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Leila Ranjbar¹, Hossein Parsaei², Mohammad Mehdi Movahedi³

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Spectral clustering effectively sorts neural spikes using raw data. A new Separability Index predicts spike sorting difficulty, improving efficiency and accuracy for large datasets.

Keywords:

Feature extraction Nervous system, Action potential, Spike sorting Principal component analysis, Separability index Spectral clustering

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Area of Science:

Computational Neuroscience
Signal Processing

Background:

Spike sorting is crucial for analyzing neural activity.
Accurate spike sorting is challenging due to signal variability.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate spectral clustering for spike sorting.
To introduce a Separability Index for assessing spike sorting difficulty.
To compare spectral clustering with existing methods.

Main Methods:

Spectral clustering applied to various feature sets (raw samples, derivatives, PCA).
Development and validation of a novel Separability Index.
Comparative analysis against two established spike sorting algorithms.

Main Results:

Raw samples achieved 73.84% accuracy with spectral clustering.
The Separability Index effectively predicted sorting difficulty (correlation=0.71).
Proposed method showed up to 23% higher accuracy than prior techniques.

Conclusions:

Spectral clustering is a viable method for spike sorting, especially with raw data.
The Separability Index offers a predictive tool for computational cost and method comparison.
This approach enhances efficiency and accuracy in neural data analysis.