About the Authors

Shih-Ming Hsu

Affiliations Medical Physics and Radiation Measurements Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Chao-Hsiung Hung

Affiliation Division of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, ROC

Yi-Jen Liao

Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Collage of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Hsiao-Mei Fu

Affiliation Department of radiation Oncology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, New-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Jo-Ting Tsai

Affiliation CyberKnife Treatment Center, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Yung-Hui Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yung-Hui Huang, David Y. C. Huang

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, I-Shou University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

David Y. C. Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yung-Hui Huang, David Y. C. Huang

yh126@duke.edu

Affiliation Medical Physics Graduate Program at Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SMH DYCH. Data curation: CHH YJL HMF JTT. Formal analysis: CHH YJL HMF JTT. Funding acquisition: SMH. Investigation: SMH YHH DYCH. Methodology: SMH YHH DYCH. Project administration: DYCH. Resources: SMH DYCH. Software: CHH YJL HMF JTT. Supervision: DYCH. Validation: CHH YJL HMF JTT. Visualization: SMH DYCH. Writing – original draft: SMH CHH YJL HMF JTT YHH DYCH. Writing – review & editing: SMH DYCH.