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ROC AUC and average precision can return incorrect scores with uint8, int8, or float16 labels. For example, a perfect ranking with 256 positive and 256 negative uint8 labels returns ROC AUC of 0.0 instead of 1.0.

Both calculations use typing.cast(float, y[i]), which does not convert the value at runtime. The accumulators can therefore inherit a narrow NumPy dtype and overflow.

This PR converts each label scalar to a Python float before accumulation. It also computes class-support weights as float64 NumPy values on CPU. This prevents support-count overflow and fixes weighted averaging with CUDA labels, which currently raises an error when NumPy attempts to convert GPU tensors.

The regression tests cover seven label dtypes on CPU and CUDA, tied predictions, unequal class supports, and both functional APIs and cumulative metric aggregation.

Testing

• Before the fix, the new regression cases expose overflow on CPU and CUDA, along with CUDA-to-NumPy conversion errors during weighted averaging.
• After the fix, both metric test modules pass all 100 tests and 84 subtests, including 28 explicit CUDA regression cases. No tests are skipped.
• The ROC AUC and average precision handler tests also pass: 2 tests passed.
• Black, isort, Ruff, and whitespace checks pass for the changed files.

Tested locally with Python 3.12.3, PyTorch 2.8.0+cu126, NumPy 2.5.4, and an NVIDIA RTX 2060.

The full MONAI test suite and static type checking were not run.

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• Non-breaking change (fix or new feature that would not break existing functionality).
• New tests added to cover the changes.

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Average precision and ROC AUC convert label values to floats. Weighted class supports use CPU NumPy sums with float64 accumulation. New parameterized tests cover tied scores, label dtypes, CPU and CUDA, and averaging modes through functional and metric APIs.

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No actionable merge-blocking risk was identified in the changed metric calculations or their regression tests.

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Nitpick comments: 4

tests/metrics/test_compute_roc_auc.py: 3

160-160: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Document both new test methods.

This is a documentation-only maintainability issue. Add Google-style docstrings that describe device, dtype, and the CUDA skip.

Suggested docstrings

     def test_tied_scores_label_dtype(self, device, dtype):
+        """Check ROC AUC for tied scores across label dtypes.
+
+        Args:
+            device: Device for the test tensors.
+            dtype: Dtype of the label tensor.
+
+        Note:
+            The CUDA case skips when CUDA is unavailable.
+        """
         if device == "cuda" and not torch.cuda.is_available():
             self.skipTest("CUDA is not available.")

     def test_weighted_label_dtype(self, device, dtype):
+        """Check weighted ROC AUC across label dtypes.
+
+        Args:
+            device: Device for the test tensors.
+            dtype: Dtype of the label tensor.
+
+        Note:
+            The CUDA case skips when CUDA is unavailable.
+        """
         if device == "cuda" and not torch.cuda.is_available():
             self.skipTest("CUDA is not available.")

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Review comment at @tests/metrics/test_compute_roc_auc.py at line 160:
Document both test_tied_scores_label_dtype and test_weighted_label_dtype with
Google-style docstrings describing the device and dtype parameters and noting
that CUDA cases skip when CUDA is unavailable.

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161-174: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Use tied predictions and a larger fixture.

The current fixture is perfectly ranked, so it does not detect the float16 accumulator regression. Use 4096 labels of each class with one shared prediction score. The original implementation then returns 1/6, while the fixed implementation returns the correct tied-score AUC of 0.5. Both APIs use the same calculation path.

Suggested fix

-        y = torch.tensor([0] * 256 + [1] * 256, dtype=dtype, device=device)
-        y_pred = y.float()
-        expected = 1.0
+        y = torch.tensor([0] * 4096 + [1] * 4096, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+        y_pred = torch.zeros_like(y, dtype=torch.float32)
+        expected = 0.5

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Review comment at @tests/metrics/test_compute_roc_auc.py around lines 161 - 174:
Update the fixture in the test using compute_roc_auc and ROCAUCMetric to expose
float16 accumulator regression: use 4096 labels per class and assign every label
the same prediction score. Set the expected tied-score AUC to 0.5, keeping both
API assertions.

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183-200: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add a float16 weight-overflow case above 2048 positives.

