About the Authors

Takeshi Hara

takeshi.hara@mac.com

Affiliation Department of Intelligent Image Information, Division of Regeneration and Advanced Medical Sciences, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Tatsunori Kobayashi

Affiliations Department of Intelligent Image Information, Division of Regeneration and Advanced Medical Sciences, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Gifu, Japan, Department of Radiological Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Junshin Gakuen University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

Satoshi Ito

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Daiyukai General Hospital, Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan

Xiangrong Zhou

Affiliation Department of Intelligent Image Information, Division of Regeneration and Advanced Medical Sciences, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Tetsuro Katafuchi

Affiliation Department of Radiological Technology, Gifu University of Medical Science, Seki, Gifu, Japan

Hiroshi Fujita

Affiliation Department of Intelligent Image Information, Division of Regeneration and Advanced Medical Sciences, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH T. Kobayashi T. Katafuchi. Performed the experiments: TH SI T. Kobayashi. Analyzed the data: TH SI T. Kobayashi XZ T. Katafuchi. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH SI T. Kobayashi XZ T. Katafuchi HF. Wrote the paper: TH SI T. Kobayashi XZ T. Katafuchi HF. Contributed acquiring data and clinical information/diagnosis: SI.