About the Authors

Victoria L. Morgan

victoria.morgan@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Arabinda Mishra

Affiliation Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Allen T. Newton

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

John C. Gore

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Zhaohua Ding

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Chemical and Physical Biology Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VLM ZD. Performed the experiments: VLM ZD. Analyzed the data: VLM AM ATN ZD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VLM AM ATN ZD. Wrote the paper: VLM ZD. Interpretation and critical revision of manuscript: JCG.