IoU: remove_bg -> ignore_index

Fixes #2736

- Rename IoU metric argument from `remove_bg` -> `ignore_index`.
- Accept an optional int class index to ignore, instead of a bool and
  instead of always assuming the background class has index 0.
- If given, ignore the class index when computing the IoU output,
  regardless of reduction method.

pytorch_lightning/metrics/classification.py

@@ -797,20 +797,20 @@ class IoU(TensorMetric):
 
     def __init__(
             self,
+            ignore_index: Optional[int] = None,
             not_present_score: float = 1.0,
             num_classes: Optional[int] = None,
-            remove_bg: bool = False,
             reduction: str = 'elementwise_mean'
     ):
         """
         Args:
+            ignore_index: optional int specifying a target class to ignore. If given, this class index does not
+                contribute to the returned score, regardless of reduction method. Has no effect if given an int that is
+                not in the range [0, num_classes-1], where num_classes is either given or derived from pred and target.
+                By default, no index is ignored, and all classes are used.
             not_present_score: score to use for a class, if no instance of that class was present in either pred or
                 target
             num_classes: Optionally specify the number of classes
-            remove_bg: Flag to state whether a background class has been included
-                within input parameters. If true, will remove background class. If
-                false, return IoU over all classes.
-                Assumes that background is '0' class in input tensor
             reduction: a method to reduce metric score over labels (default: takes the mean)
                 Available reduction methods:
 
@@ -819,9 +819,9 @@ def __init__(
                 - sum: add elements
         """
         super().__init__(name='iou')
+        self.ignore_index = ignore_index
         self.not_present_score = not_present_score
         self.num_classes = num_classes
-        self.remove_bg = remove_bg
         self.reduction = reduction
 
     def forward(self, y_pred: torch.Tensor, y_true: torch.Tensor,
@@ -832,8 +832,8 @@ def forward(self, y_pred: torch.Tensor, y_true: torch.Tensor,
         return iou(
             pred=y_pred,
             target=y_true,
+            ignore_index=self.ignore_index,
             not_present_score=self.not_present_score,
             num_classes=self.num_classes,
-            remove_bg=self.remove_bg,
             reduction=self.reduction,
         )

pytorch_lightning/metrics/functional/classification.py

@@ -963,9 +963,9 @@ def dice_score(
 def iou(
         pred: torch.Tensor,
         target: torch.Tensor,
+        ignore_index: Optional[int] = None,
         not_present_score: float = 1.0,
         num_classes: Optional[int] = None,
-        remove_bg: bool = False,
         reduction: str = 'elementwise_mean',
 ) -> torch.Tensor:
     """
@@ -974,12 +974,12 @@ def iou(
     Args:
         pred: Tensor containing predictions
         target: Tensor containing targets
+        ignore_index: optional int specifying a target class to ignore. If given, this class index does not contribute
+            to the returned score, regardless of reduction method. Has no effect if given an int that is not in the
+            range [0, num_classes-1], where num_classes is either given or derived from pred and target. By default, no
+            index is ignored, and all classes are used.
         not_present_score: score to use for a class, if no instance of that class was present in either pred or target
         num_classes: Optionally specify the number of classes
-        remove_bg: Flag to state whether a background class has been included
-            within input parameters. If true, will remove background class. If
-            false, return IoU over all classes
-            Assumes that background is '0' class in input tensor
         reduction: a method to reduce metric score over labels (default: takes the mean)
             Available reduction methods:
 
@@ -1002,15 +1002,15 @@ def iou(
     """
     num_classes = get_num_classes(pred=pred, target=target, num_classes=num_classes)
 
-    # Determine minimum class index we will be evaluating. If using the background, then this is 0; otherwise, if
-    # removing background, use 1.
-    min_class_idx = 1 if remove_bg else 0
-
     tps, fps, tns, fns, sups = stat_scores_multiple_classes(pred, target, num_classes)
 
-    scores = torch.zeros(num_classes - min_class_idx, device=pred.device, dtype=torch.float32)
+    scores = torch.zeros(num_classes, device=pred.device, dtype=torch.float32)
+
+    for class_idx in range(num_classes):
+        # Skip this class if its index is being ignored.
+        if class_idx == ignore_index:
+            continue
 
