About the Authors

Ruchika Mohan

Affiliations Department of Urology and Bio-X Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Kathleen E. Mach

Affiliations Department of Urology and Bio-X Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Moran Bercovici

Affiliation Department of Urology and Bio-X Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Ying Pan

Affiliations Department of Urology and Bio-X Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Lakshmi Dhulipala

Affiliation Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Pak Kin Wong

Affiliation Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Joseph C. Liao

jliao@stanford.edu

Affiliations Department of Urology and Bio-X Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM KEM MB YP PKW JCL. Performed the experiments: RM LD. Analyzed the data: RM KEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KEM MB LD. Wrote the paper: RM KEM PKW JCL.