About the Authors

Aiping Liu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Xin Yin

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Liang Shi

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Peng Li

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kent L. Thornburg

Affiliation Heart Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Ruikang Wang

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Sandra Rugonyi

rugonyis@ohsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL RW SR. Performed the experiments: AL LS. Analyzed the data: AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XY PL. Wrote the paper: AL SR. Discussed concepts and contributed to interpretation of data: KT.