A numeric vector in the form c(min, max), indicating the range of output values to which nirs_channels will be rescaled.
verbose	Logical. TRUE (default) will display, and FALSE will silence warnings and information messages helpful for troubleshooting. Global default can be set via options(mnirs.verbose = FALSE).

Details

group_channels controls how data channels are grouped to preserve absolute or relative scaling.

• group_channels = "ensemble" (the default) rescales all nirs_channels to a common range, preserving relative scaling between channels.

• group_channels = "distinct" rescales each channel independently, losing relative scaling between channels.

• A list() of channel-name vectors (e.g. list(c("A", "B"), c("C", "D"))) rescales channels A & B together and C & D together, preserving relative scaling within, but not between groups. nirs_channels omitted from the list are rescaled independently.

• Channel groups can be named (e.g. list(smo2 = c("A", "B"))) and names used as keys for per-group range argument.

• Channels (columns) in data not in nirs_channels are passed through without processing to the output data frame.

nirs_channels can be retrieved automatically from data of class "mnirs" which has been processed with {mnirs}, if not defined explicitly.

Value

A tibble of class "mnirs" with metadata available with attributes(). For list or grouped data frame input, returns a named list of "mnirs" tibbles, one per interval.

Data input formats

mnirs processing functions accept data in multiple formats:

• A single "mnirs" data frame is processed and returned directly.

• A list of "mnirs" data frames: each interval is processed separately and returned as a named list.

• A grouped "mnirs" data frame, e.g. with dplyr::group_by(): the data frame is split by grouping levels and each group is processed as a separate interval, returned as a named list.

Per-channel arguments

Arguments apply globally to all nirs_channels by default. Relevant arguments can instead be supplied uniquely per-channel as a named list(), with names matching either nirs_channels or list names in group_channels, e.g.

shift_mnirs(
    data,
    nirs_channels = c(A, B, C),
    group_channels = list(smo2 = c(A, B), hhb = C),
    to = list(100, C = 0),
    width = list(smo2 = 3),
    span = list(hhb = 5),
    position = "first"
)

• A non-list value applies to every channel (the default behaviour).

• A list() named by nirs_channels or group_channels applies per-channel / per-group values.

• A single unnamed value in the list will be applied to unlisted channels (e.g. span = list(3, hhb = 5) gives hhb 5 and every other channel 3). If no unnamed fallback value in the list, channels not named in the list will be returned un-processed (e.g. span = list(hhb = 5) will only process hhb).

• list() names not matching nirs_channels or group_channels are warned about and ignored.

Examples

## read example data
data <- read_mnirs(
    file_path = example_mnirs("moxy_ramp"),
    nirs_channels = c(smo2_left = "SmO2 Live",
                      smo2_right = "SmO2 Live(2)"),
    time_channel = c(time = "hh:mm:ss"),
    verbose = FALSE
) |>
    rescale_mnirs(        ## un-grouped nirs channels to rescale separately
        nirs_channels = c(smo2_left, smo2_right),
        group_channels = "distinct",
        range = c(0, 100)  ## rescale to a 0-100% functional exercise range
    )

data


    if (requireNamespace("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)) {
        plot(data, time_labels = TRUE) +
            ggplot2::geom_hline(yintercept = c(0, 100), linetype = "dotted")
    }

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