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fix(metrics): SurfaceDistanceMetric leaks inf for ignore_index channel - #9268
SurfaceDistanceMetric with ignore_index set to a valid channel index does not behave like its sibling HausdorffDistanceMetric for that channel.
Both metrics apply create_ignore_mask in __call__, which spatially zeroes y/y_pred wherever the ignored class is the ground truth. For the ignored channel itself this makes the ground truth for that channel all zero. compute_hausdorff_distance explicitly special-cases this: when absolute_c == ignore_index it short-circuits the channel to nan (which do_metric_reduction then excludes). compute_average_surface_distance has no such check, so it instead calls get_edge_surface_distance on an (effectively) empty ground truth, which returns inf, not nan, whenever the prediction still has any foreground voxels there. do_metric_reduction only excludes nan, so that inf silently poisons SurfaceDistanceMetric.aggregate().
Repro (before fix)
importtorchfrommonai.metricsimportHausdorffDistanceMetric, SurfaceDistanceMetricy=torch.zeros(2, 3, 16, 16)
y_pred=torch.zeros(2, 3, 16, 16)
y[:, 1, 4:8, 4:8] =1# class 1 is the ignored classy[:, 2, 8:12, 8:12] =1y[:, 0] =1-y[:, 1:].sum(dim=1)
y_pred[:, 1, 5:9, 5:9] =1# prediction for the ignored class doesn't line up with gty_pred[:, 2, 8:12, 8:12] =1y_pred[:, 0] =1-y_pred[:, 1:].sum(dim=1)
hd=HausdorffDistanceMetric(include_background=True, ignore_index=1, reduction="mean")
sd=SurfaceDistanceMetric(include_background=True, ignore_index=1, reduction="mean")
hd(y_pred, y); sd(y_pred, y)
print(hd.get_buffer()) # tensor([[1., nan, 0.], [1., nan, 0.]]) <- ignored channel is nan, excludedprint(sd.get_buffer()) # tensor([[0.0455, inf, 0.], [0.0455, inf, 0.]]) <- ignored channel is inf!print(hd.aggregate()) # tensor([0.5000])print(sd.aggregate()) # tensor([inf]) <- whole aggregate corrupted by the ignored channel
Fix
compute_average_surface_distance now mirrors compute_hausdorff_distance's handling: when the channel under computation equals ignore_index, it is set to nan and skipped, instead of running get_edge_surface_distance against the masked-out (empty) ground truth. After the fix, sd.get_buffer() reports nan for the ignored channel and sd.aggregate() returns a finite value (0.0227 for the repro above), matching HausdorffDistanceMetric's treatment of the same input.
The change is a 9-line addition in monai/metrics/surface_distance.py (compute_average_surface_distance), with the now-redundant absolute_c computation in the else branch removed.
Test plan
Added TestAllSurfaceMetrics.test_ignore_index_excludes_channel_like_hausdorff in tests/metrics/test_surface_distance.py, which fails with AssertionError: ... got tensor([inf, inf]) against the pre-fix code and passes after the fix.
Ran the full tests/metrics/test_surface_distance.py (22 passed) and tests/metrics/test_hausdorff_distance.py (86 passed) suites after the fix.
Ran black --check and ruff check on both changed files (clean).
Confirmed via gh search issues/gh search prs on Project-MONAI/MONAI that this had not already been reported or fixed.
Note: developed/tested on a Linux box (not Windows), so I used pytest tests/metrics/test_surface_distance.py directly rather than runtests.sh.
…gregate
compute_average_surface_distance did not special-case the ignore_index
channel the way compute_hausdorff_distance does. create_ignore_mask
zeroes the ground-truth for that channel entirely, so get_edge_surface_distance
sees an empty target and returns inf (not nan) whenever the prediction still
has any positive voxels there. do_metric_reduction only excludes nan, so that
inf silently poisons SurfaceDistanceMetric.aggregate(), while
HausdorffDistanceMetric correctly reports nan (excluded) for the same input
and ignore_index.
Mirror HausdorffDistanceMetric's early-exit: when the channel being scored
is the ignore_index, short-circuit to nan instead of calling
get_edge_surface_distance on the masked-out target.
Added a regression test comparing the ignored channel's buffer value and
the aggregate against the expected nan/finite behavior; it fails on the
previous code (inf) and passes with the fix.
Signed-off-by: Siddhardha Nanda <99672439+SID-6921@users.noreply.github.com>
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For multi-channel input, compute_average_surface_distance assigns nan to the channel matching ignore_index and skips its distance calculation. Single-channel input retains the existing computation path. Documentation and regression tests cover both cases, including background exclusion.
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Add a test docstring.
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Add a docstring to test_ignore_index_excludes_channel_like_hausdorff that describes the regression the test covers: excluding the ignore index when computing channel-like Hausdorff distance.
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Review comments at @monai/metrics/surface_distance.py:
- Around line 228-229: Update the ignore_index handling around absolute_c in the
class-scoring loop to distinguish single-channel binary inputs from multiclass
inputs. With include_background=True and ignore_index=0, exclude background
voxels without discarding the foreground score; add a regression test confirming
mean reduction remains nonzero for an incorrect binary prediction.
