diff_classifier.utils

diff_classifier.utils

Utility functions used throughout diff_classifier.

This module includes general functions for tasks such as importing files and converting between data types. Currently only includes a function to generate pandas dataframes for csv output from Trackmate.

diff_classifier.utils.csv_to_pd(csvfname)

Reads Trackmate csv output file and converts to pandas dataframe.

A specialized function designed specifically for TrackMate output files. This edits out the header at the beginning of the file.

Parameters:

csvfname : string

Output csv from a file similar to trackmate_template. Must include line ‘Data starts here.

‘ line in order to parse correctly.

Returns:

data : pandas DataFrame

Contains all trajectories from csvfname.

Examples

>>> data = csv_to_pd('../data/test.csv')