-    for class_idx in range(min_class_idx, num_classes):
         tp = tps[class_idx]
         fp = fps[class_idx]
         fn = fns[class_idx]
@@ -1019,11 +1019,18 @@ def iou(
         # If this class is not present in either the target (no support) or the pred (no true or false positives), then
         # use the not_present_score for this class.
         if sup + tp + fp == 0:
-            scores[class_idx - min_class_idx] = not_present_score
+            scores[class_idx] = not_present_score
             continue
 
         denom = tp + fp + fn
         score = tp.to(torch.float) / denom
-        scores[class_idx - min_class_idx] = score
+        scores[class_idx] = score
+
+    # Remove the ignored class index from the scores.
+    if ignore_index is not None and ignore_index >= 0 and ignore_index < num_classes:
+        scores = torch.cat([
+            scores[:ignore_index],
+            scores[ignore_index + 1:],
+        ])
 
     return reduce(scores, reduction=reduction)

tests/metrics/functional/test_classification.py

@@ -326,23 +326,23 @@ def test_dice_score(pred, target, expected):
     assert score == expected
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(['half_ones', 'reduction', 'remove_bg', 'expected'], [
-    pytest.param(False, 'none', False, torch.Tensor([1, 1, 1])),
-    pytest.param(False, 'elementwise_mean', False, torch.Tensor([1])),
-    pytest.param(False, 'none', True, torch.Tensor([1, 1])),
-    pytest.param(True, 'none', False, torch.Tensor([0.5, 0.5, 0.5])),
-    pytest.param(True, 'elementwise_mean', False, torch.Tensor([0.5])),
-    pytest.param(True, 'none', True, torch.Tensor([0.5, 0.5])),
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(['half_ones', 'reduction', 'ignore_index', 'expected'], [
+    pytest.param(False, 'none', None, torch.Tensor([1, 1, 1])),
+    pytest.param(False, 'elementwise_mean', None, torch.Tensor([1])),
+    pytest.param(False, 'none', 0, torch.Tensor([1, 1])),
+    pytest.param(True, 'none', None, torch.Tensor([0.5, 0.5, 0.5])),
+    pytest.param(True, 'elementwise_mean', None, torch.Tensor([0.5])),
+    pytest.param(True, 'none', 0, torch.Tensor([0.5, 0.5])),
 ])
-def test_iou(half_ones, reduction, remove_bg, expected):
+def test_iou(half_ones, reduction, ignore_index, expected):
     pred = (torch.arange(120) % 3).view(-1, 1)
     target = (torch.arange(120) % 3).view(-1, 1)
     if half_ones:
         pred[:60] = 1
     iou_val = iou(
         pred=pred,
         target=target,
-        remove_bg=remove_bg,
+        ignore_index=ignore_index,
         reduction=reduction,
     )
     assert torch.allclose(iou_val, expected, atol=1e-9)
@@ -351,46 +351,70 @@ def test_iou(half_ones, reduction, remove_bg, expected):
 # TODO: When the jaccard_score of the sklearn version we use accepts `zero_division` (see
 #       https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/pull/17866), consider adding a test here against our
 #       `not_present_score`.
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(['pred', 'target', 'not_present_score', 'num_classes', 'remove_bg', 'expected'], [
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(['pred', 'target', 'ignore_index', 'not_present_score', 'num_classes', 'expected'], [
     # Note that -1 is used as the not_present_score in almost all tests here to distinguish it from the range of valid
     # scores the function can return ([0., 1.] range, inclusive).
     # 2 classes, class 0 is correct everywhere, class 1 is not present.
-    pytest.param([0], [0], -1., 2, False, [1., -1.]),
-    pytest.param([0, 0], [0, 0], -1., 2, False, [1., -1.]),
+    pytest.param([0], [0], None, -1., 2, [1., -1.]),
+    pytest.param([0, 0], [0, 0], None, -1., 2, [1., -1.]),
     # not_present_score not applied if only class 0 is present and it's the only class.
-    pytest.param([0], [0], -1., 1, False, [1.]),
+    pytest.param([0], [0], None, -1., 1, [1.]),
     # 2 classes, class 1 is correct everywhere, class 0 is not present.
-    pytest.param([1], [1], -1., 2, False, [-1., 1.]),
-    pytest.param([1, 1], [1, 1], -1., 2, False, [-1., 1.]),
-    # When background removed, class 0 does not get a score (not even the not_present_score).
-    pytest.param([1], [1], -1., 2, True, [1.0]),
+    pytest.param([1], [1], None, -1., 2, [-1., 1.]),
+    pytest.param([1, 1], [1, 1], None, -1., 2, [-1., 1.]),
