STDistance (version 0.6.6)

plot_radial_distance: Radial Distance Visualization with Collision Avoidance

Description

Creates a radial plot with automatic label placement to prevent overlaps between nodes and text labels.

Usage

plot_radial_distance(
  distance_result,
  reference_type,
  id_col = "barcode",
  scale_radius = 1,
  show_labels = TRUE,
  palette = "Set2",
  label_padding = 0.15,
  center_label_expansion = 1.5
)

Value

A ggplot2 object

Arguments

distance_result

Data.frame from calculate_nearest_distances()

reference_type

Name of the reference cell type (center node)

id_col

Name of ID column (default: "barcode")

scale_radius

Scaling factor for layout (default: 1)

show_labels

Whether to show distance labels (default: TRUE)

palette

Color palette name (default: "Set2")

label_padding

Radial padding for labels (default: 0.15)

center_label_expansion

Center expansion for labels (default: 1.5)

Examples

plot_radial_distance(distance_results,id_col = "Newbarcode",
                     reference_type = "Macrophages",label_padding = 0.3,
                     show_labels = TRUE,palette = "Dark2")