About the Authors

Xue Liang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xue Liang, Jiqiu Wen, Ling Ni

Affiliations Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, School of Medical Imaging, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, China

Jiqiu Wen

Contributed equally to this work with: Xue Liang, Jiqiu Wen, Ling Ni

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Ling Ni

Contributed equally to this work with: Xue Liang, Jiqiu Wen, Ling Ni

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Jianhui Zhong

Affiliation Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Rongfeng Qi

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Long Jiang Zhang

kevinzhlj@163.com (LJZ); cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com (GML)

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Guang Ming Lu

kevinzhlj@163.com (LJZ); cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com (GML)

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJZ GML. Performed the experiments: XL JQW LN RFQ. Analyzed the data: XL LN RFQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL LN RFQ. Wrote the paper: XL JHZ LJZ GML.