About the Authors

Massimo W. Rivolta

Affiliation Dept. of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Tamara Stampalija

tamara.stampalija@burlo.trieste.it

Affiliation Unit of Prenatal Diagnosis, Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy

Daniela Casati

Affiliation Dept. of Woman, Mother and Neonate, Buzzi Children’s Hospital, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences School of Medicine University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Bryan S. Richardson

Affiliation Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Michael G. Ross

Affiliation Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LA BioMed at Harbor-UCLA Med. Ctr., Torrance, California, United States of America

Martin G. Frasch

Affiliations CHU Ste-Justine Research Center, Departments of Obstetrics-Gynaecology and Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, QC, Canada, Animal Reproduction Research Centre (CRRA), University of Montreal, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada

Axel Bauer

Affiliation Dept. of Cardiology, Munich University Clinic, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich Germany and DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research)

Enrico Ferrazzi

Affiliation Dept. of Woman, Mother and Neonate, Buzzi Children’s Hospital, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences School of Medicine University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Roberto Sassi

Affiliation Dept. of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Enrico Ferrazzi is member of Cure Onlus Foundation. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGF BSR MGR TS DC EF. Performed the experiments: MGF BSR MGR. Analyzed the data: MWR TS DC EF RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGF BSR MGR AB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MWR TS DC MGF AB EF RS.