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Wave-based optical coherence elastography (OCE) quantitatively assesses these properties of tissues by analyzing induced elastic wave velocities. However, velocity estimation methods require significant expertise and lengthy image processing times, limiting the clinical translation of OCE technology. Recent advances in machine learning offer promising solutions to simplify velocity estimation process.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this study, we proposed a novel end-to-end deep-learning model, named velocity prediction network (VP-Net), aiming to accurately predict elastic wave velocity from raw OCE data of in vivo healthy and abnormal human skin. A total of 16,424 raw phase slices from 1% to 5% agar-based tissue-mimicking phantoms, 28,270 slices from in vivo human skin sites including the palm, forearm, back of the hand from 16 participants, and 580 slices of facial closed comedones were acquired to train, validate, and test VP-Net.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>VP-Net demonstrated highly accurate velocity prediction performance compared to other deep-learning-based methods, as evidenced by small evaluation metrics. Furthermore, VP-Net exhibited low model complexity and parameter requirements, enabling end-to-end velocity prediction from a single raw phase slice in 1.32\u00a0ms, enhancing processing speed by a factor of \u223c100 compared to a conventional wave velocity estimation method. Additionally, we employed gradient-weighted class activation maps to showcase VP-Net\u2019s proficiency in discerning wave propagation patterns from raw phase slices. VP-Net predicted wave velocities that were consistent with the ground truth velocities in agar phantom, two age groups (20s and 30s) of multiple human skin sites and closed comedones datasets.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study indicates that VP-Net could rapidly and accurately predict elastic wave velocities related to biomechanical properties of <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> healthy and abnormal skin, offering potential clinical applications in characterizing skin aging, as well as assessing and managing the treatment of acne vulgaris.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fbioe.2024.1465823","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,14]],"date-time":"2024-10-14T04:39:33Z","timestamp":1728880773000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["VP-net: an end-to-end deep learning network for elastic wave velocity prediction in human skin in vivo using optical coherence elastography"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Yilong","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinpeng","family":"Liao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhengshuyi","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wenyue","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alessandro","family":"Perelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhiqiong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chunhui","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhihong","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.48550\/arXiv.1603.04467","article-title":"Tensorflow: large-scale machine learning on heterogeneous distributed systems","author":"Abadi","year":"2016","journal-title":"arXiv Prepr. arXiv:1603.04467"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"237","DOI":"10.1136\/ard.61.3.237","article-title":"Non-invasive measurement of biomechanical skin properties in systemic sclerosis","volume":"61","author":"Balbir-Gurman","year":"2002","journal-title":"Ann. rheumatic Dis."},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2587","DOI":"10.1007\/s10439-015-1294-7","article-title":"Characterisation of elastic and acoustic properties of an agar-based tissue mimicking material","volume":"43","author":"Brewin","year":"2015","journal-title":"Ann. 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