shift_mnirs: Shift data range

In mnirs: Muscle Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Processing and Analysis

Shift data range

Description

Move the range of data channels in a data frame up or down, while preserving the absolute amplitude/dynamic range of each channel, and the relative scaling across channels. e.g. shift the minimum data value to zero for all positive values, or shift the mean of the first time span in a recording to zero.

Usage

shift_mnirs(
  data,
  nirs_channels = NULL,
  time_channel = NULL,
  group_channels = c("ensemble", "distinct"),
  to = NULL,
  by = NULL,
  width = NULL,
  span = NULL,
  position = c("min", "max", "first"),
  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.
time_channel	A character string naming the time or sample column. Must match a column name in data exactly. If NULL (default), the time_channel 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.
to	A numeric value in units of nirs_channels to which the data channels will be shifted, e.g. shift the minimum value to zero.
by	A numeric value in units of nirs_channels by which the data channels will be shifted, e.g. shift all values up by 10 units.
width	An integer defining the local window in number of samples centred on idx, between ⁠[idx - floor(width/2), idx + floor(width/2)]⁠.
span	A numeric value defining the local window time span around idx in units of time_channel or t, between ⁠[t - span/2, t + span/2]⁠.
position	Indicates where the reference values will be shifted from. "min" (The default) will shift the minimum value(s) to or by the specified value. "max" Will shift the maximum value(s) to or by the specified values. "first" Will shift first value(s) to or by the specified values.
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 (see rescale_mnirs()).

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

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

• A list() of channel-name vectors (e.g. list(c("A", "B"), c("C", "D"))) shifts 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 arguments.

Only one of either to or by and one of either width or span should be defined for each group_channels. If both of either pairing are defined, to will be preferred over by, and width will be preferred over span.

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

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

When position is "min" or "max", only full windows of width or span are considered, to avoid bias from noise at edge conditions with partial samples.

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.

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.

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.

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
) |>
    shift_mnirs(        ## un-grouped nirs channels to shift separately
        nirs_channels = c(smo2_left, smo2_right),
        group_channels = "distinct",
        to = 0,         ## NIRS values will be shifted to zero
        span = 120,     ## shift the *first* 120 sec of data to zero
        position = "first"
    )

data


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

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