About the Authors

Kwok Ying Chong

Current address: The MathWorks Ltd., Matrix House, Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Affiliation Centre for Bioengineering, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Alberto Capurro

Affiliation Centre for Bioengineering, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Salah Karout

Affiliation Centre for Bioengineering, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Timothy Charles Pearce

t.c.pearce@le.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Bioengineering, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

One of the authors (KYC) is employed by a commercial company (The MathWorks Ltd). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KYC AC TCP. Performed the experiments: KYC AC SK. Analyzed the data: KYC AC SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KYC AC SK TCP. Wrote the paper: KYC AC TCP.