About the Authors

Junsuke Nakase

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Anri Inaki

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine/Biotracer Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Takafumi Mochizuki

Affiliation Kanazawa Advanced Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan

Tatsuhiro Toratani

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Masahiro Kosaka

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Yoshinori Ohashi

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Junichi Taki

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine/Biotracer Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Tetsutaro Yahata

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Seigo Kinuya

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine/Biotracer Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

tsuchi@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT JN AI YO TY JT SK. Performed the experiments: HT JN AI TM TT MK YO. Analyzed the data: JN AI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HT JN AI TM TT MK YO JT SK. Wrote the paper: JN AI HT.