About the Authors

Guohong Liu

Affiliation FLIR Systems, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America

Christopher Q. Weston

Affiliations FLIR Systems, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America, Singlera Genomics, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America

Long K. Pham

Affiliation FLIR Systems, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America

Shannon Waltz

Affiliations FLIR Systems, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America, Singlera Genomics, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Helen Barnes

Affiliation FLIR Systems, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America

Paula King

Affiliations FLIR Systems, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America, Singlera Genomics, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America

Dan Sphar

Affiliation FLIR Systems, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America

Robert T. Yamamoto

Affiliation Zova Systems, LLC, San Diego, California, 92129, United States of America

R. Allyn Forsyth

rforsyth@mail.sdsu.edu

Affiliations FLIR Systems, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America, Singlera Genomics, Inc., La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

We have the following interests. Guohong Liu, Christopher Q. Weston, Long K. Pham, Shannon Waltz, Helen Barnes, Paula King, Dan Sphar and R. Allyn Forsyth were employed by FLIR Systems, Inc., which executed the research. Christopher Q. Weston, Shannon Waltz, Paula King, and R. Allyn Forsyth are currently employed by Singlera Genomics, Inc., where the authors completed editing of the manuscript. Robert T. Yamamoto is employed by Zova Systems, LLC. R. Allyn Forsyth has submitted the following related patents: WO 2013003376 A, US 8940296 B2. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GL CQW LKP SW HB PK DS RTY RAF. Performed the experiments: GL CQW LKP SW HB. Analyzed the data: GL CQW LKP SW HB PK DS RTY RAF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GL PK DS RTY RAF. Wrote the paper: GL SW RTY RAF.