About the Authors

Chen-Te Chou

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, National Yang-Ming Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Radiology, Chang-Hua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Wen-Pei Wu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, National Yang-Ming Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia-Bang Chen

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Chang-Hua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Wei-Wen Su

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Chang-Hua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Ran-Chou Chen

31560@cch.org.tw (YLC); chenranchou@yahoo.com.tw (RCC)

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, National Yang-Ming Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Radiology, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yao-Li Chen

31560@cch.org.tw (YLC); chenranchou@yahoo.com.tw (RCC)

Affiliations Transplantation Medicine and Surgery Research Centre, Chang-Hua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLC CTC. Performed the experiments: WPW CBC WWS CTC. Analyzed the data: RCC YLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTC YLC. Wrote the paper: RCC YLC. Patient follow-up and care: WWS. Conceived the idea: YLC. Designed the study: CTC. Collected data and carried out the study: WPW CBC. Supervised data collection: WWS CTC.