Vision¶
DNN vision representation module.
VisionModel¶
Unified interface for extracting DNN activations from images.
Composes a :class:~vneurotk.vision.model.backend.base.BaseBackend
and a :class:~vneurotk.vision.model.selector.ModuleSelector.
Activations are returned as-is; any further processing (pooling,
embedding, etc.) is left to the user.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
model_id
|
str
|
Model identifier passed directly to the backend, e.g.
|
required |
backend
|
str
|
Backend to use: |
'transformers'
|
selector
|
ModuleSelector or None
|
Layer selection strategy. Defaults to
:class: |
None
|
device
|
str
|
Inference device (default |
'cpu'
|
pretrained
|
bool
|
Load pretrained weights (default |
True
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/base.py
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 | |
model_id
property
¶
Model identifier (e.g. 'facebook/dinov2-base', 'resnet50').
module_list
property
¶
All modules available in the loaded model.
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
list[ModuleInfo]
|
One entry per named module, ordered as |
module_names
property
¶
Names of all currently hooked modules.
extract(image, batch_size=DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE, show_progress=True)
¶
Extract DNN activations for one image or a collection of stimuli.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
image
|
Image or ndarray or str or Path or dict
|
Single image → |
required |
batch_size
|
int
|
Number of images per GPU forward pass. Default 32. Ignored for single-image input. |
DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE
|
show_progress
|
bool
|
Display a tqdm progress bar over batches. Automatically
suppressed for single-image input. Default |
True
|
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
VisualRepresentations
|
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/base.py
extract_for_modules(images, module_names, batch_size, show_progress=True)
¶
Extract activations for a subset of modules without altering state.
Temporarily re-registers hooks for module_names, runs extraction, then restores the original hook configuration.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
images
|
dict
|
|
required |
module_names
|
list[str]
|
Subset of module names to extract. |
required |
batch_size
|
int
|
Images per forward pass. |
required |
show_progress
|
bool
|
Show tqdm progress bar. |
True
|
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
VisualRepresentations
|
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/base.py
from_model(model, backend, selector=None)
classmethod
¶
Build a VisionModel from an already-loaded model.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
model
|
Module
|
Pre-loaded PyTorch model. |
required |
backend
|
BaseBackend
|
Backend instance with model already assigned. |
required |
selector
|
ModuleSelector or None
|
Defaults to :class: |
None
|
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
VisionModel
|
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/base.py
print_modules(max_depth=None, console=None)
¶
Print a tree-style summary of all model modules.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
max_depth
|
int or None
|
Maximum nesting depth to display. |
None
|
console
|
Console or None
|
Rich console to use for output. Pass |
None
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/base.py
register_backend(name, backend_cls)
classmethod
¶
Register a custom backend class under name.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
name
|
str
|
Key used in the |
required |
backend_cls
|
type[BaseBackend]
|
Backend class to register. Must be a concrete subclass of
:class: |
required |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/base.py
set_selector(selector=None, *, module_type=None, module_name=None)
¶
Replace the layer selector and re-register hooks.
Accepts the following forms (combinable):
set_selector(BlockLevelSelector())— explicit selector objectset_selector(["layer.0", "layer.1"])— list of module names / ModuleInfoset_selector(module_type="Dinov2Layer")— all modules of that typeset_selector(module_type=["Dinov2Layer", "LayerNorm"])— multiple typesset_selector(module_name="encoder.layer.3")— single module by nameset_selector(module_name=["enc.0", "enc.6"])— multiple namesset_selector(module_type="Dinov2Layer", module_name="layernorm")— union of both filters
selector and (module_type / module_name) are mutually exclusive.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
selector
|
ModuleSelector, list, or None
|
Explicit selector object or list of module names / ModuleInfo objects. |
None
|
module_type
|
str, list[str], or None
|
Hook all modules whose |
None
|
module_name
|
str, list[str], or None
|
Hook modules whose |
None
|
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
ValueError
|
If no arguments are supplied, selector is combined with filters, or the resulting module list is empty. |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/base.py
Module Selectors¶
Bases: ABC
Abstract base class for layer selection strategies.
Subclasses implement :meth:select, which receives a list of
:class:~vneurotk.vision.meta.ModuleInfo objects and returns an
ordered list of module name strings to hook.
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/selector.py
select(modules)
abstractmethod
¶
Return layer names to hook.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
modules
|
list[ModuleInfo]
|
All named modules enumerated by the backend, as returned by
:meth: |
required |
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
list[str]
|
Ordered module names to register hooks on. |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/selector.py
Bases: ModuleSelector
Select major block-level modules appropriate for the architecture.
Uses regex patterns matched against module names. Architecture patterns are tried in order; the first match wins. Falls back to top-level children (depth == 1) if no pattern matches.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
max_depth
|
int
|
Maximum nesting depth to include (default 2). Controls how deeply nested sub-blocks are included. |
2
|
include_patterns
|
list[str] or None
|
Additional regex patterns to include alongside defaults. |
None
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/selector.py
54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 | |
default_patterns()
classmethod
¶
Return a copy of the built-in architecture patterns.
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
list[tuple[str, int]]
|
Each element is |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/selector.py
select(modules)
¶
Select block-level layers from modules.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
modules
|
list[ModuleInfo]
|
|
required |
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
list[str]
|
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/selector.py
Bases: ModuleSelector
Select all leaf modules (modules with no children).
