sainsc.LazyKDE.find_local_maxima
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.. py:method:: sainsc.LazyKDE.find_local_maxima(min_dist, min_area = 0)

   Find the local maxima of the kernel density estimates.

   The local maxima are detected from the KDE of the total mRNA stored in
   :py:attr:`sainsc.LazyKDE.total_mRNA_KDE`. Background as defined in
   :py:attr:`sainsc.LazyKDE.background` will be removed before identifying
   local maxima.

   :param min_dist: Minimum distance between two maxima in pixels.
   :type min_dist: int
   :param min_area: Minimum area of connected pixels that are not background to be
                    considered for maxima detection. Allows ignoring maxima in noisy spots.
   :type min_area: int, optional