About the Authors

Eliot T. McKinley

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Gregory D. Ayers

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

R. Adam Smith

Affiliation Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Samir A. Saleh

Affiliation Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Ping Zhao

Affiliation Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Mary Kay Washington

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert J. Coffey

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

H. Charles Manning

henry.c.manning@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Program in Chemical and Physical Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ETM GDA RAS RJC HCM SAS. Performed the experiments: ETM GDA RAS PZ. Analyzed the data: ETM GDA RAS MKW. Wrote the paper: ETM HCM.