+    # When 0 index ignored, class 0 does not get a score (not even the not_present_score).
+    pytest.param([1], [1], 0, -1., 2, [1.0]),
     # 3 classes. Only 0 and 2 are present, and are perfectly predicted. 1 should get not_present_score.
-    pytest.param([0, 2], [0, 2], -1., 3, False, [1., -1., 1.]),
-    pytest.param([2, 0], [2, 0], -1., 3, False, [1., -1., 1.]),
+    pytest.param([0, 2], [0, 2], None, -1., 3, [1., -1., 1.]),
+    pytest.param([2, 0], [2, 0], None, -1., 3, [1., -1., 1.]),
     # 3 classes. Only 0 and 1 are present, and are perfectly predicted. 2 should get not_present_score.
-    pytest.param([0, 1], [0, 1], -1., 3, False, [1., 1., -1.]),
-    pytest.param([1, 0], [1, 0], -1., 3, False, [1., 1., -1.]),
+    pytest.param([0, 1], [0, 1], None, -1., 3, [1., 1., -1.]),
+    pytest.param([1, 0], [1, 0], None, -1., 3, [1., 1., -1.]),
     # 3 classes, class 0 is 0.5 IoU, class 1 is 0 IoU (in pred but not target; should not get not_present_score), class
     # 2 is not present.
-    pytest.param([0, 1], [0, 0], -1., 3, False, [0.5, 0., -1.]),
+    pytest.param([0, 1], [0, 0], None, -1., 3, [0.5, 0., -1.]),
     # 3 classes, class 0 is 0.5 IoU, class 1 is 0 IoU (in target but not pred; should not get not_present_score), class
     # 2 is not present.
-    pytest.param([0, 0], [0, 1], -1., 3, False, [0.5, 0., -1.]),
+    pytest.param([0, 0], [0, 1], None, -1., 3, [0.5, 0., -1.]),
     # Sanity checks with not_present_score of 1.0.
-    pytest.param([0, 2], [0, 2], 1.0, 3, False, [1., 1., 1.]),
-    pytest.param([0, 2], [0, 2], 1.0, 3, True, [1., 1.]),
+    pytest.param([0, 2], [0, 2], None, 1.0, 3, [1., 1., 1.]),
+    pytest.param([0, 2], [0, 2], 0, 1.0, 3, [1., 1.]),
 ])
-def test_iou_not_present_score(pred, target, not_present_score, num_classes, remove_bg, expected):
+def test_iou_not_present_score(pred, target, ignore_index, not_present_score, num_classes, expected):
     iou_val = iou(
         pred=torch.tensor(pred),
         target=torch.tensor(target),
+        ignore_index=ignore_index,
         not_present_score=not_present_score,
         num_classes=num_classes,
-        remove_bg=remove_bg,
         reduction='none',
     )
     assert torch.allclose(iou_val, torch.tensor(expected).to(iou_val))
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(['pred', 'target', 'ignore_index', 'num_classes', 'reduction', 'expected'], [
+    # Ignoring an index outside of [0, num_classes-1] should have no effect.
+    pytest.param([0, 1, 1, 2, 2], [0, 1, 2, 2, 2], None, 3, 'none', [1, 1 / 2, 2 / 3]),
+    pytest.param([0, 1, 1, 2, 2], [0, 1, 2, 2, 2], -1, 3, 'none', [1, 1 / 2, 2 / 3]),
+    pytest.param([0, 1, 1, 2, 2], [0, 1, 2, 2, 2], 255, 3, 'none', [1, 1 / 2, 2 / 3]),
+    # Ignoring a valid index drops only that index from the result.
+    pytest.param([0, 1, 1, 2, 2], [0, 1, 2, 2, 2], 0, 3, 'none', [1 / 2, 2 / 3]),
+    pytest.param([0, 1, 1, 2, 2], [0, 1, 2, 2, 2], 1, 3, 'none', [1, 2 / 3]),
+    pytest.param([0, 1, 1, 2, 2], [0, 1, 2, 2, 2], 2, 3, 'none', [1, 1 / 2]),
+    # When reducing to mean or sum, the ignored index does not contribute to the output.
+    pytest.param([0, 1, 1, 2, 2], [0, 1, 2, 2, 2], 0, 3, 'elementwise_mean', [7 / 12]),
+    pytest.param([0, 1, 1, 2, 2], [0, 1, 2, 2, 2], 0, 3, 'sum', [7 / 6]),
+])
+def test_iou_ignore_index(pred, target, ignore_index, num_classes, reduction, expected):
+    iou_val = iou(
+        pred=torch.tensor(pred),
+        target=torch.tensor(target),
+        ignore_index=ignore_index,
+        num_classes=num_classes,
+        reduction=reduction,
+    )
+    assert torch.allclose(iou_val, torch.tensor(expected).to(iou_val))
+
+
 # example data taken from
 # https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/blob/master/sklearn/metrics/tests/test_ranking.py

tests/metrics/test_classification.py

@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ def test_dice_coefficient(include_background):
     assert isinstance(dice, torch.Tensor)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('remove_bg', [True, False])
-def test_iou(remove_bg):
-    iou = IoU(remove_bg=remove_bg)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('ignore_index', [0, 1, None])
+def test_iou(ignore_index):
+    iou = IoU(ignore_index=ignore_index)
     assert iou.name == 'iou'
 
     score = iou(torch.randint(0, 1, (10, 25, 25)),