About the Authors

Murat Alp

Affiliation Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Vipan K. Parihar

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Charles L. Limoli

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Francis A. Cucinotta

francis.cucinotta@unlv.edu

Affiliation Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA VKP CLL FAC. Performed the experiments: MA FAC. Analyzed the data: MA FAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VKP CLL. Wrote the paper: MA CLL FAC.