About the Authors

Marcello Mancini

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

marcello.mancini58@gmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Angelo Salomone Megna

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Rummo Hospital, Benevento, Italy

Monica Ragucci

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Massimo De Luca

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Liver Unit, AORN Cardarelli, Naples, Italy

Giuseppina Marino Marsilia

Roles Validation

Affiliation Pathology Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy

Gerardo Nardone

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Gastroenterology Unit, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Pietro Coccoli

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Gastroenterology Unit, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Anna Prinster

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Lorenzo Mannelli

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States of America

Emilia Vergara

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico SDN (IRCCS SDN), Naples, Italy, Dipartimento Assistenziale Integrato di Diagnostica morfologica e funzionale, Radioterapia, Medicina Legale, A.O.U. Federico II, Naples, Italy

Serena Monti

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico SDN (IRCCS SDN), Naples, Italy

Raffaele Liuzzi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Mariarosaria Incoronato

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico SDN (IRCCS SDN), Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.