About the Authors

Lydia H. Bederka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation bioAffinity Technologies, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Jamila R. Sanchez

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation bioAffinity Technologies, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Jennifer Rebeles

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation bioAffinity Technologies, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Patricia R. Araujo

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation bioAffinity Technologies, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Marcia H. Grayson

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

Affiliation bioAffinity Technologies, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Shao-Chiang Lai

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation bioAffinity Technologies, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Louis R. DePalo

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Sheila A. Habib

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS), Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

David G. Hill

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Waterbury Pulmonary Associates LLC, Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America

Kathleen Lopez

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Radiology Associates of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Lara Patriquin

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Zia Diagnostic Imaging, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Affiliation Radiology Associates of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Robert Sussman

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Atlantic Respiratory Institute, Summit, New Jersey, United States of America

James Humphreys

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Precision Pathology Services, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Xavier T. Reveles

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation bioAffinity Technologies, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Vivienne I. Rebel

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

vr@bioaffinitytech.com

Affiliations bioAffinity Technologies, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Cell Systems & Anatomy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

LHB, JRS, JR, PRA, MHG, SCL, XTR, and VIR are current or former employees of bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. They may own stock in bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. JH is an employee of Precision Pathology Services, a commercial collaborator of bioAffinity. LP has consulted for bioAffinity Technologies on matters related to radiology. All other authors declare no conflicts. The research that is the subject of this article is also the subject of a pending US patent application (17/069,272, System and Method for Determining Lung Health). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.