About the Authors

Giuseppe Palma

giuseppe.palma@ibb.cnr.it

Affiliation Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Enrico Tedeschi

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Pasquale Borrelli

Affiliation IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy

Sirio Cocozza

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Carmela Russo

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Saifeng Liu

Affiliation The MRI Institute for Biomedical Research, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Yongquan Ye

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States of America

Marco Comerci

Affiliation Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Bruno Alfano

Affiliation Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Marco Salvatore

Affiliation IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy

E. Mark Haacke

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States of America, The MRI Institute for Biomedical Research, Detroit, MI, United States of America

Marcello Mancini

Affiliation Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP. Performed the experiments: SC CR ET. Analyzed the data: GP PB SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB SL YY. Wrote the paper: GP ET PB SC CR EMH. Designed the software used in analysis: GP PB MC BA. Obtained permission for MRI acquisition: ET MS MM.