About the Authors

Andrew White

Affiliation Department of Physics & Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Malachi Tolman

Affiliation Department of Physics & Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Howard D. Thames

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hubert Rodney Withers

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kathy A. Mason

Affiliation Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mark K. Transtrum

mktranstrum@byu.edu

Affiliation Department of Physics & Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HDT MKT. Performed the experiments: KAM HRW. Analyzed the data: AW MT MKT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MKT. Wrote the paper: AW MT HDT MKT.