Read images based on inForm composite, including composite with phenotype overlay, and phenotype overlay alone.
read_composites(path)
Path to the composite image file
A list of image matrices, possibly containing image metadata in attributes (see Details).
If the selected file is a JPEG file, the returned value will be a list
containing a single image matrix and no attributes other than dim
.
If the selected file is a TIFF file, the returned value will be a list
possibly containing multiple image matrices with many metadata attributes.
In addition to the TIFF metadata provided by tiff::readTIFF()
,
attributes may include
composite_name - the user's name for this composite
components - a named list, where names are component names and values are hex colors
scheme_name - the user's name for the phenotype scheme
phenotypes - a named list, where names are phenotype names and values are hex colors