About the Authors

James B. Hengenius

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Michael Gribskov

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Ann E. Rundell

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Charless C. Fowlkes

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

David M. Umulis

dumulis@purdue.edu

Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DU JH AR MG CF. Performed the experiments: DU JH. Analyzed the data: DU JH AR MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF. Wrote the paper: DU JH AR MG CF.