About the Authors

Chao Huang

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Frank B. Sachse

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Robert W. Hitchcock

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Aditya K. Kaza

Aditya.Kaza@cardio.chboston.org

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interest: patents related to FCM imaging of tissues (WO2013109957A1 & WO2010016885A1, University of Utah Research Foundation).

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RWH CH AKK FBS. Performed the experiments: RWH CH AKK FBS. Analyzed the data: RWH CH AKK FBS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RWH CH AKK FBS. Wrote the paper: RWH CH AKK FBS.