About the Authors
- Xinhua Chen
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* E-mail: xchen1@bidmc.harvard.edu
Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Guoxun Yang
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Joo-Hye Song
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Affiliation Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Hua Xu
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Dan Li
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Jeffrey Goldsmith
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Huiyan Zeng
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Molecular and Vascular Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Patricia A. Parsons-Wingerter
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Affiliation John Glenn NASA Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Hans-Christian Reinecker
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Affiliation Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Ciaran P. Kelly
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The patent application entitled “Vessel Generation Analysis” has been filed with the United States Patent Office by NASA and Dr. Patricia Parsons-Wingerter as Lead Innovator. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors by PLOS ONE.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XC HCR CPK. Performed the experiments: XC GY JHS HX DL JG HCR. Analyzed the data: PPW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ PPW. Wrote the paper: XC CPK.