About the Authors

Neil Arvin Bretaña

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan

Cheng-Tsung Lu

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan

Chiu-Yun Chiang

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan

Min-Gang Su

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan

Kai-Yao Huang

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan

Tzong-Yi Lee

francis@saturn.yzu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, Graduate Program in Biomedical Informatics, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan

Shun-Long Weng

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hsinchu Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TYL. Performed the experiments: NAB CTL. Analyzed the data: NAB CYC MGS KYH SLW. Wrote the paper: NAB TYL.