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Cardinal

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A mass spectrometry imaging toolbox for statistical analysis

v3.14.0 · software · Artistic-2.0 | file LICENSE

Release Lineage

Entered 3.1 · Apr 17, 2015

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 23 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Implements statistical & computational tools for analyzing mass spectrometry imaging datasets, including methods for efficient pre-processing, spatial segmentation, and classification.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

146 52 exported

Complexity

5.1 avg / 30 max

Call network

146 nodes / 181 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

17,795

Files

116

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 9,190 (51.6%)Tests 2,393 (13.4%)Docs 4,486 (25.2%)Vignettes 1,726 (9.7%)

API

Exported functions

64

Internal functions

94

Recent export changes

v3.9+14 SummaryDataFrame, addShape, col.map +11 more
v3.8+16 XDataFrame, PositionDataFrame, MassDataFrame +13 more  −13 print.summary.iSet, print.summary.PCA, print.summary.PLS 10 more

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.26

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

5.9%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.4

System requirements

C++ standard

License

Artistic-2.0 | file LICENSE

License flags

SPDX valid, not OSI

History

Versions

23

First release

2015-04-16

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

183 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

25

LOC over versions

v3.1: 41,905 LOCv3.2: 41,945 LOCv3.3: 44,129 LOCv3.4: 44,250 LOCv3.5: 44,417 LOCv3.6: 44,417 LOCv3.7: 47,387 LOCv3.8: 55,228 LOCv3.9: 62,575 LOCv3.10: 63,383 LOCv3.11: 61,121 LOCv3.12: 61,124 LOCv3.13: 61,118 LOCv3.14: 61,119 LOCv3.15: 61,120 LOCv3.16: 53,197 LOCv3.17: 53,197 LOCv3.18: 53,349 LOCv3.19: 16,809 LOCv3.20: 17,883 LOCv3.21: 17,883 LOCv3.22: 18,291 LOCv3.23: 17,795 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 242 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
97%
Return-value docs
46%
References docs
14%

Topics

Depended on by (2)

Bioconductor (2)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("Cardinal")
Bemis, K. A. (2026). Cardinal: A mass spectrometry imaging toolbox for statistical analysis (Version 3.14.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/Cardinal

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for Cardinal version 3.14.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-24. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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