About the Authors

Yong Huang

yhuang60@jhu.edu (YH); brandacher@jhmi.edu (GB)

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States of America

Georg J. Furtmüller

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Ross 749D, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States of America

Dedi Tong

Affiliations Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Ross 749D, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States of America, Department of Hand Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, 31 Xinjiekou East Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 10035, China

Shan Zhu

Affiliations Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Ross 749D, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States of America, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plastic Surgery Hospital, 3 Ba-Da-Chu Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 10044, China

W. P. Andrew Lee

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Ross 749D, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States of America

Gerald Brandacher

yhuang60@jhu.edu (YH); brandacher@jhmi.edu (GB)

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Ross 749D, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States of America

Jin U. Kang

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YH DT SZ WPAL GB JUK. Performed the experiments: YH GJF. Analyzed the data: YH DT SZ GJF GB JUK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH GJF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YH GJF DT SZ WPAL GB JUK.