About the Authors

Charles W. Kanaly

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Dale Ding

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Ankit I. Mehta

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Anthony F. Waller

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ian Crocker

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Annick Desjardins

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

David A. Reardon

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Allan H. Friedman

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Darell D. Bigner

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

John H. Sampson

john.sampson@duke.edu

Affiliations Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author Anthony F. Waller has a consulting relationship with Velocity Medical Solutions. Dr. Ian Crocker is a co-founder of Velocity Medical Solutions and is entitled to royalties on sales based upon an intellectual property agreement between Velocity and Emory University. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWK DD AIM AFW IC AD DAR AHF DDB JHS. Performed the experiments: CWK DD AIM AFW IC. Analyzed the data: CWK DD AIM AFW IC AD DAR AHF DDB JHS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AFW IC. Wrote the paper: CWK DD AIM AFW IC AD DAR AHF DDB JHS. Designed the software used in analysis: AFW IC.