About the Authors

Gilberto Raul Lopez Jaime

Contributed equally to this work with: Gilberto Raul Lopez Jaime, Amir H. Kashani

Affiliation Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California, United States of America

Amir H. Kashani

Contributed equally to this work with: Gilberto Raul Lopez Jaime, Amir H. Kashani

kashani.ah@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, William Beaumont Hospital and Associated Retinal Consultants P.C., Royal Oak, Michigan, United States of America

Saloomeh Saati

Affiliation Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California, United States of America

Gabriel Martin

Affiliation Reichert Technologies, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Gerald Chader

Affiliation Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California, United States of America

Mark S. Humayun

Affiliations Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Departments of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. The University of Southern California has received research funding from Reichert Technologies Inc in support of this project. AHK and MSH have filed for intellectual property claims relating to the methods in the manuscript. GM is an employee of Reichert Technologies which has a commercial interest in the technology discussed in the manuscript. 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: AHK MSH. Performed the experiments: AHK GRLJ SS. Analyzed the data: AHK GRLJ SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSH AHK GM GC. Wrote the paper: AHK GRLJ GC. Reviewed the manuscript and contributed to revisions: GRLJ AHK SS GM GC MSH.