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Fix per_component Dice silently ignoring ignore_index - #9171

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DiceHelper/DiceMetric's per_component=True path never received the spatial mask create_ignore_mask builds from ignore_index — compute_cc_dice has no mask parameter at all, so combining per_component=True with ignore_index silently computed TP/FP/FN over the "ignored" voxels as if nothing were ignored. The regular per-channel path already applies this mask correctly; only the per-component path was missing it.

Fix threads the mask into compute_cc_dice: ignored voxels are forced to agree as background in both y and y_pred before the connected-component assignment and histogram, so they never contribute to any component's score — consistent with how the non-per_component path already handles masking.

Reachable via the public API: DiceMetric(per_component=True, ignore_index=N)(y_pred, y). No existing test exercised this combination (checked tests/metrics/test_compute_meandice.py — separate per_component and ignore_index cases, never together).

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  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
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  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
  • New tests added to cover the changes
  • Integration tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh -f -u --net --coverage
  • Quick tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh --quick --unittests --disttests (ran the targeted test file directly via pytest instead: pytest tests/metrics/test_compute_meandice.py, 22/22 passed; did not run the full repo test runner)
  • In-line docstrings updated
  • Documentation updated

DiceHelper/DiceMetric's per_component=True path (per-connected-
component Dice via compute_cc_dice) never received the spatial mask
that create_ignore_mask builds from ignore_index, while the regular
per-channel path already applies it. compute_cc_dice has no mask
parameter at all, so combining per_component=True with ignore_index
silently computed TP/FP/FN over the "ignored" voxels as if nothing
were ignored, with no validation or warning.

Threads the mask into compute_cc_dice: ignored voxels are forced to
agree as background in both y and y_pred before the connected-
component assignment and histogram, so they never contribute to a
component's score, consistent with how masking works in the
non-per_component path.

Reachable via the public API: DiceMetric(per_component=True,
ignore_index=N)(y_pred, y). No existing test exercised this
combination.

Signed-off-by: Siddhardha Nanda <99672439+SID-6921@users.noreply.github.com>
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compute_cc_dice now accepts an optional spatial mask. The per-component path passes each batch item’s ignore mask, and ignored voxels become background in both prediction and target before scoring. A test checks that disagreement in an ignored region does not reduce the expected Dice score.

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Merge Risk: Low · up to 5ecb8

A malformed per-component input can now fail at runtime instead of being rejected clearly; add the shape validation before merging.

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Checking in — this has been open a week with only the automated CodeRabbit pass so far. Happy to address anything needed.

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Minor · Validate matching shapes before the per-component call. · meandice.py:437-447

monai/metrics/meandice.py:437-447
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Validate matching shapes before the per-component call.

per_component=True skips same_shape when both tensors are rank 4/5 with two channels. With ignore_index set, a reachable input such as y_pred=(1, 2, 2, 3) and y=(1, 2, 3, 3) can reach masked_fill with incompatible spatial shapes and raise a runtime error. The merge base already had the validation gap, but this PR makes the path fail through the new mask handling. Reject the input at the validation site.

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         if self.per_component:
-            if y_pred.ndim not in (4, 5) or y.ndim not in (4, 5) or y_pred.shape[1] != 2 or y.shape[1] != 2:
-                same_rank = y_pred.ndim == y.ndim and y_pred.ndim in (4, 5)
-                binary_channels = y_pred.shape[1] == 2 and y.shape[1] == 2
-                same_shape = y_pred.shape == y.shape
-                if not (same_rank and binary_channels and same_shape):
-                    raise ValueError(
-                        "per_component requires matching 4D/5D binary tensors "
-                        "(B, 2, H, W) or (B, 2, D, H, W). "
-                        f"Got y_pred={tuple(y_pred.shape)}, y={tuple(y.shape)}."
-                    )
+            same_rank = y_pred.ndim == y.ndim and y_pred.ndim in (4, 5)
+            binary_channels = same_rank and y_pred.shape[1] == 2 and y.shape[1] == 2
+            same_shape = y_pred.shape == y.shape
+            if not (same_rank and binary_channels and same_shape):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "per_component requires matching 4D/5D binary tensors "
+                    "(B, 2, H, W) or (B, 2, D, H, W). "
+                    f"Got y_pred={tuple(y_pred.shape)}, y={tuple(y.shape)}."
+                )
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Review comment at @monai/metrics/meandice.py around lines 437 - 447:
Update the per_component validation in the visible metric method so matching
rank, two channels, and identical tensor shapes are always required; currently
the shape check can be skipped for valid 4D/5D binary tensors. Reject mismatched
shapes with the existing ValueError before the per-component call.

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Review comments at @monai/metrics/meandice.py:
- Around line 437-447: Update the per_component validation in the visible metric
method so matching rank, two channels, and identical tensor shapes are always
required; currently the shape check can be skipped for valid 4D/5D binary
tensors. Reject mismatched shapes with the existing ValueError before the
per-component call.

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