- Line 229: Update both public `ignore_index` parameter descriptions to state
that a matching channel produces a per-image result of `nan`; preserve the
existing guidance in each description.
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- Line 238: Add a docstring to test_ignore_index_excludes_channel_like_hausdorff
that describes the regression the test covers: excluding the ignore index when
computing channel-like Hausdorff distance.
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…e_index
CodeRabbit flagged a review comment on the previous commit's early-exit:
with include_background=True, ignore_index=0, and single-channel
(label-encoded) binary input, `absolute_c == ignore_index` is true for
the only channel (c=0), so the unconditional early-exit forced that
channel to nan for every image. do_metric_reduction's all-nan
convention then silently collapses the aggregate to 0, reporting a
perfect score regardless of the actual prediction.
For single-channel input, ignore_index is a value-based spatial mask
(already applied via create_ignore_mask before this loop runs), not a
request to drop an entire one-hot channel the way it is for
multi-channel input. Guard the early-exit with n_class > 1 so it only
fires when ignore_index genuinely names a separate class channel to
exclude.
Also documented, per the second review comment, that a matching
channel's per-image result is nan in the multi-channel case.
Added test_ignore_index_single_channel_does_not_blank_the_only_score,
which fails (0.0 not greater than 0.0) against the unguarded code and
passes with the guard.
Signed-off-by: Siddhardha Nanda <99672439+SID-6921@users.noreply.github.com>
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Add a docstring to the new test.
State that the test checks a nonzero distance after spatial masking of a shifted single-channel prediction. As per path instructions, “Docstrings should be present for all definition” and use the appropriate Google-style sections.
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Add a Google-style docstring to test_ignore_index_single_channel_does_not_blank_the_only_score stating that it verifies a nonzero distance after spatial masking of a shifted single-channel prediction.
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- Line 231: Update the ignore_index guard to use the original input channel
count rather than n_class after ignore_background removes the background
channel. Add a two-channel regression test with include_background=False and
ignore_index=1 that verifies the per-image result excludes the ignored
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…he pre-strip channel count
CodeRabbit (round 3) caught that the n_class > 1 guard added in the
previous commit is itself computed AFTER ignore_background has already
stripped the background channel when include_background=False. A
genuinely two-channel one-hot input (background + foreground) therefore
collapses to n_class == 1 post-strip, so the guard wrongly treated it
as the single-channel/label-encoded case and skipped the early-exit --
reproducing the exact inf-leak this PR exists to fix, just via a
different channel-count path.
Confirmed with a repro: include_background=False, ignore_index=1 on a
2-channel one-hot input, with a false-positive foreground prediction
outside the true foreground region, produced aggregate() == inf.
Fix: capture orig_n_channels = y_pred.shape[1] before the
ignore_background strip, and use that (not the post-strip n_class) to
decide whether ignore_index names a real one-hot channel.
Added test_ignore_index_two_channel_exclude_background_still_excludes_channel,
which fails (inf leaks into both the buffer and the aggregate) against
the previous n_class-based guard and passes with the orig_n_channels fix.
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Summary
SurfaceDistanceMetricwithignore_indexset to a valid channel index does not behave like its siblingHausdorffDistanceMetricfor that channel.Both metrics apply
create_ignore_maskin__call__, which spatially zeroesy/y_predwherever the ignored class is the ground truth. For the ignored channel itself this makes the ground truth for that channel all zero.compute_hausdorff_distanceexplicitly special-cases this: whenabsolute_c == ignore_indexit short-circuits the channel tonan(whichdo_metric_reductionthen excludes).compute_average_surface_distancehas no such check, so it instead callsget_edge_surface_distanceon an (effectively) empty ground truth, which returnsinf, notnan, whenever the prediction still has any foreground voxels there.do_metric_reductiononly excludesnan, so thatinfsilently poisonsSurfaceDistanceMetric.aggregate().Repro (before fix)
Fix
compute_average_surface_distancenow mirrorscompute_hausdorff_distance's handling: when the channel under computation equalsignore_index, it is set tonanand skipped, instead of runningget_edge_surface_distanceagainst the masked-out (empty) ground truth. After the fix,sd.get_buffer()reportsnanfor the ignored channel andsd.aggregate()returns a finite value (0.0227for the repro above), matchingHausdorffDistanceMetric's treatment of the same input.The change is a 9-line addition in
monai/metrics/surface_distance.py(compute_average_surface_distance), with the now-redundantabsolute_ccomputation in theelsebranch removed.Test plan
TestAllSurfaceMetrics.test_ignore_index_excludes_channel_like_hausdorffintests/metrics/test_surface_distance.py, which fails withAssertionError: ... got tensor([inf, inf])against the pre-fix code and passes after the fix.tests/metrics/test_surface_distance.py(22 passed) andtests/metrics/test_hausdorff_distance.py(86 passed) suites after the fix.black --checkandruff checkon both changed files (clean).gh search issues/gh search prsonProject-MONAI/MONAIthat this had not already been reported or fixed.pytest tests/metrics/test_surface_distance.pydirectly rather thanruntests.sh.