About the Authors

Hidefumi Uchiyama

Affiliation Tateyama Machine Co., Ltd., Toyama 930–1305, Japan

Qing-Li Zhao

Affiliation Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama 930–0194, Japan

Mariame Ali Hassan

Affiliation Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama 930–0194, Japan

Gabor Andocs

Affiliation Tateyama Machine Co., Ltd., Toyama 930–1305, Japan

Nobuyuki Nojima

Affiliation Tateyama Machine Co., Ltd., Toyama 930–1305, Japan

Keigo Takeda

Affiliation Plasma Nanotechnology Research Center Nagoya University, Nagoya 464–8601, Japan

Kenji Ishikawa

Affiliation Plasma Nanotechnology Research Center Nagoya University, Nagoya 464–8601, Japan

Masaru Hori

Affiliation Plasma Nanotechnology Research Center Nagoya University, Nagoya 464–8601, Japan

Takashi Kondo

kondot@med.u-toyama.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama 930–0194, Japan

Competing Interests

HU, GA and NN are employees of Tateyama Machine Co., Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HU QLZ TK. Performed the experiments: HU QLZ MAH GA TK. Analyzed the data: HU QLZ TK NN KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NN KT KI MH. Wrote the paper: HU MAH QLZ TK.