About the Authors

Xiaoyong Zhang

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centers for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

Bensheng Qiu

Roles Investigation

guoxixie@163.com (GX); bqiu@ustc.edu.cn (BQ)

Affiliation Centers for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Zijun Wei

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

Fei Yan

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

Caiyun Shi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

Shi Su

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

Xin Liu

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

Jim X. Ji

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Guoxi Xie

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

guoxixie@163.com (GX); bqiu@ustc.edu.cn (BQ)

Affiliations The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.