The committed fixture uses supports 256 and 128. float16 represents every integer up to 2048 exactly, so the old sum(y_) weights and the new np.sum(..., dtype=np.float64) weights are both 256 and 128. Restoring the old weight calculation leaves this test passing, so the test does not detect a regression in support-count overflow.

Add a case with 2049 positive rows and 1024 negative rows. The old float16 sum saturates at 2048 for class 0, so the weighted result changes from 2049/3073 (about 0.666775) to 2048/3072 (about 0.666667). That difference exceeds rtol=1e-6.

Suggested fix

+    def test_float16_weighted_support_above_exact_integer_range(self):
+        n_positive, n_negative = 2049, 1024
+        y = torch.tensor([[1, 0]] * n_positive + [[0, 1]] * n_negative, dtype=torch.float16)
+        low_scores = torch.arange(n_negative, dtype=torch.float32)
+        high_scores = torch.arange(n_negative, n_negative + n_positive, dtype=torch.float32)
+        column = torch.cat([high_scores, low_scores])
+        y_pred = torch.stack([column, column], dim=1)
+        expected_values = [
+            ("none", [1.0, 0.0]),
+            ("macro", 0.5),
+            ("weighted", n_positive / (n_positive + n_negative)),
+        ]
+
+        for average, expected in expected_values:
+            with self.subTest(average=average):
+                result = compute_roc_auc(y_pred, y, average=average)
+                np.testing.assert_allclose(result, expected, rtol=1e-6)
+
+                metric = ROCAUCMetric(average=average)
+                for predictions, labels in zip(y_pred.split(512), y.split(512)):
+                    metric(predictions, labels)
+                np.testing.assert_allclose(metric.aggregate(), expected, rtol=1e-6)

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Review comment at @tests/metrics/test_compute_roc_auc.py around lines 183 - 200:
Extend the ROC AUC test around compute_roc_auc and ROCAUCMetric with a float16
case containing 2049 positive rows and 1024 negative rows. Verify per-class,
macro, and weighted results through both APIs, including the weighted support
ratio, and exercise ROCAUCMetric aggregation across batches so the test detects
float16 support-count overflow.

tests/metrics/test_compute_average_precision.py: 1

190-206: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Increase the class supports to exercise float16 support accumulation.

The fixture uses supports of 256 and 128. Both are exactly representable in float16, so the old sum(y_) calculation can still produce the correct weights. A regression in support accumulation can pass this test.

Use supports above the float16 unit-increment boundary:

Suggested fix

-        y = torch.tensor([[1, 0]] * 256 + [[0, 1]] * 128, dtype=dtype, device=device)
-        y_pred = torch.zeros((384, 2), device=device)
-        y_pred[:256, 0] = 1
+        y = torch.tensor([[1, 0]] * 4096 + [[0, 1]] * 2048, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+        y_pred = torch.zeros((6144, 2), device=device)
+        y_pred[:4096, 0] = 1

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Review comment at @tests/metrics/test_compute_average_precision.py around lines
190 - 206:
Update the fixture in the average-precision test to use class supports above
float16’s unit-increment boundary, adjusting the label counts, prediction tensor
size, and prediction slice consistently. Preserve the expected average-precision
values and the existing metric and direct-function assertions.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @tests/metrics/test_compute_average_precision.py:
- Around line 190-206: Update the fixture in the average-precision test to use
class supports above float16’s unit-increment boundary, adjusting the label
counts, prediction tensor size, and prediction slice consistently. Preserve the
expected average-precision values and the existing metric and direct-function
assertions.

Review comments at @tests/metrics/test_compute_roc_auc.py:
- Line 160: Document both test_tied_scores_label_dtype and
test_weighted_label_dtype with Google-style docstrings describing the device and
dtype parameters and noting that CUDA cases skip when CUDA is unavailable.
- Around line 161-174: Update the fixture in the test using compute_roc_auc and
ROCAUCMetric to expose float16 accumulator regression: use 4096 labels per class
and assign every label the same prediction score. Set the expected tied-score
AUC to 0.5, keeping both API assertions.
- Around line 183-200: Extend the ROC AUC test around compute_roc_auc and
ROCAUCMetric with a float16 case containing 2049 positive rows and 1024 negative
rows. Verify per-class, macro, and weighted results through both APIs, including
the weighted support ratio, and exercise ROCAUCMetric aggregation across batches
so the test detects float16 support-count overflow.

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