About the Authors

Alexander J. Ropelewski

ropelews@psc.edu

Affiliation Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Hugh B. Nicholas Jr

Affiliation Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ricardo R. Gonzalez Mendez

Affiliation Department of Radiological Sciences, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRGM. Performed the experiments: AJR. Analyzed the data: AJR HBNJ RRGM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJR RRGM. Wrote the paper: AJR HBNJ RRGM.