About the Authors

Ching-Chung Liang

Affiliations Female Urology Section, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ho-Ling Liu

Affiliation Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1472, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America

Shuenn-Dhy Chang

Affiliations Female Urology Section, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Sheng-Hsien Chen

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

Tsong-Hai Lee

thlee@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Stroke Section, Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCL SHC THL. Performed the experiments: CCL THL. Analyzed the data: HLL SDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HLL SHC. Wrote the paper: CCL THL.