About the Authors

Yukiko N. Kami

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Cancer Biology, Nagasaki University School of Dentistry, Nagasaki, Japan

Misa Sumi

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Cancer Biology, Nagasaki University School of Dentistry, Nagasaki, Japan

Yukinori Takagi

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Cancer Biology, Nagasaki University School of Dentistry, Nagasaki, Japan

Miho Sasaki

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Cancer Biology, Nagasaki University School of Dentistry, Nagasaki, Japan

Masataka Uetani

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biosciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Takashi Nakamura

taku@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Cancer Biology, Nagasaki University School of Dentistry, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TN YK. Performed the experiments: YK M. Sumi YT M. Sasaki. Analyzed the data: YK M. Sumi M. Sasaki MU. Wrote the paper: TN.