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Strategies for EELS Data Analysis. Introducing UMAP and HDBSCAN for Dimensionality Reduction and Clustering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2021

Javier Blanco-Portals Open the ORCID record for Javier Blanco-Portals [Opens in a new window] ,
Francesca Peiró  and
Sònia Estradé
Javier Blanco-Portals*
Affiliation:
LENS-MIND, Department of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Francesca Peiró
Affiliation:
LENS-MIND, Department of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Sònia Estradé
Affiliation:
LENS-MIND, Department of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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*Corresponding author: Javier Blanco-Portals, E-mail: jblanco@ub.edu
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Abstract

Hierarchical density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (HDBSCAN) and uniform manifold approximation and projection (UMAP), two new state-of-the-art algorithms for clustering analysis, and dimensionality reduction, respectively, are proposed for the segmentation of core-loss electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) spectrum images. The performances of UMAP and HDBSCAN are systematically compared to the other clustering analysis approaches used in EELS in the literature using a known synthetic dataset. Better results are found for these new approaches. Furthermore, UMAP and HDBSCAN are showcased in a real experimental dataset from a core–shell nanoparticle of iron and manganese oxides, as well as the triple combination nonnegative matrix factorization–UMAP–HDBSCAN. The results obtained indicate how the complementary use of different combinations may be beneficial in a real-case scenario to attain a complete picture, as different algorithms highlight different aspects of the dataset studied.

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clusteringdimensionality reductionEELSHDBSCANUMAP
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 2022 , pp. 109 - 122
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