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
exclude_types
|
tuple[type, ...] or None
|
Module types to skip. Defaults to activation and regularization layers that carry no representational content. |
None
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/selector.py
select(modules)
¶
Return names of all non-excluded leaf modules.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
modules
|
list[ModuleInfo]
|
|
required |
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
list[str]
|
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/selector.py
Bases: ModuleSelector
Use an explicit user-supplied list of layer names.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
layer_names
|
list[str] or list[ModuleInfo]
|
Exact module names as they appear in |
required |
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
ValueError
|
During :meth: |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/selector.py
select(modules)
¶
Validate and return the configured layer names.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
modules
|
list[ModuleInfo]
|
|
required |
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
list[str]
|
|
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
ValueError
|
If any layer name is absent from modules. |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/model/selector.py
Representations¶
Collection of :class:VisualRepresentation objects.
Returned by :meth:~vneurotk.vision.model.base.VisionModel.extract.
Supports DataFrame-style filtering via boolean masks on :attr:meta.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
representations
|
list[VisualRepresentation]
|
Ordered list of atomic activation records. |
required |
Examples:
>>> visual_representations = model.extract(images)
>>> meta = visual_representations.meta
>>> subset = visual_representations[meta["module_type"] == "Dinov2Layer"]
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/representation/visual_representations.py
112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 | |
meta
property
¶
DataFrame with columns model, module_type, module_name, shape.
module_names
property
¶
Module names of all contained records.
n_stim
property
¶
Number of stimuli (from first record, or 0 if empty).
stim_ids
property
¶
Stimulus IDs shared by all records.
__getitem__(key)
¶
Filter or index into the collection.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
key
|
pd.Series or np.ndarray of bool, int, or str
|
|
required |
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
TypeError
|
If key is a 0-d boolean (e.g. the result of a scalar comparison like
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/representation/visual_representations.py
by_module(name, model=None)
¶
Return the :class:VisualRepresentation for name.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
name
|
str
|
Module name. |
required |
model
|
str or None
|
Model identifier to disambiguate when multiple records share the same module name. |
None
|
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
KeyError
|
If name is not found, or is ambiguous and model was not given. |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/representation/visual_representations.py
filter(mask)
¶
Return a subset filtered by a 1-D boolean mask over :attr:meta rows.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
mask
|
pd.Series or np.ndarray of bool
|
Aligned to :attr: |
required |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/representation/visual_representations.py
numpy(layer)
¶
Return activation array for layer, shape (n_stim, ...).
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
layer
|
str
|
Module name. |
required |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/representation/visual_representations.py
select(ids)
¶
Return a subset of stimuli by their IDs across all records.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
ids
|
list or ndarray
|
Stimulus IDs to keep. |
required |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/representation/visual_representations.py
select_by_index(indices)
¶
Return a subset of stimuli by positional index across all records.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
indices
|
list or ndarray
|
Integer indices. |
required |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/representation/visual_representations.py
to_tensor(layer)
¶
Return activations for layer as a PyTorch tensor.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
layer
|
str
|
Module name. |
required |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/representation/visual_representations.py
Atomic activation record: one model × one module.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
model
|
str
|
Model identifier, e.g. |
required |
module_name
|
str
|
Module name as from |
required |
module_type
|
str
|
Class name of the module, e.g. |
required |
stim_ids
|
list
|
Ordered stimulus identifiers corresponding to the first axis of array. |
required |
array
|
ndarray or None
|
Activation array of shape |
None
|
array_loader
|
callable or None
|
Zero-argument callable that returns the activation array on first access. Used for lazy loading from HDF5. Mutually exclusive with array. |
None
|
shape
|
tuple or None
|
Pre-computed shape to return from :attr: |
None
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/representation/visual_representations.py
array
property
writable
¶
Activation array, loaded lazily from HDF5 if constructed with array_loader.
n_stim
property
¶
Number of stimuli.
shape
property
¶
Shape of the activation array (n_stim, ...).
select(ids)
¶
Return a subset of stimuli by their IDs.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
ids
|
list or ndarray
|
Stimulus IDs to select. |
required |
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
VisualRepresentation
|
|
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/representation/visual_representations.py
Image Source¶
Bases: Protocol
Protocol for any mapping from stimulus ID to image data.
Both :class:~vneurotk.neuro.base.StimulusSet and
:class:~vneurotk.io.loader.LazyH5Dict satisfy this protocol, as does a
plain :class:dict. Callers that accept stimulus images should annotate
their parameter as ImageSource rather than enumerating concrete types.
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/image_source.py
Metadata¶
Provenance record for a feature extraction run.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
model_id
|
str
|
Model identifier passed to the backend, e.g. |
required |
backend
|
str
|
Backend used: |
required |
Source code in src/vneurotk/vision/meta.py
Metadata for an enumerated module.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
name
|
str
|
Module name as from |
required |
module_type
|
str
|
Class name of the module. |
required |
depth
|
int
|
Nesting depth in the module tree. |
required |
n_params
|
int
|
Total number of parameters in this module (including children). |
0
|
is_leaf
|
bool
|
True if the module has no child modules (suitable for direct hooking). |
False
|
param_shapes
|
dict[str, tuple]
|
Shape of each directly-owned parameter (empty for container modules).
E.g. |
dict()
|