About the Authors

Shiao-Wen Tsai

Contributed equally to this work with: Shiao-Wen Tsai, Jiunn-Woei Liaw

swtsai@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jiunn-Woei Liaw

Contributed equally to this work with: Shiao-Wen Tsai, Jiunn-Woei Liaw

Affiliations Center for Biomedical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ya-Chen Kao

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Meng-Yu Huang

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chia-Ying Lee

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Lih-Rou Rau

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chiung-Yin Huang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

Kuo-Chen Wei

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Tzu-Chen Ye

Affiliations Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan, Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWT JWL. Performed the experiments: YCK MYH CYL CYH LRR. Analyzed the data: SWT JWL YCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KCW TCY. Wrote the manuscript: SWT JWL.