Table 1 Sequential weight-freeze search for VGG19.

From: Improved accuracy in colorectal cancer tissue decomposition through refinement of established deep learning solutions

Search step

Conv-Block 1

Conv-block 2

Conv-block 3

Conv-block 4

Conv-block 5

1

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

2

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Trainable

3

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Trainable

Trainable

4

Fixed

Fixed

Trainable

Trainable

Trainable

5

Fixed

Trainable

Trainable

Trainable

Trainable

  1. The table illustrates the stages of the Sequential Weight-Freeze Search, beginning with Convolutional (conv) Block 5 and progressing to Convolutional Block 1. “Trainable” labels signify weights that could be adjusted (’unfrozen’), while “Fixed’ labels denote weights that remained immutable.