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title: 'blisa: Infer Cell-Cell Communication from Spatial Transcriptomics'
version: 1.0.0
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.blisa
abstract: Identifies cell-cell communication hotspots in spatial transcriptomics data
  using bivariate Local Moran's I statistics on hexagonally binned cells. Provides
  functions for spatial weighting, ligand-receptor pair filtering, hotspot detection,
  and visualisation of sender-receiver cell-type interactions.
authors:
- family-names: Chen
  given-names: Yunshun
  email: yuchen@wehi.edu.au
- family-names: Qin
  given-names: Lei
  email: qin.l@wehi.edu.au
- family-names: Chen
  given-names: Lizhong
repository: https://chenlaboratory.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/ChenLaboratory/blisa
commit: 2a23260da7646e1b575beb5f27bdb40d22a3fa35
url: https://chenlaboratory.github.io/blisa/
date-released: '2026-07-10'
contact:
- family-names: Chen
  given-names: Yunshun
  email: yuchen@wehi.edu.au