About the Authors

Rashedul Hoque

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

Current address: Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK

Affiliation Centre for Biomedical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Srdjan Cirovic

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Biomedical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Michael Pycraft Hughes

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

f.labeed@uaeu.ac.ae (FHL); Michael.hughes@ku.ac.ae (MPH)

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Fatima H. Labeed

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

f.labeed@uaeu.ac.ae (FHL); Michael.hughes@ku.ac.ae (MPH)

Affiliation Department of Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE

Competing Interests

Author MPH is co-inventor of the 3DEP instrument used in this work and a director of the company that manufactures it. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.