Add always_write_timestamps conversion option to imaging interfaces

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ## Bug Fixes
 
 ## Features
+* Imaging interfaces have a new conversion option `always_write_timestamps` that can be used to force writing timestamps even if neuroconv's heuristics indicates regular sampling rate [PR #1125](https://github.com/catalystneuro/neuroconv/pull/1125)
 
 ## Improvements
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@
 * Added automated EFS volume creation and mounting to the `submit_aws_job` helper function. [PR #1018](https://github.com/catalystneuro/neuroconv/pull/1018)
 * Added a mock for segmentation extractors interfaces in ophys: `MockSegmentationInterface` [PR #1067](https://github.com/catalystneuro/neuroconv/pull/1067)
 * Added a `MockSortingInterface` for testing purposes. [PR #1065](https://github.com/catalystneuro/neuroconv/pull/1065)
-* BaseRecordingInterfaces have a new conversion options `always_write_timestamps` that ca be used to force writing timestamps even if neuroconv heuristic indicates regular sampling rate [PR #1091](https://github.com/catalystneuro/neuroconv/pull/1091)
+* BaseRecordingInterfaces have a new conversion options `always_write_timestamps` that can be used to force writing timestamps even if neuroconv heuristic indicates regular sampling rate [PR #1091](https://github.com/catalystneuro/neuroconv/pull/1091)
 
 
 ## Improvements

pyproject.toml

@@ -270,50 +270,50 @@ icephys = [
 
 ## Ophys
 brukertiff = [
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
     "tifffile>=2023.3.21",
 ]
 caiman = [
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
 ]
 cnmfe = [
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
 ]
 extract = [
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
 ]
 hdf5 = [
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
 ]
 micromanagertiff = [
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
     "tifffile>=2023.3.21",
 ]
 miniscope = [
     "natsort>=8.3.1",
     "ndx-miniscope>=0.5.1",
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
 ]
 sbx = [
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
 ]
 scanimage = [
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
     "scanimage-tiff-reader>=1.4.1",
 ]
 sima = [
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
 ]
 suite2p = [
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
 ]
 tdt_fp = [
     "ndx-fiber-photometry",
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.10",
     "tdt",
 ]
 tiff = [
-    "roiextractors>=0.5.7",
+    "roiextractors>=0.5.9",
     "tiffile>=2018.10.18",
 ]
 ophys = [

src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/behavior/video/videodatainterface.py

@@ -269,8 +269,6 @@ def add_to_nwbfile(
         chunk_data: bool = True,
         module_name: Optional[str] = None,
         module_description: Optional[str] = None,
-        compression: Optional[str] = "gzip",
-        compression_options: Optional[int] = None,
     ):
         """
         Convert the video data files to :py:class:`~pynwb.image.ImageSeries` and write them in the
@@ -431,17 +429,6 @@ def add_to_nwbfile(
                                 pbar.update(1)
                     iterable = video
 
-            # TODO: remove completely after 03/1/2024
-            if compression is not None or compression_options is not None:
-                warnings.warn(
-                    message=(
-                        "Specifying compression methods and their options for this interface has been deprecated. "
-                        "Please use the `configure_backend` tool function for this purpose."
-                    ),
-                    category=DeprecationWarning,
-                    stacklevel=2,
-                )
-
                 image_series_kwargs.update(data=iterable)
 
                 if timing_type == "starting_time and rate":

src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/ophys/baseimagingextractorinterface.py

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ def add_to_nwbfile(
         parent_container: Literal["acquisition", "processing/ophys"] = "acquisition",
         stub_test: bool = False,
         stub_frames: int = 100,
+        always_write_timestamps: bool = False,
     ):
         from ...tools.roiextractors import add_imaging_to_nwbfile
 
@@ -162,4 +163,5 @@ def add_to_nwbfile(
             photon_series_type=photon_series_type,
             photon_series_index=photon_series_index,
             parent_container=parent_container,
+            always_write_timestamps=always_write_timestamps,
         )

src/neuroconv/tools/roiextractors/roiextractors.py

@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ def add_photon_series_to_nwbfile(
     parent_container: Literal["acquisition", "processing/ophys"] = "acquisition",
     iterator_type: Optional[str] = "v2",
     iterator_options: Optional[dict] = None,
+    always_write_timestamps: bool = False,
 ) -> NWBFile:
     """
     Auxiliary static method for nwbextractor.
@@ -472,6 +473,11 @@ def add_photon_series_to_nwbfile(
     iterator_type: str, default: 'v2'
         The type of iterator to use when adding the photon series to the NWB file.
     iterator_options: dict, optional
+    always_write_timestamps : bool, default: False
+        Set to True to always write timestamps.
+        By default (False), the function checks if the timestamps are uniformly sampled, and if so, stores the data
+        using a regular sampling rate instead of explicit timestamps. If set to True, timestamps will be written
+        explicitly, regardless of whether the sampling rate is uniform.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -530,16 +536,23 @@ def add_photon_series_to_nwbfile(
     photon_series_kwargs.update(dimension=imaging.get_image_size())
 
