About the Authors

Chin-Sheng Yu

Affiliations Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, Master's Program in Biomedical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chih-Wen Cheng

Affiliation Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Wen-Chi Su

Affiliation Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Kuei-Chung Chang

Affiliation Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Shao-Wei Huang

Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Jenn-Kang Hwang

Affiliations Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Center of Bioinformatics Research, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Chih-Hao Lu

chlu@mail.cmu.edu.tw

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSY CHL. Performed the experiments: CSY CWC WCS CHL. Analyzed the data: CSY CHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CSY CWC WCS CHL. Wrote the paper: CSY CHL. Experiment design and suggestion: KCC SWH JKH.