About the Authors

Jida Xing

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Shrishti Singh

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Yupeng Zhao

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Yan Duan

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Huining Guo

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Physiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Chenxia Hu

Roles Investigation

Affiliation School of Chinese Pharmaceutical Science, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Allan Ma

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Akshaya Bio Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Rajan George

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Akshaya Bio Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

James Z. Xing

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Ankarao Kalluri

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Isaac Macwan

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Prabir Patra

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Jie Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft

jchen@ece.ualberta.ca

Affiliations Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Competing Interests

R. George and A. Ma are from Akshaya Bio Inc. However, the company does not alter our adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.