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Summary

  • Ports brainchopC's mindgrab model (a MeshNet-style dilated 3D CNN) to the MONAI bundle format: architecture (scripts/network.py), preprocessing (scripts/conform.py), postprocessing (scripts/postprocess.py), and MONAI transform wiring (scripts/transforms.py).
  • Validated bit-exact (0 voxel differences) against the actual brainchopC CPU binary, built from its own source, on both of its tracked regression fixtures via the real python -m monai.bundle run pipeline.
  • Weights are pulled directly from the existing public checkpoint at neuroneural/brainchop-models (large_files.yml, pinned to a commit SHA with a sha256 hash_val), with a self-validating key-remapping loader (scripts/checkpoint.py) instead of hosting a duplicate pre-converted copy.
  • LICENSE reproduces the actual upstream terms (MIT for MindGrab/brainchopC, BSD-2-Clause for the niimath-derived preprocessing code), since this is a third-party model port, not original MONAI Consortium work.
  • mindgrab added to ci/bundle_custom_data.py's exclude_verify_torchscript_list: models/model.pt is the upstream checkpoint in its original key layout, so monai.bundle ckpt_export/trt_export cannot load it directly (they bypass this bundle's custom checkpoint loader). Documented workaround (manual torch.jit.script after loading) in docs/README.md.

Closes #786

Test plan

  • python -m monai.bundle verify_metadata
  • python -m monai.bundle verify_net_in_out
  • python -m monai.bundle ckpt_export (TorchScript export succeeds when weights are loaded via the bundle's own loader first)
  • flake8 / black / isort on models/mindgrab/scripts/
  • End-to-end python -m monai.bundle run on both brainchopC test fixtures (t1_crop.nii.gz, t1_2mm.nii.gz), diffed voxel-for-voxel and by affine against the reference brainchopC binary output: bit-exact on both

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  • New Features

    • Added the MindGrab skull-stripping model bundle for 3D medical imaging.
    • Supports preprocessing, inference, and postprocessing of medical image volumes.
    • Restores results to the original image geometry and preserves brain-region segmentation output.
    • Includes the pretrained model artifact and verifies its integrity before use.
  • Documentation

    • Added usage instructions, processing details, performance information, limitations, licensing, and references.

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Walkthrough

The pull request adds a MONAI bundle for MindGrab skull stripping. It includes the network, preprocessing and postprocessing transforms, upstream checkpoint conversion, inference configuration, model metadata, artifact registration, licensing, and documentation.

Changes

MindGrab inference pipeline

Layer / File(s) Summary
Processing pipeline
models/mindgrab/scripts/network.py, models/mindgrab/scripts/conform.py, models/mindgrab/scripts/postprocess.py, models/mindgrab/scripts/transforms.py
Adds MindGrabNet, 256³ conform preprocessing, largest-component postprocessing, native-grid restoration, and MONAI transform wrappers.
Checkpoint loading and verification
models/mindgrab/scripts/checkpoint.py, models/mindgrab/large_files.yml, models/mindgrab/configs/inference.json
Converts the upstream checkpoint, verifies its SHA-256 digest when configured, and loads it with strict state-dict matching.
Bundle configuration and metadata
models/mindgrab/configs/inference.json, models/mindgrab/configs/metadata.json
Defines whole-volume inference, checkpoint initialization, output saving, model metadata, and input and output data formats.
Licensing, documentation, and CI wiring
models/mindgrab/LICENSE, models/mindgrab/docs/README.md, ci/bundle_custom_data.py
Records licensing and model provenance, documents usage and limitations, and excludes the bundle from TorchScript verification.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant LoadImaged
  participant MindGrabPreprocessd
  participant MindGrabNet
  participant MindGrabPostprocessd
  participant SaveImaged
  LoadImaged->>MindGrabPreprocessd: load image and affine
  MindGrabPreprocessd->>MindGrabNet: provide normalized 256^3 volume
  MindGrabNet->>MindGrabPostprocessd: return two-channel logits
  MindGrabPostprocessd->>SaveImaged: restore native grid and save masked image
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The bundle’s reported checkpoint verification and regression validation leave no established merge-blocking risk in the supplied scope.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding the MindGrab skull-stripping bundle.
Description check ✅ Passed The description provides a detailed summary, test plan, issue reference, implementation scope, validation results, and licensing details. It does not include the template's explicit Status section, an…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR satisfies the coding requirements in issue #786. It adds the MindGrab MONAI bundle, the MeshNet-style dilated 3D CNN, preprocessing, postprocessing, transform wrappers, checkpoint conversion an…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within issue #786. The TorchScript verification exclusion addresses the upstream checkpoint layout limitation. The checkpoint integrity checks, licensing, documentation, and tests s…
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In `@models/mindgrab/configs/metadata.json`:
- Around line 26-28: Remove the unsupported mean_dice entry from the
eval_metrics metadata, unless its provenance can be documented in docs/README.md
with the MindGrab paper’s dataset and evaluation protocol.

In `@models/mindgrab/docs/README.md`:
- Line 69: Update the licensing/provenance entry around the architecture
references to describe models/model.pt as the verbatim upstream MindGrab
checkpoint, and document the runtime key remapping separately rather than
calling the file converted.
- Line 19: Update the checkpoint link in the documentation paragraph around the
MindGrab reference to use the exact pinned commit URL defined in large_files.yml
instead of the moving blob/main URL, while preserving the existing checkpoint
description.
- Line 15: Update the interoperability statement near the bundle description to
qualify TorchScript, ONNX, and TensorRT export support according to the
documented workflow, including any required manual checkpoint loading or
preprocessing. Alternatively, remove the unqualified export claim; keep the
remaining MONAI ecosystem compatibility statement unchanged.
- Line 62: Update the affine-resolution description in the documentation near
the existing qform/sform statement to accurately reflect NiBabel’s behavior
through MONAI: select sform when sform_code is nonzero, qform when sform_code is
zero and qform_code is nonzero, otherwise use the fallback affine, and note
potential differences from brainchopC when both forms are coded, including
malformed headers.

In `@models/mindgrab/scripts/conform.py`:
- Around line 109-112: Update reslice_to_grid to construct x, y, and z as
broadcastable singleton-axis arrays instead of materializing full grids with
np.meshgrid, preserving both linear and nearest-neighbor behavior. In the linear
branch, remove the unused fxp, fyp, and fzp arrays after computing ix/iy/iz and
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Ports brainchopC's mindgrab model (MeshNet-style dilated 3D CNN) to the
MONAI bundle format, including a from-scratch reimplementation of its
conform/normalize preprocessing and reslice/mask postprocessing.
Validated bit-exact against the brainchopC CPU binary on both of its
tracked regression fixtures. Weights are pulled directly from
neuroneural/brainchop-models via large_files.yml, with a self-validating
key-remapping loader in scripts/checkpoint.py instead of a duplicated
pre-converted copy.

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Comment thread models/mindgrab/scripts/checkpoint.py
large_files.yml's hash_val was only checked once, when ci/utils.py
downloads the file; a checkpoint replaced or corrupted afterward would
be loaded silently by load_meshnet_checkpoint on every monai.bundle run.
Re-verify the same sha256 there before torch.load runs.
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