About the Authors

Marco Giannelli

m.giannelli@ao-pisa.toscana.it

Affiliation Medical Physics Unit, Pisa University Hospital “Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana”, Pisa, Italy

Roberto Sghedoni

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Advanced Techniques, Medical Physics Unit, IRCCS-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Chiara Iacconi

Affiliation Division of Radiology, Breast Unit, Massa Hospital, Azienda USL Massa e Carrara, Massa, Italy

Mauro Iori

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Advanced Techniques, Medical Physics Unit, IRCCS-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Antonio Claudio Traino

Affiliation Medical Physics Unit, Pisa University Hospital “Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana”, Pisa, Italy

Maria Guerrisi

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Medical Physics Section, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Mario Mascalchi

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Nicola Toschi

Affiliations Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Medical Physics Section, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy, Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stefano Diciotti

Affiliations Department of Clinical and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi”, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Giannelli RS SD. Performed the experiments: M. Giannelli RS. Analyzed the data: M. Giannelli SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Giannelli RS CI MI ACT M. Guerrisi MM NT SD. Wrote the paper: M. Giannelli NT SD. Performed image processing: SD. Performed critical revision and final approval of the manuscript: M. Giannelli RS CI MI ACT M. Guerrisi MM NT SD.