About the Authors

Nina Zaproudina

Affiliations Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, Institute of Dentistry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Victor Teplov

Affiliation Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Ervin Nippolainen

Affiliation Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Jukka A. Lipponen

Affiliation Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Alexei A. Kamshilin

alexei.kamshilin@uef.fi

Affiliation Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Matti Närhi

Affiliations Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, Institute of Dentistry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Pasi A. Karjalainen

Affiliation Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Rashid Giniatullin

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, A. I. Virtanen Institute, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors declare that there are possible competing interests related to the patent application No. W020121098289) entitled "A method and system for visualization of cardiovascular pulsation waves" by AAK and Serguei Miridonov. This patent is owned by the Delfin Technologies Oy (Finland). No other competing interests are declared by the authors. The authors confirm that this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials as declared online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NZ EN AAK MN RG. Performed the experiments: NZ VT EN JAL. Analyzed the data: NZ EN AAK RG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NZ VT PAK JAL. Wrote the paper: NZ AAK RG. Supervised the study: MN AAK PAK RG.