Changes in version 1.2.0                        

  - Updated SpaceMarkersMetric by fixing signage and log transformed to
    scale magnitude
  - Added getSpatialParamsExternal which enables getting spatial
    parameters from file or from the user.
  - Deprecated getSpatialParameters
  - Enabled includeSelf = TRUE in getInteractingGenes.R to improve
    hotspot detection
  - Enabled load10XCoords to read coordinates from VisiumHD directory
  - Optimized the long running row.dunn.test() function
  - Corrected sparse -> dense conversions
  - Added getPairwiseInteractingGenes which enables pairwise analysis of
    interacting patterns
  - getSpatialFeatures: add default method to infer the object passed to
    it.

                        Changes in version 0.1.0                        

  - Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.