Towards Reliable and Reproducible Fetal Brain Biometry: A Deep Learning Approach Using MRI

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03724v1
• Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:20:40 GMT
• Title: Towards Reliable and Reproducible Fetal Brain Biometry: A Deep Learning Approach Using MRI
• Abstract summary: We present a fully automated framework for reliable and reproducible brain biometry from 3D super-resolution-reconstructed fetal brain MRI.<n>The proposed four-step pipeline derives biometric parameters by jointly estimating linear measurements and their corresponding anatomical landmarks.<n>A 3D convolutional neural network is trained to regress landmark coordinates from brain segmentation label maps, followed by measurement-specific geometric optimization to refine landmark positions and compute measurements.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Fetal brain biometry is essential for quantitative assessment of brain development, supporting gestational age estimation, developmental monitoring, and detection of abnormalities. In clinical practice, measurements are manually performed, making them time-consuming and prone to variability. While automated approaches have been proposed, reproducible methods remain limited, particularly those providing anatomically interpretable landmark localization. We present a fully automated deep learning-based framework for reliable and reproducible brain biometry from 3D super-resolution-reconstructed fetal brain MRI. The proposed four-step pipeline derives biometric parameters by jointly estimating linear measurements and their corresponding anatomical landmarks. A 3D convolutional neural network is trained to regress landmark coordinates from brain segmentation label maps, followed by measurement-specific geometric optimization to refine landmark positions and compute measurements. The pipeline is evaluated on two publicly available fetal MRI datasets comprising 150 volumes (gestational age range: 20-37 weeks) acquired across different scanners and protocols, assessing five key biometric measurements across varying acquisition settings and providing a comprehensive evaluation of both measurement accuracy and landmark localization using quantitative metrics and visual assessment. Compared with the only available automated pipeline, the proposed method achieves comparable or improved accuracy for most measurements. In conclusion, we introduce a straightforward pipeline for reliable biometry estimations, with efficiency, interpretability and scalability that support integration into clinical workflows.

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