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What and why

Tutorial 13 reused its saved heart fit whenever the files existed. A fit saved before the Duke heart shape model changed has a different topology than the one the cardiac network predicts for, so inference failed with "Fitted reference mesh has 20000 points, expected 19997". The saved fit is now reused only if it is at least as new as the shape model's pca_model.json; otherwise the heart is refitted.

Add a FAQ entry for that error: the fitted mesh came from a different shape model than the network was trained with, usually a fit cached in a tutorial's output directory by an earlier run.

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• Documentation
  • Added an FAQ explaining fitted-mesh point-count errors, how to clear outdated cached fits, and how to resolve mismatched models. It also notes that downloading a pre-trained model may be skipped if one is already present; move or delete the existing model directory first.
• Bug Fixes
  • Tutorial 13 now refits the heart model when its cached mesh is missing or older than the PCA model, preventing reuse of stale fits.

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Walkthrough

The tutorial now refits the heart model when its saved mesh is older than heart_pca_json. The FAQ explains fitted-reference-mesh point-count mismatches and options for resolving stale fits or mismatched model weights.

Changes

Heart-fit freshness and troubleshooting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Heart-fit freshness and recovery guidance tutorials/tutorial_13_combine_heart_and_lung_motion_chest_3d_ct.py, docs/faq.rst	The tutorial checks whether the fitted mesh is at least as recent as heart_pca_json before reusing the fit. The FAQ explains the point-count mismatch, stale-fit removal, and options for matching PCA and AI model weights.

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Change: Bug fix

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Users may continue to encounter the mesh mismatch after following the documented fix; clarify how to obtain matching PCA assets.

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Tell users to clear existing weights before re-downloading

For the existing-but-mismatched checkpoint/PCA pair described here, the suggested command will not download a replacement. _DownloadWeightsDirectory explicitly documents “Skips the download when … checkpoint … already exists” and implements that guard in src/monai_physio/download_data.py:714–719. I confirmed that a listed command returns success without changing an existing pair, so following this recovery advice leaves the mismatch intact and inference still fails. Tell users to back up/remove the affected weights directory, or use a clean destination, before re-downloading.

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Script executed:

sed -n '105,145p' docs/faq.rst
rg -n -C 4 'PhysicsNeMo-MGN-Lung-Motion|physicsnemo_mgn_lung_motion|pca_model|PCA|download' src/monai_physio/download_data.py tutorials/tutorial_06* tutorials/tutorial_13_combine_heart_and_lung_motion_chest_3d_ct.py

Repository: Project-MONAI/monai-physio

Length of output: 41336

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set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- downloader ---'
nl -ba src/monai_physio/download_data.py | sed -n '531,570p;700,770p'
printf '%s\n' '--- lung path declarations ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -e 'class TCIA' -e 'TCIA_LUNG_4D_CT' -e 'def pca_model_file' -e 'def pca_mean_surface_file' src tutorials
printf '%s\n' '--- tutorial 6 lung save block ---'
nl -ba tutorials/tutorial_06_create_statistical_model_tcia_lung_4d_ct.py | sed -n '150,205p;315,345p'
printf '%s\n' '--- tutorial 13 prerequisite and matching checks ---'
nl -ba tutorials/tutorial_13_combine_heart_and_lung_motion_chest_3d_ct.py | sed -n '98,116p;185,205p;293,340p'

Repository: Project-MONAI/monai-physio

Length of output: 36692

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Script executed:

printf '%s\n' '--- lung parameter paths ---'
nl -ba tutorials/parameters_tcia_lung_4d_ct.py | sed -n '155,190p'
printf '%s\n' '--- tutorial 6 PCA save assignments ---'
nl -ba tutorials/tutorial_06_create_statistical_model_tcia_lung_4d_ct.py | sed -n '248,268p'

Repository: Project-MONAI/monai-physio

Length of output: 2730

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Do not imply that the lung download command provides the PCA model.

PhysicsNeMo-MGN-Lung-Motion downloads or reuses only the MGN checkpoint. Tutorial 13 reads the lung PCA model from Tutorial 6's separate output. A user can therefore replace the checkpoint and retain an incompatible PCA model. Limit this guidance to downloads that bundle both assets, or document the supported source for the matching lung PCA model.

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Review comment at @docs/faq.rst around lines 131 - 135:
Update the FAQ guidance around `monai-physio-download-data` to distinguish
downloads that include both the trained model and its matching PCA asset from
the lung MGN checkpoint-only download. For the lung workflow, document the
supported source of Tutorial 13’s matching PCA model from Tutorial 6, and do not
imply that downloading or replacing the MGN checkpoint also provides or updates
the PCA model.

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