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Fixes #9095.

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HausdorffDistanceMetric(percentile=...) returns nan when one of the two masks is empty, where percentile=None returns inf for the same input.

get_surface_distance reports an infinite distance for every boundary voxel when a mask is empty, so an all-infinite tensor reaches _compute_percentile_hausdorff_distance. torch.quantile interpolates linearly between the two order statistics straddling the requested rank, and that interpolation is inf + (inf - inf) * frac, which is nan. The maximum and minimum paths escape it because they do not interpolate.

The quantile of a constant sequence is that constant, so the nan is an artefact rather than a property of the distances. It also collides with the meaning this metric already gives nan: both-masks-empty returns it to say "not applicable", and do_metric_reduction excludes it from the average. A prediction that missed the structure entirely is therefore removed from a dataset score rather than counted as the worst case, and the reported HD95 improves as the model finds fewer structures. get_not_nans=True exposes the shrinking denominator but is off by default. The issue has the table.

This returns the infinity directly when every distance is infinite, so the percentile path agrees with the maximum path:

if torch.isinf(surface_distance).all():
    return torch.tensor(np.inf, dtype=torch.float, device=surface_distance.device)
return torch.quantile(surface_distance, percentile / 100)

The guard is exact rather than defensive. get_surface_distance returns either all-finite or all-infinite distances and never a mixture, because the infinite branch triggers on an empty mask, which makes every distance infinite at once; each direction of the symmetric distance is computed and reduced separately, so a partly-infinite tensor does not reach this function.

Tests cover both entry points, the metric class and the helper, at percentile None, 0, 50, 95, 99 and 100. With the source change reverted and the tests kept, eight fail and four pass, the four being None and 0, which take the non-interpolating paths.

On testing: I ran tests/metrics/ in full (393 passed, 41 skipped) and tests/metrics/test_hausdorff_distance.py (68 passed), plus black, isort and ruff on both changed files. One pre-existing failure in test_compute_fid_metric.py reproduces on unmodified dev with torch 2.14 and is unrelated to this change. I have not completed a full ./runtests.sh --quick --unittests run locally, so I have left those boxes unticked rather than tick them untested.

Related but independent: #9033 fixes percentile=0 being treated as unset by the if not percentile: guard. It adds a .min() branch above the torch.quantile call and leaves the interpolation as it is, so the two changes do not overlap in behaviour. They touch nearby lines and whichever lands second will want a trivial rebase; happy to be the one that rebases.

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  • Breaking change (fix or new 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.
  • In-line docstrings updated.
  • Documentation updated, tested make html command in the docs/ folder.

…t drop it

`HausdorffDistanceMetric(percentile=...)` returns `nan` when one of the two
masks is empty, where `percentile=None` returns `inf` for the same input.

`get_surface_distance` reports an infinite distance for every boundary voxel
when a mask is empty, so an all-infinite tensor reaches
`_compute_percentile_hausdorff_distance`. `torch.quantile` interpolates
linearly between the order statistics straddling the requested rank, and that
interpolation is `inf + (inf - inf) * frac`, which is `nan`. The maximum and
minimum paths escape it because they do not interpolate.

The quantile of a constant sequence is that constant, so the `nan` is an
artefact rather than a property of the distances. It also collides with the
meaning this metric already gives `nan`: both-masks-empty returns it to say
"not applicable", and `do_metric_reduction` excludes it from the average. A
prediction that missed the structure entirely is therefore removed from a
dataset score rather than counted as the worst case, and the reported HD95
improves as the model finds fewer structures. `get_not_nans=True` reveals the
shrinking denominator but is off by default.

Return the infinity directly when every distance is infinite, so the percentile
path agrees with the maximum path. The guard is exact: `get_surface_distance`
returns either all-finite or all-infinite distances, never a mixture, and each
direction of the symmetric distance is reduced separately.

Adds regression tests over both entry points at `percentile` None, 0, 50, 95,
99 and 100. Without the source change eight fail and four pass, the four being
the non-interpolating None and 0 paths.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: asifuddin01 <md.asif.uddin@g.bracu.ac.bd>
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The percentile Hausdorff distance now returns inf when all surface distances are infinite. Documentation defines inf for one empty mask and reserves nan for two empty masks. Parameterized tests cover percentiles from None through 100, verify not_nans, and test all-infinite inputs.

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Percentile Hausdorff distance now reports infinity for a missed mask rather than excluding it as NaN, while preserving NaN for two empty masks. Regression coverage and the documented contract support merge readiness.

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Complete the Google-style docstrings for the changed functions.

compute_hausdorff_distance still lacks Returns and Raises sections. _compute_percentile_hausdorff_distance lacks Args, Returns, and Raises sections. Document the tensor result, the surface_distance and percentile inputs, the nan/inf cases, and the invalid-percentile ValueError.

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Adds the Google-style `Returns` and `Raises` sections the repository's path
instructions ask for, on `compute_hausdorff_distance` and on
`_compute_percentile_hausdorff_distance`, which had a one-line docstring and
no `Args`.

The sections state the part this change turns on: `nan` when neither mask has
a foreground, so there is nothing to measure and the reduction excludes it,
and `inf` when exactly one mask is empty, at the maximum and at every
percentile alike. That distinction was previously only inferable from the
code.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: asifuddin01 <md.asif.uddin@g.bracu.ac.bd>
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Addressed the docstring note in 9b168f4: Google-style Returns and Raises on compute_hausdorff_distance, and Args/Returns/Raises on _compute_percentile_hausdorff_distance, which had a one-line docstring before. They now state the distinction this PR turns on, which was previously only inferable from the code: nan when neither mask has a foreground, so there is nothing to measure and the reduction excludes it, and inf when exactly one mask is empty, at the maximum and at every percentile alike.

For whoever picks this up: tests/metrics/ passes locally, 434 passed. The one failure there, test_compute_fid_metric.py::TestFIDMetric::test_results, reproduces on unmodified dev with torch 2.14 and is unrelated to this change.

The workflows are sitting at action_required as a first-time contributor, so they need an approval to run.

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