About the Authors

Jana M. Kainerstorfer

Current address: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mark N. Polizzotto

Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas S. Uldrick

Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Rafa Rahman

Affiliation Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Moinuddin Hassan

Affiliation Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Laleh Najafizadeh

Current address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliation Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yasaman Ardeshirpour

Affiliation Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kathleen M. Wyvill

Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Karen Aleman

Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Paul D. Smith

Affiliation Biomedical Instrumentation and Multiscale Imaging Section, Laboratory of Cellular Imaging and Macromolecular Biophysics, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert Yarchoan

Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Amir H. Gandjbakhche

amir@helix.nih.gov

Affiliation Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMK PDS RY AHG. Performed the experiments: JMK LN YA RR MH. Analyzed the data: JMK TSU MNP LN YA RR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMW KA RY. Wrote the paper: JMK MNP TSU RY AHG.