About the Authors

Ling Ni

Contributed equally to this work with: Ling Ni, Rongfeng Qi

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Rongfeng Qi

Contributed equally to this work with: Ling Ni, Rongfeng Qi

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Long Jiang Zhang

kevinzhanglongjiang@yahoo.com.cn (LJZ); cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com (GML)

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Jianhui Zhong

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Gang Zheng

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Zhiqiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Yuan Zhong

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Qiang Xu

Affiliation Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China

Wei Liao

Affiliation Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China

Qing Jiao

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Xingjiang Wu

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Xinxin Fan

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Guang Ming Lu

kevinzhanglongjiang@yahoo.com.cn (LJZ); cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com (GML)

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LN RfQ LJZ JhZ GML. Performed the experiments: LN RfQ. Analyzed the data: LN RfQ LJZ QX WL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZqZ YZ QX WL QJ GZ. Wrote the paper: LN RfQ LJZ JhZ. Supplied the patients: XjW XxF.