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Fixes #4422.

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Adds the positive likelihood ratio LR+ = Sensitivity / (1 − Specificity), requested in #4422 for whole-image classification evaluation, as a new metric_name option of ConfusionMatrixMetric — alongside its natural companion LR− = (1 − Sensitivity) / Specificity, matching how other libraries expose the pair (e.g. torchmetrics' likelihood ratios).

Available aliases: "positive likelihood ratio", "plr", "lr+" and "negative likelihood ratio", "nlr", "lr-" (case- and space-insensitive, like the existing names).

Why ConfusionMatrixMetric instead of a new class

All confusion-matrix-derived rates live in ConfusionMatrixMetric/compute_confusion_matrix_metric (sensitivity, specificity, informedness, markedness, …). LR± is the same family — tpr / fpr and fnr / tnr — so it is added through the existing infrastructure rather than duplicating it. No new module, no new public class; the change is confined to monai/metrics/confusion_matrix.py.

Implementation notes

  • Follows the existing compound-rate pattern (pt, ba, fm, bm, mk): component rates are guarded by class prevalence (p > 0, n > 0) and an undefined denominator yields NaN, consistent with the rest of the function.
  • Documented edge behavior: fpr = 0 ⇒ LR+ is NaN (a perfect-specificity classifier has an undefined/infinite LR+; NaN follows the file's convention and keeps not_nans reduction semantics intact), fnr = 0 ⇒ LR− = 0.
  • Works for both segmentation (multi-channel, compute_sample, all reduction modes) and classification tasks, since it is just two more branches over the [..., 4] confusion matrix.

Tests

tests/metrics/test_compute_confusion_matrix.py (+62 lines):

  • direct compute_confusion_matrix_metric value test with hand-computed LR+ = 3.6 / LR− ≈ 0.2571, plus the two edge cases (fpr = 0 ⇒ NaN, fnr = 0 ⇒ 0);
  • classification-task integration test through ConfusionMatrixMetric with the space-separated aliases ("positive likelihood ratio", "negative likelihood ratio") and per-channel hand-computed expectations (LR+ = [4/3, 3/2], LR− = [2/3, 3/4]);
  • full file: 45 passed (43 pre-existing + 2 new; likelihood-ratio case now covers three classes incl. a zero-specificity edge, and every advertised alias is asserted to resolve identically) (43 pre-existing + 2 new) on CPU.

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The confusion matrix metrics now support positive likelihood ratio (LR+) and negative likelihood ratio (LR-). The implementation accepts descriptive names and aliases, returns NaN for zero denominators, and documents both metrics. Tests cover scalar confusion matrices and classification-style inputs.

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This change adds likelihood-ratio metrics and associated aliases with documented NaN handling; no current merge-blocking risk remains.

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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The pull request also adds LR−, its aliases, documentation, and tests. The directly linked issue [#4422] requests only LR+, so this additional metric is outside the stated issue scope. Either split the LR− implementation into a separate pull request or update/link an issue that explicitly requires LR− and its related tests and documentation.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The pull request implements the directly linked issue [#4422] by adding LR+ with the required Sensitivity / (1 − Specificity) definition and supporting tests.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 80.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files.
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Addressed the CodeRabbit note: added Google-style docstrings to the two new test methods (test_likelihood_ratios, test_likelihood_ratios_clf). Local run: 45/45 tests pass, black + ruff clean.

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- Around line 315-316: Update the fixture’s Google-style docstring description
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- Around line 318-319: Extend the tests around compute_confusion_matrix_metric
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- Around line 221-224: Add a likelihood-ratio fixture case with tn equal to zero
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confusion_matrix: a stacked [2, 4] confusion-matrix tensor built by
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the confusion_matrix description.

The fixture passes a manually constructed tensor from TEST_CASE_LR. It is not built by compute_confusion_matrix. Describe it as a stacked [2, 4] tensor containing manually specified counts.

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All three CodeRabbit notes addressed in 965a670:

  1. Fixture docstring wording — corrected to state the tensor rows are in [tp, fp, tn, fn] order as produced by compute_confusion_matrix (it is a hand-built stacked tensor, not produced by the function itself).
  2. Alias coveragetest_likelihood_ratios now loops over every advertised spelling for both metrics (lr+/plr/Positive Likelihood Ratio/POSITIVE_LIKELIHOOD_RATIO, and lr-/nlr/…), asserting each resolves to the same expected value under the case-/space-insensitive contract.
  3. Zero-specificity edgeTEST_CASE_LR now includes a third class with tn == 0 (tp=5, fp=5, tn=0, fn=0), where LR+ = 1.0 is finite and LR− is asserted NaN (zero specificity denominator).

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Add LR+ (sensitivity / (1 - specificity)) as requested in Project-MONAI#4422, along
with its natural companion LR- ((1 - sensitivity) / specificity),
matching how other libraries expose the pair (e.g. torchmetrics).

Both are computed from the confusion-matrix components following the
existing pattern for compound rates (tpr/fpr guarded by class
prevalence, NaN on undefined denominator), and are exposed through the
usual aliases: 'positive likelihood ratio', 'plr', 'lr+' and
'negative likelihood ratio', 'nlr', 'lr-'.

Add tests with hand-computed values covering the undefined cases
(fpr = 0 -> LR+ is NaN, fnr = 0 -> LR- is 0) and a classification-task
integration test using the space-separated aliases.

Fixes Project-MONAI#4422

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: LiQing <325196192+qinxwew@users.noreply.github.com>
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Addressed in 8a0a851: added an explicit assertEqual(len(results), len(expected_values)) before the zip loop in test_likelihood_ratios_clf, so a mismatch in the number of aggregated channels can no longer be hidden by zip truncation. Local: 45/45 pass, black + ruff clean.

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