About the Authors

Zeshu Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Zeshu Zhang, Jing Pei

Affiliation School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Jing Pei

Contributed equally to this work with: Zeshu Zhang, Jing Pei

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Dong Wang

Affiliations School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Qi Gan

Affiliation School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Jian Ye

Affiliation School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Jian Yue

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Benzhong Wang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Stephen P. Povoski

stephen.povoski@osu.edu (SP); spf@ustc.edu.cn (PS); xu.202@osu.edu (RX)

Affiliation Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Edward W. Martin Jr.

Affiliation Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Charles L. Hitchcock

Affiliation Pathology Department, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Alper Yilmaz

Affiliation College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Michael F. Tweedle

Affiliation Radiology Department, Wright Center for Innovation, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Pengfei Shao

stephen.povoski@osu.edu (SP); spf@ustc.edu.cn (PS); xu.202@osu.edu (RX)

Affiliation School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Ronald X. Xu

stephen.povoski@osu.edu (SP); spf@ustc.edu.cn (PS); xu.202@osu.edu (RX)

Affiliations School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ SP PS RX DW. Performed the experiments: ZZ JP J. Ye J. Yue QG DW. Analyzed the data: ZZ CLH AY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BW JP QG DW. Wrote the paper: EM MT SP AY RX PS ZZ QG DW. Involved in discussions and approved the final manuscript: RX ZZ JP DW QG J. Ye J. Yue BW SP EM CH AY MT PS.