Interpretable deep learning method to predict wound healing progress based on collagen fibers in wound tissue

Juan He, Xiaoyan Wang, Zhengshan Wang, Ruitao Xie, Zhiming Zhang, Tzu-Ming Liu, Yunpeng Cai, Long Chen

Abstract: Highlights•Two types of datasets related to skin wound healing were collected.•A wound healing prediction model was built using a fine-tuned VGG16.•A visual interpretation framework for decision regions visualization was introduced.•The proposed method was compared with traditional statistical methods.