About the Authors

Richard F. Loeser

rloeser@wakehealth.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Amy L. Olex

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Margaret A. McNulty

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minneapolis, United States of America

Cathy S. Carlson

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minneapolis, United States of America

Michael Callahan

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Cristin Ferguson

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Jacquelyn S. Fetrow

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RFL ALO MAM CSC MC CF JSF. Performed the experiments: RFL ALO MAM CSC MC. Analyzed the data: RFL ALO MAM CSC JSF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALO JSF. Wrote the paper: RFL ALO MAM CSC MC CF JSF.