     # Add timestamps or rate
-    if imaging.has_time_vector():
+    if always_write_timestamps:
         timestamps = imaging.frame_to_time(np.arange(imaging.get_num_frames()))
-        estimated_rate = calculate_regular_series_rate(series=timestamps)
+        photon_series_kwargs.update(timestamps=timestamps)
+    else:
+        imaging_has_timestamps = imaging.has_time_vector()
+        if imaging_has_timestamps:
+            timestamps = imaging.frame_to_time(np.arange(imaging.get_num_frames()))
+            estimated_rate = calculate_regular_series_rate(series=timestamps)
+            starting_time = timestamps[0]
+        else:
+            estimated_rate = float(imaging.get_sampling_frequency())
+            starting_time = 0.0
+
         if estimated_rate:
-            photon_series_kwargs.update(starting_time=timestamps[0], rate=estimated_rate)
+            photon_series_kwargs.update(rate=estimated_rate, starting_time=starting_time)
         else:
-            photon_series_kwargs.update(timestamps=timestamps, rate=None)
-    else:
-        rate = float(imaging.get_sampling_frequency())
-        photon_series_kwargs.update(rate=rate)
+            photon_series_kwargs.update(timestamps=timestamps)
 
     # Add the photon series to the nwbfile (either as OnePhotonSeries or TwoPhotonSeries)
     photon_series = dict(
@@ -682,6 +695,7 @@ def add_imaging_to_nwbfile(
     iterator_type: Optional[str] = "v2",
     iterator_options: Optional[dict] = None,
     parent_container: Literal["acquisition", "processing/ophys"] = "acquisition",
+    always_write_timestamps: bool = False,
 ) -> NWBFile:
     """
     Add imaging data from an ImagingExtractor object to an NWBFile.
@@ -705,6 +719,11 @@ def add_imaging_to_nwbfile(
     parent_container : {"acquisition", "processing/ophys"}, optional
         Specifies the parent container to which the photon series should be added, either as part of "acquisition" or
         under the "processing/ophys" module, by default "acquisition".
+    always_write_timestamps : bool, default: False
+        Set to True to always write timestamps.
+        By default (False), the function checks if the timestamps are uniformly sampled, and if so, stores the data
+        using a regular sampling rate instead of explicit timestamps. If set to True, timestamps will be written
+        explicitly, regardless of whether the sampling rate is uniform.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -722,6 +741,7 @@ def add_imaging_to_nwbfile(
         iterator_type=iterator_type,
         iterator_options=iterator_options,
         parent_container=parent_container,
+        always_write_timestamps=always_write_timestamps,
     )
 
     return nwbfile

src/neuroconv/tools/testing/mock_interfaces.py

@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ def __init__(
             sampling_frequency=sampling_frequency,
             dtype=dtype,
             verbose=verbose,
+            seed=seed,
         )
 
         self.verbose = verbose
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ def __init__(
             has_deconvolved_signal=has_deconvolved_signal,
             has_neuropil_signal=has_neuropil_signal,
             verbose=verbose,
+            seed=seed,
         )
 
     def get_metadata(self) -> dict:

tests/test_ophys/test_ophys_interfaces.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import numpy as np
+
 from neuroconv.tools.testing.data_interface_mixins import (
     ImagingExtractorInterfaceTestMixin,
     SegmentationExtractorInterfaceTestMixin,
@@ -12,7 +14,17 @@ class TestMockImagingInterface(ImagingExtractorInterfaceTestMixin):
     data_interface_cls = MockImagingInterface
     interface_kwargs = dict()
 
-    # TODO: fix this by setting a seed on the dummy imaging extractor
+    def test_always_write_timestamps(self, setup_interface):
+        # By default the MockImagingInterface has a uniform sampling rate
+
+        nwbfile = self.interface.create_nwbfile(always_write_timestamps=True)
+        two_photon_series = nwbfile.acquisition["TwoPhotonSeries"]
+        imaging = self.interface.imaging_extractor
+        expected_timestamps = imaging.frame_to_time(np.arange(imaging.get_num_frames()))
+
+        np.testing.assert_array_equal(two_photon_series.timestamps[:], expected_timestamps)
+
+    # Remove this after roiextractors 0.5.10 is released
     def test_all_conversion_checks(self):
         pass