About the Authors

Junichi Akiyama

Affiliation Jyoban Hospital, Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan

Shigeaki Kato

uskato0525@gmail.com (SK); shimmura@tokiwa.or.jp (HS)

Affiliations Jyoban Hospital, Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, Department of Radiation Protection, Soma Central Hospital, Soma, Fukushima, Japan

Masaharu Tsubokura

Affiliations Department of Radiation Protection, Soma Central Hospital, Soma, Fukushima, Japan, Division of Social Communication System for Advanced Clinical Research, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Radiation Protection, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan

Jinichi Mori

Affiliation Jyoban Hospital, Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan

Tetsuya Tanimoto

Affiliation Jyoban Hospital, Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan

Koichiro Abe

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shuji Sakai

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Ryugo Hayano

Affiliation Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Michio Tokiwa

Affiliation Jyoban Hospital, Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan

Hiroaki Shimmura

uskato0525@gmail.com (SK); shimmura@tokiwa.or.jp (HS)

Affiliation Jyoban Hospital, Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Tokiwa HS. Performed the experiments: JA JM TT HS. Analyzed the data: JA SK M. Tsubokura M. Tokiwa HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KA SS RH. Wrote the paper: SK M. Tsubokura HS.