About the Authors

Jeehye Seo

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeehye Seo, Seong-Ho Kim

Affiliation Department of Medical and Biological Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Dong-In dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, Korea

Seong-Ho Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeehye Seo, Seong-Ho Kim

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Jwa-dong, Busan, Korea

Yang-Tae Kim

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea

Hui-jin Song

Affiliation Department of Medical and Biological Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Dong-In dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, Korea

Jae-jun Lee

Affiliation Division of Magnetic Resonance, Korea Basic Science Institute, Ochang, Cheongwon, Chungbuk, Korea

Sang-Hyon Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Dong-san dong, Daegu, Korea

Seung Woo Han

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Shin-am dong, Daegu, Korea

Eon Jeong Nam

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Dong-In dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, Korea

Seong-Kyu Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Center, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Dae-myung dong, Daegu, Korea

Hui Joong Lee

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Dong-In dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, Korea

Seung-Jae Lee

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Dong-In dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, Korea

Yongmin Chang

ychang@knu.ac.kr

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Dong-In dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, Korea, Department of Molecular Medicine, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Dong-In dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Seong-Ho Kim YC. Performed the experiments: JS HJS JJL SJL. Analyzed the data: JS YTK HJL YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Sang-Hyon Kim SWH EJN SKK. Wrote the paper: JS Seong-Ho Kim YC.