About the Authors

Hermann B. Frieboes

hbfrie01@louisville.edu

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Bryan R. Smith

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Yao-Li Chuang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Ken Ito

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Allison M. Roettgers

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Sanjiv S. Gambhir

Affiliations Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Bioengineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Bio-X, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Vittorio Cristini

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HBF BRS YLC KI SSG VC. Performed the experiments: BRS YLC KI. Analyzed the data: HBF BRS KI AMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSG VC. Wrote the paper: HBF BRS YLC KI SSG VC.