About the Authors

Izumi Uno

Affiliations Division of Tracer Kinetics, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 920–8640, Japan, Clinical Laboratory, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920–8640, Japan

Takashi Kozaka

Affiliation Division of Tracer Kinetics, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 920–8640, Japan

Daisuke Miwa

Affiliations Division of Tracer Kinetics, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 920–8640, Japan, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 920–8640, Japan

Yoji Kitamura

Affiliation Division of Tracer Kinetics, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 920–8640, Japan

Mohammad Anwar-ul Azim

Affiliation National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences; Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, BSM Medical University Campus, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Kazuma Ogawa

Affiliation Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 920–8640, Japan

Junichi Taki

Affiliation Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 920–8640, Japan

Seigo Kinuya

Affiliation Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 920–8640, Japan

Kazuhiro Shiba

shiba@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Tracer Kinetics, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 920–8640, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS IU. Performed the experiments: KS IU TK DM YK MAA. Analyzed the data: KS IU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KO JT SK. Wrote the paper: KS.