About the Authors

Amanda K. W. Buck

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Zhaohua Ding

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Christopher P. Elder

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Theodore F. Towse

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Bruce M. Damon

bruce.m.damon@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKWB BMD. Performed the experiments: AKWB CPE. Analyzed the data: AKWB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZD BMD. Wrote the paper: AKWB ZD CPE BMD. Refined imaging protocol: AKWB BMD TFT.