flowio
K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
FlowIO is a specialized, low-level library designed for reading, inspecting, and writing Flow Cytometry Standard (FCS) files (versions 2.0, 3.0, and 3.1). It allows users to extract event data as NumPy arrays, inspect detailed metadata (HEADER, TEXT, ANALYSIS), and handle multi-dataset structures. It is crucial for data preparation, format conversion, and foundational metadata management in bioinformatics pipelines, but does not perform complex analysis like gating or compensation.
