About the Authors

Christopher R. Heier

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Alfredo D. Guerron

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Alexandru Korotcov

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Stephen Lin

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Heather Gordish-Dressman

Affiliations Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Integrative Systems Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Stanley Fricke

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Raymond W. Sze

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Eric P. Hoffman

Affiliations Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Integrative Systems Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Paul Wang

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Electrical Engineering, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

Kanneboyina Nagaraju

KNagaraju@childrensnational.org

Affiliations Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Integrative Systems Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRH ADG AK SL HGD SF RS EPH PW KN. Performed the experiments: CRH ADG ALK SL HGD. Analyzed the data: CRH ADG AK SL HGD SF PW KN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRH ADG AK HGD SF RS EPH PW KN. Wrote the paper: CRH ADG SL HGD PW KN.