About the Authors

Shih-Neng Yang

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Radiation Oncology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Fang-Jing Li

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yen-Hsiu Liao

Affiliation Department of Radiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Yueh-Sheng Chen

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Wu-Chung Shen

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Radiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Tzung-Chi Huang

tzungchi.huang@mail.cmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY FL TH. Performed the experiments: SY FL TH. Analyzed the data: FL TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY YL YC WS. Wrote the paper: SY TH.