About the Authors

Kurt Schultz

Affiliation Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA, Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States of America

Elizabeth George

Affiliation Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katherine M. Mullen

Affiliation Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael L. Steigner

Affiliation Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dimitrios Mitsouras

Affiliation Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ericka M. Bueno

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bohdan Pomahac

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Frank J. Rybicki

frybicki@partners.org

Affiliation Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kanako K. Kumamaru

Affiliation Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Dr. Rybicki has research agreements with Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation that are unrelated to this project. Mr. Schultz is an employee of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation. There are no patents and no products in development to declare. This research was conducted using standard medical imaging devices from Toshiba. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJR MLS DM EMB BP KKK. Performed the experiments: KS KKK KMM EG. Analyzed the data: KKK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS BP EMB FJR. Wrote the paper: KS KKK FJR.