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  • New Features

    • Added configurable ICON and Greedy deformable registration engines.
    • Added reusable composite reference images for time-series reconstruction.
    • Added image transformation support through image tools.
    • Added physics-loss warmup and configurable gradient clipping for training.
    • Exported PhysicsNeMo tools through the top-level package.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved tetrahedral mesh repair reliability and diagnostics.
    • Improved handling of non-finite training losses and mesh-repair failures.
  • Documentation

    • Updated API and migration guidance for PhysicsNeMo tools and training options.

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Walkthrough

The PR refactors PhysicsNemoTools, updates its callers and documentation, adds training safeguards and physics warmup, extends registration modes, improves mesh diagnostics, and adds image and composite-reference APIs.

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PhysicsNeMo API migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
PhysicsNeMoTools API and callers
src/monai_physio/physicsnemo_tools.py, src/monai_physio/__init__.py, src/monai_physio/workflow_*.py, tests/test_physicsnemo_tools.py
Helper functions become static methods on PhysicsNemoTools. The class is re-exported from monai_physio. Callers and tests use the class methods.
API documentation and migration guidance
docs/api/physicsnemo/manifest.rst, docs/developer/migration_next.md
The API reference and migration guide describe the class-based calls and the retained distributed_context wrapper.

Training and workflow behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Training safeguards and physics warmup
src/monai_physio/train_physicsnemo_base.py, src/monai_physio/train_physicsnemo_physics_informed_motion.py, tutorials/parameters_duke_heart_physics_informed.py, tutorials/tutorial_17_duke_heart_physics_informed_motion_train.py
Training adds gradient clipping, synchronized non-finite-loss skipping, compile gating, epoch hooks, residual diagnostics, and linear physics-weight warmup.
Registration engine and composite references
src/monai_physio/register_models_distance_maps.py, src/monai_physio/workflow_fit_statistical_model_to_patient.py, src/monai_physio/register_time_series_images.py, src/monai_physio/workflow_reconstruct_highres_4d_ct.py
Registration supports ICON or Greedy deformable processing. Time-series workflows store and reuse composite reference images.
Mesh and image APIs
src/monai_physio/contour_tools.py, src/monai_physio/image_tools.py, src/monai_physio/transform_tools.py, tutorials/tutorial_16_duke_heart_physics_informed_motion_prep.py
Mesh repair uses more iterations and reports failing cells. ImageTools.transform_image delegates to TransformTools.transform_image. Mesh preparation logs and skips unrepaired cases.
Supporting updates
src/monai_physio/*.py, tests/*, tutorials/*, experiments/*, docs/*
The remaining changes update annotations, imports, formatting, equivalent branches, test markers, examples, and documentation.

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This change strengthens PhysicsNeMo training and registration workflows with API and robustness updates. No concrete blocking failure is identified, so it is mergeable with normal checks.

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In `@src/monai_physio/data_download_tools.py`:
- Line 105: Add the required Ruff S310 suppressions to each of the three
urllib.request.urlopen calls in the affected download helpers, preserving their
existing behavior and keeping the suppression scoped to those calls.

In `@src/monai_physio/register_time_series_images.py`:
- Line 476: Update compute_composite_reference to validate that the fixed and
moving image input lists have equal lengths before iterating, and reject any
mode other than "mean" or the supported max mode explicitly. Perform both
validations before the zip loop so invalid inputs cannot produce incomplete
composites or select an unintended branch.

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return reconstructed_images

def _compute_composite_reference(
def compute_composite_reference(

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Validate compute_composite_reference inputs.

Direct calls can pass unequal lists to the zip loop, which silently omits unmatched moving images and produces an incomplete composite. Any mode other than "mean" enters the max branch. Validate both conditions before the loop.

Proposed fix
 def compute_composite_reference(
     self,
     moving_images: list[itk.Image],
     fixed_to_moving_transforms: list[itk.Transform],
     mode: Literal["mean", "max"],
 ) -> itk.Image:
+    if mode not in ("mean", "max"):
+        raise ValueError(f"mode must be 'mean' or 'max', got {mode!r}")
+    if len(moving_images) != len(fixed_to_moving_transforms):
+        raise ValueError(
+            "fixed_to_moving_transforms must match moving_images length"
+        )
     assert self.fixed_image is not None
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def compute_composite_reference(
def compute_composite_reference(
self,
moving_images: list[itk.Image],
fixed_to_moving_transforms: list[itk.Transform],
mode: Literal["mean", "max"],
) -> itk.Image:
if mode not in ("mean", "max"):
raise ValueError(f"mode must be 'mean' or 'max', got {mode!r}")
if len(moving_images) != len(fixed_to_moving_transforms):
raise ValueError(
"fixed_to_moving_transforms must match moving_images length"
)
assert self.fixed_image is not None
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In `@src/monai_physio/register_time_series_images.py` at line 476, Update
compute_composite_reference to validate that the fixed and moving image input
lists have equal lengths before iterating, and reject any mode other than "mean"
or the supported max mode explicitly. Perform both validations before the zip
loop so invalid inputs cannot produce incomplete composites or select an
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@aylward aylward changed the title ENH: Physics tutorial cleanup ENH: Physics-informed motion training fixes - PhysicsNeMo robustness Sep 10, 2026
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aylward merged commit 2575185 into Project-MONAI:main Sep 10, 2026
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