About the Authors
- Yoshihiro Kawano
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* E-mail: b3wd1002@s.tohoku.ac.jp
Affiliations The Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Olympus Corporation, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Chino Otsuka
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Affiliation Olympus Corporation, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
- James Sanzo
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Affiliation Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Christopher Higgins
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Affiliation Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Tatsuo Nirei
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Affiliation Olympus Engineering, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
- Tobias Schilling
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Affiliation Olympus Soft Imaging Solutions GmbH, Münster, Germany
- Takuji Ishikawa
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Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Competing Interests
Olympus America Inc. and Olympus Corporation provided microscope equipment but was not a funder of, and did not influence the outcome of, the study. The VS120 WSI scanning system was used. Yoshihiro Kawano and Chino Otsuka are employed by Olympus Corporation, James Sanzo and Christopher Higgins are employed by Olympus America, Tatsuo Nirei by Olympus Engineering and Tobias Schilling by Olympus Soft Imaging Solutions GmbH. This particular microscope setup (VS120 with BX-DSU) is not available in the market. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YK CO JS CH TN TS. Performed the experiments: YK CO JS CH. Analyzed the data: YK CO JS CH TS TI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK CO JS. Wrote the paper: YK CO JS CH TS TI.