10.3389/fnsys.2020.00034.s001 Rakesh Veerabhadrappa Rakesh Veerabhadrappa Masood Ul Hassan Masood Ul Hassan James Zhang James Zhang Asim Bhatti Asim Bhatti Data_Sheet_1_Compatibility Evaluation of Clustering Algorithms for Contemporary Extracellular Neural Spike Sorting.zip Frontiers 2020 extracellular micro-electrode array spike sorting clustering validation indices 2020-06-30 14:33:30 Dataset https://frontiersin.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_1_Compatibility_Evaluation_of_Clustering_Algorithms_for_Contemporary_Extracellular_Neural_Spike_Sorting_zip/12589034 <p>Deciphering useful information from electrophysiological data recorded from the brain, in-vivo or in-vitro, is dependent on the capability to analyse spike patterns efficiently and accurately. The spike analysis mechanisms are heavily reliant on the clustering algorithms that enable separation of spike trends based on their spatio-temporal behaviors. Literature review report several clustering algorithms over decades focused on different applications. Although spike analysis algorithms employ only a small subset of clustering algorithms, however, not much work has been reported on the compliance and suitability of such clustering algorithms for spike analysis. In our study, we have attempted to comment on the suitability of available clustering algorithms and performance capacity when exposed to spike analysis. In this regard, the study reports a compatibility evaluation on algorithms previously employed in spike sorting as well as the algorithms yet to be investigated for application in sorting neural spikes. The performance of the algorithms is compared in terms of their accuracy, confusion matrix and accepted validation indices. Three data sets comprising of easy, difficult, and real spike similarity with known ground-truth are chosen for assessment, ensuring a uniform testbed. The procedure also employs two feature-sets, principal component analysis and wavelets. The report also presents a statistical score scheme to evaluate the performance individually and overall. The open nature of the data sets, the clustering algorithms and the evaluation criteria make the proposed evaluation framework widely accessible to the research community. We believe that the study presents a reference guide for emerging neuroscientists to select the most suitable algorithms for their spike analysis requirements.</p>