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Beyond benchmarking: an expert-guided consensus approach to spatially aware clustering.

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SACCELERATOR is a new framework for evaluating spatial omics clustering methods. It reveals limitations in current tools and proposes a consensus approach for better tissue analysis.

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  • Spatial omics
  • Transcriptomics
  • Computational biology

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  • Spatial omics technologies integrate molecular data with spatial information.
  • Delineating anatomical structures is crucial for understanding tissue function.
  • Over 50 spatially aware clustering (SAC) methods exist, but benchmarking is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a standardized, extensible framework (SACCELERATOR) for evaluating SAC methods.
  • To address limitations in current benchmarking, including narrow datasets and flawed ground truths.
  • To propose a consensus-guided workflow for improved spatial omics analysis.

Main Methods:

  • SACCELERATOR integrates 22 SAC methods across 15 datasets and 9 technologies.
  • Framework standardizes data formatting, method integration, and metric evaluation.
  • A consensus-guided workflow aggregates clustering results, moving beyond traditional scoring.

Main Results:

  • Current SAC methods show limited generalizability and reproducibility across tissues and platforms.
  • Anatomical labels used as ground truths are often biased and error-prone.
  • The consensus workflow identified patterns missed by individual methods and manual annotations.

Conclusions:

  • Traditional SAC benchmarking metrics are insufficient and can be misleading.
  • Iterative, expert-in-the-loop analysis is essential for robust spatial omics research.
  • SACCELERATOR provides a foundation for advancing spatial omics by improving tissue annotation and benchmarking.