About the Authors
- Brett Z. Fite
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Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Yu Liu
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Dustin E. Kruse
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Charles F. Caskey
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Jeffrey H. Walton
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Affiliation NMR Facility and Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Chun-Yen Lai
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Lisa M. Mahakian
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Benoit Larrat
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Affiliation Institut Langevin, ESPCI Paristech, CNRS UMR7589, INSERM, Paris, France
- Erik Dumont
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Affiliation Image Guided Therapy, Pessac, France
- Katherine W. Ferrara
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* E-mail: kwferrara@ucdavis.edu
Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Erik Dumont is an employee of Image Guided Therapy, the company that manufactures the focused ultrasound system utilized in this study. The authors herewith state that this does not alter their 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: KWF BZF DEK YL CFC. Performed the experiments: BZF YL DEK LMM. Analyzed the data: BZF YL DEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHW CYL BL ED. Wrote the paper: BZF KWF DEK CFC.