About the Authors

Thiruganesh Ramasamy

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Xucai Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Bin Qin

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Daniel E. Johnson

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Jennifer R. Grandis

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Flordeliza S. Villanueva

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

villanuevafs@upmc.edu

Affiliation Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.