About the Authors

Yujuan Zhao

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lin Tang

Affiliation School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Robert Rennaker

Affiliation Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering, University of Texas Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America

Chris Hutchens

Affiliation School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Tamer S. Ibrahim

tibrahim@pitt.edu

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TI RR CH. Performed the experiments: YZ LT. Analyzed the data: TI YZ LT. Wrote the manuscript: TI YZ LT RR.