About the Authors

Li Qi

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of South Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Felix G. Meinel

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Chang Sheng Zhou

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of South Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yan E. Zhao

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of South Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

U. Joseph Schoepf

Affiliations Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of South Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Long Jiang Zhang

kevinzhlj@163.com (LJZ); cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com (GML)

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of South Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Guang Ming Lu

kevinzhlj@163.com (LJZ); cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com (GML)

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of South Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

UJS is a consultant for and receives research support from Bayer, Bracco, GE, Medrad, and Siemens. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GML. Performed the experiments: LQ CSZ YEZ LJZ GML. Analyzed the data: LQ CSZ YEZ LJZ GML. Wrote the paper: LQ FGM CSZ YEZ UJS LJZ GML.