A set of tools for visualising and analysing cytometry data in .fcs files using R.
The tools include a C++ program for converting .fcs files to text data, a script for extracting sample information from Beckton Dickinson .xml experiment description files and a set of R functions that can be used to create both simple and arbitrarily shaped 2 dimensional gates, filter and visualise the data.
Although the tools were made for analysing FACS data, they can be used for any data intermediately dimensioned (up to 10 or so) data where manually defined filtration is desirable.
I made these tools for my own personal use as I didn't like the standard GUI based tools. They are unlikely to suit most users of cytometry, but since they expose the data to the R environment, they may be of use for more specialised analyses.
The tools can be obtained from gitorious. Documentation, illustrations and examples to follow. If I have time at some point I may integrate the functions into an R-package.