sainsc.LazyKDE.load_local_maxima
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.. py:method:: sainsc.LazyKDE.load_local_maxima(genes = None, *, spatialdata = False, img_genes = None)

   Load the gene expression (KDE) of the local maxima.

   The local maxima (:py:attr:`sainsc.LazyKDE.local_maxima`) are calculated and
   returned as :py:class:`anndata.AnnData` object.

   :param genes: List of genes for which the KDE of the local maxima will be calculated.
   :type genes: collections.abc.Iterable[str], optional
   :param spatialdata: If True will load the data as a SpatialData object including the totalRNA
                       projection and cell-type map if available. If False an AnnData object is
                       returned.
   :type spatialdata: bool, optional
   :param spatialdata: If True will load the data as a SpatialData object including the totalRNA
                       projection and cell-type map if available. If False an AnnData object is
                       returned.
   :type spatialdata: bool, optional
   :param img_genes: List of genes for which the KDE is calculated and loaded as multi-channel
                     Image in SpatialData.
                     Only available if `spatialdata` is set to `True`.
   :type img_genes: collections.abc.Iterable[str], optional

   :rtype: anndata.AnnData | spatialdata.SpatialData

   :raises ModuleNotFoundError: If `spatialdata` is set to `True` but the package is not installed.
   :raises ValueError: If `local_maxima` have not been identified.
   :raises ValueError: If not all `img_genes` exist in `self.genes`.