ResNet-34 with Lightweight Decoder for Accurate and Efficient Segmentation of Fetal Brain MRI

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.01293v1
• Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 15:25:37 GMT
• Title: ResNet-34 with Lightweight Decoder for Accurate and Efficient Segmentation of Fetal Brain MRI
• Abstract summary: This research introduces a novel deep learning model that combines a ResNet-34 encoder with a lightweight decoder.<n>It is trained and validated on the FeTA dataset using 5-fold cross-validation.<n>It achieves an average Accuracy of 97.37% with a mean Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) of 90.33%, mean Intersection over Union (IoU) of 86.93%, and Precision of 90.83%.
• Score: 3.3745145603015985
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Accurate segmentation of fetal brain tissues in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is critical for early diagnosis of congenital abnormalities and improving prenatal care. However, the task remains difficult because of fetal motion, low tissue contrast, and major anatomical variability throughout gestational ages, particularly in segmenting complex structures such as white matter, gray matter, lateral ventricles, deep gray matter, extra-cerebrospinal fluid, cerebellum, and brainstem. As a solution to these difficulties, this research introduces a novel deep learning model that combines a ResNet-34 encoder with a lightweight decoder leveraging multi-layer perceptron (MLP) modules for adaptive feature refinement. This design specifically enhances the model's ability to preserve anatomical boundaries and mitigate segmentation errors caused by motion artifacts and intensity inhomogeneities. Computational efficiency is achieved by reducing parameter count, employing bilinear upsampling instead of transposed convolutions, and optimizing the decoder for speed without sacrificing accuracy. Trained and validated on the FeTA 2021 dataset using 5-fold cross-validation, the proposed model outperforms baseline architectures such as UNet, UNet++, DeepLabV3, and DeepLabV3+, achieving an average Accuracy of 97.37% with a mean Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) of 90.33%, mean Intersection over Union (IoU) of 86.93%, and Precision of 90.83%. Additionally, its fast inference time and reduced computational load make it well-suited for integration into real-time clinical workflows.

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