Issue 13, 2025

Conventional versus AI-based spectral data processing and classification approaches to enhance LIBS's analytical performance

Abstract

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers a powerful method for analyzing and comparing spectral data. This study presents a comparative analysis of conventional and AI-developed methods for processing and interpreting LIBS data, especially in forensic applications, focusing on toner sample discrimination. We propose a novel AI-developed approach that combines normalization, interpolation, and peak detection techniques to simplify LIBS spectral analysis without user preprocessing and easily identify unique spectral features. This method was compared with conventional principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), which are commonly used for LIBS data analysis. The AI-developed method demonstrated superior performance in discriminating between toner samples from various brands and models of printers and photocopiers. The quantitative evaluation of the performance of the AI-developed approach was performed using statistical analysis, including accuracy difference percentage, component-wise variance analysis, paired t-test, and cross-validation test. The results confirmed a significant improvement in accuracy with the AI-developed method compared to conventional approaches. This proposed work highlights the potential of AI in enhancing spectroscopic analysis for forensic applications, offering increased efficiency and accuracy in sample discrimination and classification. Additionally, it accelerates the analysis of LIBS data with no need for user preprocessing.

Graphical abstract: Conventional versus AI-based spectral data processing and classification approaches to enhance LIBS's analytical performance

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Jan 2025
Accepted
07 Mar 2025
First published
07 Mar 2025

Anal. Methods, 2025,17, 2771-2782

Conventional versus AI-based spectral data processing and classification approaches to enhance LIBS's analytical performance

Z. E. Ahmed, R. M. Abdelazeem, M. Abdelhamid, Z. Abdel-Salam and M. Abdel-Harith, Anal. Methods, 2025, 17, 2771 DOI: 10.1039/D5AY00027K

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