About the Authors

Chia-Yang Li

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Chi-Shiun Chiang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Wei-Chung Cheng

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Shu-Chi Wang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Hung-Tsu Cheng

Affiliation Institute of Nanoengineerin and Microsystem, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Chaang-Ray Chen

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Wun-Yi Shu

Affiliation Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Min-Lung Tsai

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Ruey-Shyang Hseu

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Cheng-Wei Chang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Chao-Ying Huang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Shih-Hua Fang

Affiliation Institute of Athletics, National Taiwan Sport University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ian C. Hsu

ichsu@mx.nthu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYL CSC WYS MLT RSH SHF ICH. Performed the experiments: CYL SCW. Analyzed the data: CYL WCC CRC CWC CYH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HTC CRC ICH. Wrote the paper: CYL CSC ICH.