About the Authors

Fangyao Hu

fangyao.hu@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Karthik Vishwanath

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Justin Lo

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Alaattin Erkanli

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Christine Mulvey

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Walter T. Lee

Affiliations Division of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Section of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Nimmi Ramanujam

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FH KV NR. Performed the experiments: FH. Analyzed the data: FH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FH KV AE. Wrote the paper: FH KV JL AE CM WL NR.