[Don-Yin]

Description

I corrected the minimum-size check in compute_ms_ssim to follow its stride-2 pooling. With L scales, the final SSIM calculation sees each spatial dimension divided by 2 ** (L - 1), not max(1, L - 1) ** 2.

The old check rejects valid four-scale inputs and lets undersized two-scale inputs reach a convolution error. With the default 11-pixel kernel:

• An 88 × 88 image with four scales is valid: the SSIM inputs are 88 → 44 → 22 → 11. It now returns 1 for identical images instead of raising ValueError.
• A 16 × 16 image with two scales is too small because its second scale is only 8 × 8. It now raises ValueError before convolution, with the correct minimum of 22 pixels.

I also updated the error message to identify the affected spatial dimension and report its exact minimum. The SSIM calculation and weights are unchanged; the default five-scale size threshold is unchanged.

Evidence

I checked 96 combinations of square image size and scale count using identical synthetic images and the default kernel. For the feasibility panel, I disabled only the old size precheck and ran the actual pooling and convolution operations. The old gate falsely accepts five combinations and falsely rejects two; the fixed gate agrees with feasibility in all 96 combinations. Outlined cells mark disagreements in the old gate.

Types of changes

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

Validation

• python -m unittest tests.metrics.test_compute_multiscalessim_metric tests.metrics.test_ssim_metric tests.losses.test_ssim_loss -v: 36 tests passed.
• The added tests cover minimum sizes and undersized spatial dimensions in 2D and 3D with one through six scales, anisotropic kernels, and the two examples above.
• black --check, isort --check-only, and ruff check passed for both changed files.

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Walkthrough

compute_ms_ssim checks spatial dimensions against the kernel size and number of scales. If an input is too small, it raises a ValueError that states the minimum required dimension. Tests cover valid and undersized 2D and 3D inputs across one to six scales, plus default-kernel and two-scale cases.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: Low · up to 12ca6

The change is functionally safe, with a localized test-maintainability requirement remaining.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 14.29% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: correcting MS-SSIM size validation across scale counts.
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🧹 Nitpick comments: 1

tests/metrics/test_compute_multiscalessim_metric.py: 1

77-77: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Add docstrings to the new test methods.

Document each test’s purpose. For the parameterized methods, document spatial_dims and scales using Google-style sections.

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Review comment at @tests/metrics/test_compute_multiscalessim_metric.py at line
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Add a docstring to test_minimum_input_size describing its purpose, with
Google-style Args documentation for spatial_dims and scales; apply the same
documentation to the other new parameterized test methods in this change.

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- Line 77: Add a docstring to test_minimum_input_size describing its purpose,
with Google-style Args documentation for spatial_dims and scales; apply the same
documentation to the other new parameterized test methods in this change.

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